The Best Paid for Antivirus 2012

I agree with the solution, AV is more of a warning system and not really system hardening tool. Blind clicking because you have AV is a sure way to throw yourself off a cliff.

 

The best paid for program would be Sandboxie imo.

Not an AV, but a security program that can run programs in a 'sandbox', isolated from your OS.
Example; if you'd run IE/FF/Chrome and visit a website offering malware through a drive-by download, the malware can only mess around in the sandbox.
When you close the browser and empty the sandbox, the malware will be wiped automatically also.
Requires a bit of reading but pretty easy to set up. And it only costs you $$ once.
The lifetime license allows you to install it on every computer you own.
Combine it with an AV like f.i. free MSE, use the free Windows firewall, a standard user account for good measure and stop worrying.
If you don't mind tinkering, perhaps add EMET (for Windows 8-like security measures).
See sig for links.

 

I rather have a fast system with good protection than a bloated over reacting one. So just Eset/SAS/ and some common sense for me...

 

I use ESET for my home PC, and MSE for my office PC.
I would like say that ESET is really good.

 

I have ESET and am thinking of switching to bitdefender internet security. I like the ESET interface. I am very comfortable with it as I have used it for years. It is also very light on resources. I do not like that it has failed me, multiple times, in real world detection and the last fail resulted in a BIOS virus :\

I have heard great things about Bitdefender's protection but terrible things about it being a resource hog and causing memory links. Has it improved at all in the last 1-2 years?

 

I hear good things concerning that on Wilders security about the current beta 2013...
Why not give that a try?
Bitdefender Total Security 2013 beta - Wilders Security Forums
Bitdefender Total Security 2013 BETA

 

For years, I use ESET to protect my computer. It's awesome. No firewall.

 

Man, seriously your post is useless, please check your sources before posting...

And according to av-comparatives, Bitdefender isn't the best on detection rate.

Here it is...

 

There is some merit to it though- if you look at AV Comparatives's running Real World Protection Test for April 2012 (the latest one) Bitdefender is actually the best- same thing for March.
It's the best one in this particular test this year (see dynamic graph)

 

Do what now??

Here you go: