TOPIC: Anti-Virus Anti-Spyware Advice Requested

Hey Guys/Gals...

Looking for opinions on the best Anti-Virus w/anti-spyware protection out there. My subscription expires in the next couple of weeks, and the price has gone up. I don't mind a price increase, as long as I am still getting a quality product. This will be for my HP Probook Win7 Pro 32bit Laptop.

BTW... I won't consider a Norton or McAfee product, so don't waste your time.

I currently run:

PCTools Spyware DR. w/Anti-Virus
Trend Micro Titanium

I would like to drop down to one product if I still get good protection. I am unable to run both at the same time, as they are always conflicting. Gets to be a PIA swiching back and forth every week to run full scans. One problem is you don't know what works, until it doesn't work. If you have had issues in the past, please state what product you were using when you got infected. If you are using a product, go online ALOT, and have never got infected, please post also.

Thanks.
Jeff 

AVG. Free version is great, paid is better.

PC Tools Spyware with AV.  Not infected since running it.....  but then you know that.

Just stop visiting  "THOSE" types of sites. 

Dom... In the last five years, my laptops have been infected twice. I had AVG installed on both machines. AVG Free on the first, AVG Paid on the second. Avg caught some of the crap both times, but still allowed enough through to eventually kill em off.

Stephen... I use the PC Tools now based upon your recommendation. Just shopping around to see if there is a better product out there. Perhaps it is due to PC Tools being a Symantec prouct, and I'm not fond of Norton. What do you run on your computer? Only the PC Tools, or do you have other programs also?

PS... I can't help it. Going to other inspectors websites to research is part of my monthly routine. (Yes, both times the infections came from another inspector's site, or a link on their site).

Thanks for the input guys!

Only Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus.  No Spybot, No Adaware. No Defender.  No Malwarebytes.  And NO MICROSOFT firewall or AV at all.  EVER.

So far, the buyout has not affected the PC Tools program.  I think they are keeping it separate from Norton so they have another marketing option in the company.

I've never caught a virus, but I usually stay away from those "inspector" sites that cause viruses, cough, cough.