46 replies to this topic

[KinG]

The race is on! It will not matter if the AV is paid or free.

[H@ns]

Kaspersky.

[Doctor J]

Paid (& overall)=NOD32
Free=AVG

[KinG]

Is NOD32 bloated?

[cnm]

I don't think there is necessarily a best. "Favorite" might be more like it.

[Doctor J]

Norton is bloated, & it has lots of bad qualities too...

[KinG]

I don't think there is necessarily a best. "Favorite" might be more like it.

Just a good AV all-around.

[KinG]

Norton is bloated, & it has lots of bad qualities too... tongue.gif

Bloated like McAfee?

[rosso_acido]

Having debated the matter really hard with myself, I'll eventually vote for Avast! (although leaving AntiVir & AVG out really breaks my heart).

I use AVG on an XP SP1 Home computer and Avast! on an 98 SE one. I love AVG because it's so lightweight and gets updated quite often. I've seen AntiVir in action on my sister's XP machine and was truly impressed. But I also love Avast! because it doesn't let anything malign escape and treats it accordingly.

What I like slightly more with Avast! is how it updates itself automatically and very discreetly, and has an Outlook Express plugin that lets you see it actually squishing the viruses dead, even as they try to invade your mailbox.

I dumped Norton a long time ago, after it trashed my computer so badly I had to format the HD.

R.

[Doctor J]

Norton is bloated, & it has lots of bad qualities too... tongue.gif

Bloated like McAfee?

At first look, McAfee might look like Norton, with all kinds of bells & whistles, but...
McAfee will not slowdown your system to a crawl, will not require its own 60Gb hard drive, will not add like 5000 entries in your registry.

McAfee is a confirmed STRONG performer as far as detection is concerned, & about middle of the road for needed resources. I would not touch Norton, even if they paid me to have it.

[Trilobite]

I don't think there is necessarily a best.  "Favorite" might be more like it.

Well said!

All AV programs have differing virus databanks. Some containing more virus signatures than others.

I have tested several AV programs with various infections. Some detect virus A but miss virus B. Others detect virus B but miss virus A. I do not believe that there is an overall ‘best’. Each AV behaves differently in different situations.

Edited by Trilobite, 23 July 2004 - 11:45 AM.

[KinG]

What set of AV's would be complete security?

[lonewolf]

Hard decision between KAV and NOD32. But i finally decided on KAV, only because it is better at detecting trojans than NOD32.

Here's a good site for anyone interested in seeing some AV tests. http://www.virusbtn....ducts.xml?table

[Trilobite]

What set of AV's would be complete security?

Other than shutting off your pc and locking it in a cupboard, never to turn it on again; there is no such thing as complete security.

My suggestion would be to install two different AV software packages, at least one should have an on-access scan option, update them often and run full system scans on a regular schedule. They don’t have to the expensive or extravagant AV programs, as the free AV packages can work just as well at the expensive ones. A word of caution though, do not perform the scans at the same time and under no circumstances run more than one on-access or background scan at the same time.

[Taylor]

AVG is my personal favorite!
I have had Norton and Mcafee
(paid and free.), but still prefer
AVG. It seems to be updated more
often and is very user friendly.
The "free" concept is what prompted me
to try it (along with the recommendation
by a Dell support tech!)

[Sasquatch]

Windows Update, All Critical Updates

[dave38]

The "best" A/V is the one that updates itself, or that you remember to update!
None of them are any good if you just "fit & forget"

[KinG]

Anyone may answer.
If you were to use one or more of the listed in poll, what would you choose?

[ILG]

Hello. New member here. I just discovered this forum a few minutes ago.

I am using Panda Platinum 7. One year free offer from Panda. I was just wondering what your thoughts are about it. How does it compare to the big guys, NAV, McAfee, NOD32, Trend Micro, AVG Pro? I didn't put KAV in there because it seems from what I've read, KAV is a step above the rest. I've tried KAV, but it tends to slow my computer down some.

Edited by ILG, 05 August 2004 - 02:40 PM.

[NAMOR]

here are 3 tests with Panda.... It seems to be a decent AV.. In other forums, people have run personal tests, like Trilobite's test. Panda shows generally the same results, 90-95% detection

http://forums.spywar...?showtopic=6165

click on "comparatives" under "home" then "On-demand comparative"
http://www.av-comparatives.org/


You will need a translater for this last one, unless you speak german.
http://www.rokop-sec...cle.php?sid=705

[ILG]

Thanks for those links NAMOR. The reason I asked is because I don't really feel that comfortable with Panda. Not that it's bad, it's just a feeling. I was thinking about giving NOD32 and Trend Micro a try. I've been checking out the NOD forum just to get a feel of the product. It seems that it's either loved or hated. Maybe I'll give it a try anyway.

[NAMOR]

I vote for Dr.Web or NOD32.

[AntiSpam]

The best would be McAfee Internet Security for me.I love its Personal Firewall Plus espically.The antivirus itself is much better than Kaspersky's,from my opinion.

[mpfeif101]

I'll probably get beaten for saying this, but I like Norton. I have used it for a few years and have never had any problems with it. For all the years I have it, my computer has been virus free.

[Hydroponic Garden]

"I don't think there is necessarily a best. "Favorite" might be more like it."-cnm

There are some better than others. I had a bad experience with norton, the product was fine but they wouldn't give me an update, after sending in over 50 dollars eventually to update the software, I switched and bought mcafee, which works fine.


McAfee in my opinion is better than Norton.


-Hydroponic Garden

edit, and after sending money still no update, forgot to point that out.

Edited by Hydroponic Garden, 23 September 2004 - 01:51 AM.

[lada_1500]

Kaspersky AV here

[Island Boy]

OK out of AVG or Avast, which would you choose???

[ErikAlbert]

portis2000yrds
Both are recommended by SWI according this link :
http://www.spywarein...s.php?cat=av#av
If you can't decide put them in alphabetic order and choose the first one

I use AVG because it's free, I like the main screen and I need an Anti-Virus Scanner.
If I would buy one, it would be NOD32 or KAV, but I don't spend any money on protection softwares.

[oshmir]

Eh, the one that was easiest to use for me and most helpful was the online panda one.

[LostAccount]

Kaspersky for me...

[tj416]

I use and recommend NOD32.

[Dr Krall]

I use and recommend NOD32.

Same here. Catch a couple of "virus attemps" every week! And does without using "all the system resources available" like others. (See below)
And it DOES catch trojans too!

Other AV i been using is McAfee (crap AV wich missed a bunch of virus, Norton (wich catched the virus McAfee missed, but it's sooooo slooooowwww).

[Quantum]

I use to use Norton but it slowed my computer WAY too much, then I went onto AVG it was FAR better than Norton and it was free then on day a virus got on my system and deleted AVG, it wasn't AVG's fult but I decided it was time for a change. I tried aVast but I thoughts it's interface was a little strange and I found it a little buggy. The AntiVir entered the scene I think it is the best I have used so far it doesn't slow my machine down, has a simple interface and is overall my favorite.

I remember someone said in another forum that the bestAnti-virus and firewall is having one in the first place what ever it is, I think that's a good idea.

[LostAccount]

...it was free then on day a virus got on my system and deleted AVG, it wasn't AVG's fult but I decided it was time for a change...

Some antivirus programs automatically protect themselves from being terminated and therefore, deletions. Unless the viruses have a built in Killbox-like program, these antivirus programs cannot be deleted. I think AntiVir is termination-proof.

Edited by LostAccount, 03 January 2005 - 02:21 AM.

[excolonial]

Does anybody have a take on PC-Cillin? Trend Micro's online scan is a standard recommendation here as a back-up scan, but no mention is made of PC-Cillin. C-Net rates it better than all other paid programs.

[ErikAlbert]

PC-Cillin is also a good AV Scanner.
My experience with different AV-tests is that they have a different winner LOL, which proves that all these smart AV-test-people NEED a big meeting to create a set of STANDARD RULES for AV-tests (without bribes if possible) and don't tell me it isn't possible. I had worse problems in my job.

[starship_fl]

I've noticed that no mention has been made of CA's eTrust EZ.

I've used it for years and aside from the recent problem, it's been very good.

I'm still waiting to update it.

[ErikAlbert]

starship_fl,
Nevertheless your AV is recommended by SWI in this link :
http://www.spywarein...s.php?cat=av#av
So don't worry

[jake_stone]

Well years ago (DOS days) I recommended Mcafee to customers, then Norton seemed to do much better around the Win98 era, however nowdays those 2 seem quite feeble and system intensive, so at the current time I only recommend NOD32 , customers who have it seem to stop having issues like they did with norton or Pc-Cillin.

[ErikAlbert]

When I re-read all the posts of this topic, only two posts were valuable for me

cnm's post :

I don't think there is necessarily a best. "Favorite" might be more like it."

And that's what everybody did in this topic : mention his/her "Favorite" AV.

dave38's post :

The "best" A/V is the one that updates itself, or that you remember to update!
None of them are any good if you just "fit & forget"

I second that.

Edited by ErikAlbert, 07 January 2005 - 10:08 AM.

[Foxcub]

My favourite is AVG free. I used to have Panda but there is a lady Moderator (Jooske)on the TDS-3 Defense Suite, who gave long & technical reasons why it was suspect, so I stopped using it.

Its no good asking me to explain because it was all Double Dutch to me & I simply trusted her.

Foxbite

[www]

I simply trusted her.    

Like your honesty! (I'd trust her as well, from what I've read)

What comes out, for me, is that it's a bit like, "how long is a piece of string" - main thing is to have one and keep it up-dated (and I'm still coming across people who don't)

[michaelbenson]

No Vexira?
Shocking XD

[ErikAlbert]

No Vexira?
Shocking XD

Too expensive : $49.95
I'm not going to pay such a high price for an AVS with an incomplete signature database, like any other AVS. That's robbery.
You better spend your money on "TrojanHunter" or "TD3", because they don't have a free version and are excellent scanners for trojans.

[michaelbenson]

mmmm............... Probably AVG's resident shield+Mcafee online scans+AV personal On-demand. Mabye Kapersky..........

Based on this

So you recommend AVG Resident Shield, Mcafee Online Scans. But what is AV Personal On-Demand exactly?

Also how does Kaspersky come out on top when you recommend other programs? Is Kaspersky best individually?