The Definitive "BEST ANTIVIRUS" thread

[MxxCon]

i'm so sick of these threads poping up every single week. so here's the one and only thread you should need untill the end of your life. moderator can modify poll entries to update.

BEST ANTIVIRUS

[EnderDX]

F-Prot is the best. It doesn't slow anything down and only uses 500k of ram.

[Beastage]

NAV failed on me many times , mcafee did not

[lanxunkj_1]

I like AVP & Mcafee.

[mm3h]

AVG, Mcafee slowed myPC down to a snail speed same with norton :/

[livesoca]

Used NAV all the time until I got a virus and NAV didn't detect it. I ran LiveUpdate, did a complete scan, even scanned in SAFE MODE and NAV still didn't find it.

Installed AVG, and didn't even update it yet, and BOOM it found my virus in the 1st scan. It was located in C:\System Volume Information or somewhere in there.

AVG all the waaay :woot :woot

[Luis.A]

I have to go with AVG... Norton HOGS all my resources, it slows it down to a crawl.. not to mention the boot time OH MY GOD i could'nt even open the Start Menu... AVG on the other hand uses little resources and it finds any and ALL virii on my PC...

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

norton should be separated in 2

norton antivirus and Symantec antivirus which arent the same and by far

norton antivirus sucks but symancte, the corporate one really owns in all aspects.. memory, gui, efficiency

[DsnBehind]

Riiiiight. :rolleyes: I was just pointing out the irony in his comment. :rolleyes:

Ermmm... it was joke? Me need food! (More caveman.)

[Viserov]

I like AVG, having an anti-virus using only 1-3MB of RAM is always a plus...

If you disable the avgcc32.exe, are you still being protected (this includes MS Outlook)?

[xcommander]

Nod32 - Lightest on Resources and most effective (actually its based on the Kaspersky engine), Daily Updates

[Scorbing]

Read this review about AVG AV and maybe you'll think twice about using it.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,11213,00.asp

[DsnBehind]

Read this review about AVG AV and maybe you'll think twice about using it.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,11213,00.asp

This antivirus software actually engages in viral marketing, scanning your e-mail and inserting an ad for itself at the bottom of all outgoing messages.

Is that true? :unsure:

[Speck]

If you choose to use outlook express / and you choose to "enable microsoft outlook express plug in" then it will place a tag at the bottom of your e-mail that says "this e-mail certified virus free by AVG engine such and such and DAT file such and such. Not a problem as I use thunderbird - also, AVG caught the only trojan I ever found on my system after norton missed it. AND once I tried to uninstall a mcaffee product - for about a week - much registry hacking necessary.

[Veedems Veteran]

I use AVG. Have only had one virus ever and it works for me perfectly. I use AVG7 now because I think it's worth the upgrade and such. Unlike Norton and McAfee, AVG doesn't slow my system down at all.

[Jediweasel]

AVG rocks, even if you use the Free Version. Throw in Adaware and you can have a clean system all the time.

[russellc]

i'm using norton antivirus 2004 right now...works great...no problems at all..i used to use some pccillin that came with my old pc but it didnt work as well as norton so...nav has my vote :)

[Loup LeBeau]

Check out the virus detection stats at www.virus.gr. Kaspersky AV rules supreme as the best all-around anti-virus suite (F-Secure has better detection but lacks key features such as good e-mail database compatibility). I've been using it for years and so far I haven't missed Norton for a second.

Kaspersky is a lot lighter on your system resources and has a killer detection rate, high above Norton and McAfee. These two things made me a fan.

Edited January 6, 2004 by Loup LeBeau

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In CHOICE, a consumer product critic magazine, they did a test, here are the overall results (ranking, percentage, name):

1 - 75% - Norton  AV 2003

2 - 74% - PC-cillin 2003

3 - 67% - VET Online AV 10

4 - 65% - McAfee VirusScan Home Ed. 7

5 - 63% - F-Prot AV for Windows 3.12

6 - 61% - ETrust EZ AV 6

7 - 57% - Norman Virus Control 5

8 - 55% - AVG AV Prof. 6

9 - 54% - Kapersky AV Pers. 4

10 - 51% - AVG AV 6 (the free one)

11 - 46% - NOD32 for Win 95/98/ME

12 - 44% - AVAST! AV Home ed.

Well, there you go, I spose...:/

[Scorbing]

PC Magazine is a well respected magazine and if they say AVG is crap then it is crap. I trust their reviews.

[Jediweasel]

I hear Chevy say that Ford is a piece of crap, but that doesn't stop me from driving my Focus. 3 years with nominal maintenance on my vehicle and no virus infections for 2 years with AVG. Norton struck out and McAfee just sat in the corner and whimpered in pain at the sight of the viruses. PC Mag is well respected, but we are all entitled to our opinions.

Thank you.

[Stunod7]

If you don't have a virus on your computer : NAV

If you have a virus on your computer : QuickHeal

I think I posed in the topic a few months ago... Talk about a topic resurection.

[Ivand]

NAV rulz :yes: but slow down the start :crazy:

[Betelgeuse]

Vet Antivirus :punk: That's all there is to it...

I hate Symantec with a passion :|

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Vet Antivirus :punk: That's all there is to it...

I hate Symantec with a passion :|

I wish my dad didn't force me to run Vet - it's buggy and featureless! :wacko:

[F|shy]

NAV 2003 always used to cause me problems, but now im running Windows 2003 and Symantic Antivirus Corporate Edition, and its running perfectly, always catches virus's, updates itself automatically every few days with latest virus's :)