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The Definitive "BEST ANTIVIRUS" thread

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Best Antivirus  

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  1. 1. Best Antivirus

    • Norton/Symantec
      665
    • McAfee
      115
    • AVG
      201
    • NOD32
      131
    • PC-Cilin
      52
    • Panda
      33
    • Kaspersky
      103
    • Other
      107
    • F-Prot
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I use F-Prot Antivirus.

I have tried Norton Antivirus and kept it on my PC for over an year long (without reinstalling) - it worked fine, though it seemed to slow down the computer at times + it had a preety "heavy" interface.

F-prot is simple and it features all the basic (and actually needed) options. It has a scanning tool to check your drives, a real-time protector to detect any threats in real time, a scheduler to program tasks like drives scanning or online updates + the interface is not "heavy" on graphics an all kinds of visual effects. I also heard that it has one of the largest virus databases of all antivirus softwares.

quite what you need i suppose .... :shifty:

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just got symantec antivirus corporate v9.0.0.338, the scanning is much faster compare to v8. i guess symantec still make the best antivirus. :)

How does CPU usage and memory usage compare to Old version?

And What is the difference between Exchange plug in and The pop3 / imap plug in?

Any interface improvement?

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just got symantec antivirus corporate v9.0.0.338, the scanning is much faster compare to v8. i guess symantec still make the best antivirus. :)

I'm on SAV CE 8.1 at the moment, but now that 9.x is out I might use my Gold maintenance to upgrade for free.

Any obvious benefits like better interface etc etc??

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preducer

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How does CPU usage and memory usage compare to Old version?

And What is the difference between Exchange plug in and The pop3 / imap plug in?

Any interface improvement?

the memory and cpu usage is around the same.... i dont feel any different on my machine. about the email plugins i'm not sure myself but this version the email scanning does work with thunderbird.

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Zatoichi

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Well, well...NAV Pro blows it again!!! :angry:

My home machines had been upgraded to McAfee Enterprise VirusScan & Symantec Corp., but one of my computers in my work office was still running NAV Pro & NPF 2003.

With up-to-date NAV virus definitions, I picked up an ActiveX Trojan and NAV won't even detect even when I tell the fat, bloated POS where to look!

Trust me, if you're one of the sheeple blindly following Norton products, your time is coming!!! :devil:

BTW, I did a test with McAfee Enterprise VirusScan & Symantec Corp. installations on the same webpage that attack my NAV Pro system and Symantec Corp. didn't detect it either!

Only McAfee Enterprise VirusScan 7.1 with up-to-date definitions caught it, and stopped it dead in it's tracks...

:whistle:

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