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

[gaviaal]

Definitly Norton

[uniacid]

Norton for home :) NOD32 for my server :) its way faster than Nav

[lyte]

I've always used NAV, but the install is a headache. Going to try out AVG! :)

[heliosphan]

k, I didnt get to read this whole thread, so I dunno if this has been said, but Norton and Mcaffee dont stop EVERYTHING, theres a lot of thing out there that they still dont detect, if you want something thats really up to date, go with kaspersky, you cannot go wrong with it, i can assure you of that :D

lol

[jugaaru]

Norton AV, The best

[Jeffsoft]

i use VET from ComputerAssociation ( better than E-Trust

[norseman]

Symantec corporate 8.1... allowed many trojan viruses to be installed onto my computer. It did not detect nor clean or delete. So I had lots of fun loading into console and removing files, editing registry and all the other **** to get my system back to where it once was. I had re-installed AVG Pro 7, and boom... no more worries :) I vote AVG Pro 7. If Microsoft bought Grisoft, that should be reason enough for anyone running windows to use it.

[norseman]

By the way, most virus creators make viruses now so that they are stealth to most of symantec's antivirus programs because most of the consumers out there use norton either by bundle with new system or because at least a couple of their friends use it. It is by far one of the most unsafe antivirus, first is naturally, Mcafee.

[Iluvatar]

I currently use Mcafee Home v8 and think its great. I tried using AVG (both free and paid) but I found the program to be a little 'outdated' looking, it reminds me of programs i used to run on win95 ;). However i made the switch to Mcafee and it seems ok on resources and I like the system notifications way better.

[ad345zAdZ0d9_]

AVG for real nerds

[akaladis Veteran]

Symantec AV for me!

[ChicoCahill]

avg

[BryanChung]

I just uninstalled f-Prot to give Panda a try :)

[Spyder Veteran]

I currently use Mcafee Home v8 and think its great. I tried using AVG (both free and paid) but I found the program to be a little 'outdated' looking, it reminds me of programs i used to run on win95 ;). However i made the switch to Mcafee and it seems ok on resources and I like the system notifications way better.

amen. mcafee got it right with their latest version. :)

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

I think the opposite about McAfee VS8.

I don't like it as much as 7. Granted 8 looks better but in VS8 we lost whitelisting of scripts, exclusions, scheduled scanning options, logging, ability to completely turn of alerts for true silent operation, and gained the security center(plug for software you don't own), a buggy activeX base, and the program is tied to an email address(not that big of a deal).

So while 7 wasn't pretty I think it was better.

[Zatoichi]

I think the opposite about McAfee VS8.

I don't like it as much as 7. Granted 8 looks better but in VS8 we lost whitelisting of scripts, exclusions, scheduled scanning options, logging, ability to completely turn of alerts for true silent operation, and gained the security center(plug for software you don't own), a buggy activeX base, and the program is tied to an email address(not that big of a deal).

So while 7 wasn't pretty I think it was better.

VirusScan Enterprise 7.1 smokes McAfee VS 8 in so many ways, but the main one is less impact on system resources...like I said earlier, after running all of the incarnations of Norton up to the latest Symantec Corp. version, giving AVG, Panda, Kapersky and Bit-Defender a run for their money, I ended up with VirusScan Enterprise as the far and away over-all winner in my book...

Why people still use NAV in the majority speaks volumes about how misled people can be! :laugh:

[Khujo]

VirusScan Enterprise 7.1 smokes McAfee VS 8 in so many ways, but the main one is less impact on system resources...like I said earlier, after running all of the incarnations of Norton up to the latest Symantec Corp. version, giving AVG, Panda, Kapersky and Bit-Defender a run for their money, I ended up with VirusScan Enterprise as the far and away over-all winner in my book...

Why people still use NAV in the majority speaks volumes about how misled people can be! :laugh:

the main reason people use NAV in actual retail is that there aren't many well name options on the store shelf. McAfee's Consumer product is an absolute monster on system resources causing 2.4GHz machines to feel like 200Mhz in situations i've had to work on as recently as last week. Removing McAfee's suite of (cr)Apps made an amazing change in the performance of the machine. I still personally use Symantec Corp 8.1 but its hard to recommend that to a customer when we stock it in 5 seat licenses and they only have one machine.

[Zatoichi]

the main reason people use NAV in actual retail is that there aren't many well name options on the store shelf. McAfee's Consumer product is an absolute monster on system resources causing 2.4GHz machines to feel like 200Mhz in situations i've had to work on as recently as last week. Removing McAfee's suite of (cr)Apps made an amazing change in the performance of the machine. I still personally use Symantec Corp 8.1 but its hard to recommend that to a customer when we stock it in 5 seat licenses and they only have one machine.

So, have you run "VirusScan Enterprise 7.1"?

If so, how would you compare it to "Symantec Corp 8.1"?

BTW, does Symantec Corp 8.1 have LiveUpdate or can you bypass that madness and update manually?

Thx :happy:

[butterflychoke]

I am extremely cheap, :D

So when my subscripton to NAV2003 expired, I looked for a freeware alternative

I thought of AVG first, but discovered that they have been having problems with their updates lately, and it took me several tries just to download the prog. I don't like to think that my AV was not updating!

After more searching, I found:

http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html

I installed it today. It scans my e-mails OK, and a full system scan went OK as well. The scan is not any faster than NAV, but it is not any worse.

And It is FREE :p

[livesoca]

I'd have to go with AVG 1st, then Norton 2nd.

[Ultra Frosty]

I dont use anti-virus software and I use P2P daily :shifty:

[Redestium]

I dont use anti-virus software and I use P2P daily :shifty:

And you earn all our respect...

no really!!11 you do...

[realmccoy]

I like SOPHOS, and CA's EZ Anti-virus these are the only anti-virus programs that I found that are not full of bloat wear like Norton

[coresx]

I thought NOD32 was the best virus scanner out right now by a long way.

[Radix]

I thought NOD32 was the best virus scanner out right now by a long way.

yes that's right and very fast too; but it's not very known as norton. I use nod, it has a simple and a very advanced mode ;)