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

[OblivionSHO]

Which AV program has the least impact on system performance? Opinions please.

~OblivionSHO~

[Plarkster]

Which AV program has the least impact on system performance? Opinions please.

~OblivionSHO~

AVG and Panda are pretty good, but NOD32 probably uses the least resources.

[joshluv21]

Does anyone know which one is the best and free??? :D

[rumbleph1$h]

Trend Micro is a good , comprehensive and free online scan ;)

might wanna check out this thread: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=29568 :o

[yudi_lks]

Wrong forum pal.. :p

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=29568 ... Best Antivirus thread

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=119821 .. Freeware thread

[yudi_lks]

Shoot rumbleph1sh, why you are always faster than me.. :D

[rumbleph1$h]

Shoot rumbleph1sh, why you are always faster than me.. :D

:laugh: lol , what can i say?

i'm hitting the sack now tho, so you won't have to compete with me for a while ;)

[yudi_lks]

Hahaha.. Sleep tight then..

[Steven]

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=29568 :rofl: :woot: :sleep:

[John Veteran]

All I can say is, "you get what you pay for" :yes:

[justin89h]

Ive always like AVG, mainly because of the free version :laugh: , and I used to use PC-Cillin, before I discovered they force you to buy again each new version :angry:

[joshluv21]

Gameguy i don't get what you're saying? :x

[John Veteran]

Free = $0 worth, $40 = $40 worth. Think about it...

[yudi_lks]

Someone needs a serious rest.. :D

[uniacidz]

All I can say is, "you get what you pay for" :yes:

Exacto mondo alrighty rooney.

Cant have said it better. Maybe couldve added a extra emoticon or two but definately could not have said it better.

[l0g0ut]

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??

nope... same exact interface since 7.5.

this NOD32 made me curious. installed it in my laptop. love it so much that i formatted my desktop to use it there too. minimal resource and very fast. scanned my entire 80GB hard drive in 5 minutes (but it could be that i told it to ignore all the AVIs :))

one more cool thing about NOD32: it scanned any email that comes in and out of any email client. tried it with opera's M2 and thunderbird. it does this by scanning user-defined port for incoming and outgoing mails.

[Mouton]

Anyone tried the free 12-months MS offer ?

AV by Computer Associates I think...

[uniacidz]

Nah i havent actually.

Yeh i have the cd, but havent installed as happy with my current.

CA does eTrust which is what you get with the CD, uses Innoculate and VET sig files if im correct.

I used to have Innoculate a while back and was quite good. Also heard VET was pretty damn good also, so yeh should be ok having the two sig files combined into one.

[Banzai]

please search before you post!!!

[joshluv21]

hey, where can i download Norton/Symantec??? hopefully its free :blush:

[Zatoichi]

McCaffe detect almost every virus but his real time monitoring can really slow down any PC no matter how fast it is.<br />

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NAV doesn't slow my PC and his operation is practically transparent BUT it can't detect every virus and sending it to Symantec doesn't help as I discovered when I sended a new virus patter a month ago and today NAV still can't identify it.<br />

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Innoculate-It PE was a very good and free alternative (and it detected this virus NAV can't) but sadly it was descontinued by Computer Associates, now only a comercial and more advanced version of Innoculate-It it's available, EZ-Antivirus and also doesn't slow my PC, a very good performer (and less expensive than the previous ones).

The reason McAfee is so slow on your PC is you don't know how to configure it...if you configure On-Access scan to only scan files copied to your HD and not read, it actually has a smaller footprint than NAV Pro...

DUH!

McAfee will catch 90% more virii than NAV Pro, which hasn't met a trojan it didn't like! LMAO

Of course, I'm not using that home user crap, I'm using McAfee Enterprise with unlimited updates...

Not exactly something you can buy off the shelf!

[moogoat]

hey, where can i download Norton/Symantec??? hopefully its free :blush:

it's not free. try a google for a trial version

[CatsHighfiveMe]

This thread should be updated...

F-Secure Internet Security 2004 is the best AntiVirus I've ever used... :)

k0zy

[joshluv21]

ok, anything thats good i can use for free? :whistle:

[VII]

ok, anything thats good i can use for free? :whistle:

AVG

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