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Your favourite Antivirus?


  

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  1. 1. Your favourite Antivirus?

    • Avast!
      193
    • AVG
      306
    • BitDefender
      42
    • Kaspersky
      261
    • McAfee
      154
    • NOD32
      633
    • Norton/Symantec
      435
    • Panda
      29
    • Trend Micro
      81
    • Other
      161


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Switched to BitDefender... Very good protection, BitDefender is second best after Kaspersky. NOD32 is nice but not so good as everyone lets you think it is...

Personally I would rate the engines like this:

1) Kaspersky

2) BitDefender

3) McAfee

4) NOD32

... ... ...

Ofcource the NOD32 fanboys will say NOD is the best, it't good but defenitly not the best! But people should just use what they like, it's personal preference... I won't recommend Symantec tho (also not corporate) because it has slow updates to big threats (like MyTOB now)...

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Switched to BitDefender... Very good protection, BitDefender is second best after Kaspersky. NOD32 is nice but not so good as everyone lets you think it is...

Personally I would rate the engines like this:

1) Kaspersky

2) BitDefender

3) McAfee

4) NOD32

... ... ...

Ofcource the NOD32 fanboys will say NOD is the best, it't good but defenitly not the best! But people should just use what they like, it's personal preference... I won't recommend Symantec tho (also not corporate) because it has slow updates to big threats (like MyTOB now)...

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You have and opinion, it is however not based on facts.

Check this list out and then compare to the products on your list.

NOD32 - Result summary: 31 passes / 3 fails

McAfee - Result summary: 19 passes / 18 fails

BitDefender - Result summary: 7 passes / 6 fails

Kaspersky - Result summary: 26 passes / 13 fails

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You have and opinion, it is however not based on facts.

Check this list out and then compare to the products on your list.

NOD32 - Result summary: 31 passes / 3 fails

McAfee - Result summary: 19 passes / 18 fails

BitDefender - Result summary: 7 passes / 6 fails

Kaspersky - Result summary: 26 passes / 13 fails

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Actually, if he was rating on overall protection, NOD32 wouldn't be first at all. NOD32 is a little weak with scripts, and good, not great trojan protection.

They are extremely good with ITW malware however as shown by the VB100% (what most normal users get). And the heuristics are something to be wrecken with (but will decrease as it gets more popular due to pre-checking).

I wouldn't say KAV, BitDefender, and McAfee have better engines. It would really more be like they have a better signature databases, which usually puts them above NOD32 on large malware tests with exotic code.

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You have and opinion, it is however not based on facts.

Check this list out and then compare to the products on your list.

NOD32 - Result summary: 31 passes / 3 fails

McAfee - Result summary: 19 passes / 18 fails

BitDefender - Result summary: 7 passes / 6 fails

Kaspersky - Result summary: 26 passes / 13 fails

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Well it's based on facts, vb100 does not cover a full product test. It only included viruses, but the biggest risk now a days are Trojans, backdoors ect ect.

If you don't believe my ratings I would like to invite you at the wildersecurity forums to find it out yourself, and have a look here http://www.av-comparatives.org/

(note that BitDefender almost doubled their signature database since the last test, and now seems the best after Kaspersky in on-demand scan results)

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I'm glad to see BitDefender mentioned at last, it's unknown to many - but I've tried just about all AV products, and BitDefender is the most impressive for low oveheads and ease of use.

The fact that BitDefender comes as a complete package (Anti Spam, Firewall and AV) appeals to me too.

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McAfee

I only used Norton and that one was too slowwwwwwwwwwww

I tried Grisoft and another free AV--I couldn't download them successfully

When I saw on Hotmail that Microsoft used McAfee to detect virus, I thought McAfee was something only Microsoft used.

Now I am using McAfee, it turns down its auto-protect function automatically from time to time...But it does work for me.

Chances are ANY AV software will work for me. I might be like Microsoft: I don't care about security or virus or adwares. As long as my PC is still usable and my docs are not deleted I won't consider that problem.

PS: Earlier this year the most pretty girl in my class asked me to mix some tracks for her and... I didn't have AV that time and her flash disk was infected with obvious virus. That's when I got a McAfee. I also gave her the McAfee 8.0 to kill her virus but..she hasn't been able to know how to use it. Does pretty girls have to be a bit dumber!?

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