Your favourite Antivirus?

[Si Veteran]

Please use this thread as a reference for this topic, as time goes on and availabilty changes, the poll will be updated.

[Jexel]

I'm using norton right now...

I was just wondering is there like a website that review every antivirus program out there that doesn't provide bias towards any program?

[fahmy2002]

NOD32

[Ke3pup]

NOD32 , been using it for 2 years now, low on resources, SAfe and Secure, bEtter than all others i've tried.

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

NOD32 :) Been using it for over 2yrs now, I love it!

[NiceCarpet]

Stay with Nod32, When I tryed some of the mcafee software it was nothing next to Nod32.

My 2 cents

[.Gavin]

NOD32 without a shadow of a doubt. We use it here at work on all Client PC's and Servers.

Continuous updates, sometimes 2-3 per day! Cannot beat it for support, and low on CPU usage.

Would not use any other AV again :)

[Hani]

NOD32. I used Mcafee for like 2-3 years, but when I decided to install nod32 my pc became more secure and faster! BTW, add a poll.

[Fighter-X]

the 2 best av's are symantec corp 10 and nod32, hands down. Those are your only real choices.

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I highly disagree with symantec. Its one of the most disappointing AVs I ever had.

[Dokt]

the 2 best av's are symantec corp 10 and nod32, hands down. Those are your only real choices.

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:blink: Based on what? Your gut instinct? The best AV program in the world is Sophos - which antivirus program do you think the vast majority of banks and financial institutions place their faith in?

[thunderrooster]

Mcafee. Even the people on the nod forums on wilders will tell you mcafee has a higher detection rate than nod. As far as resources I cant tell a difference between nod and mcafee. I dont see why thats a problem anymore. Computer stuff is so cheap now. I have always been a mcafee fan though. The next av I would get after mcafee is kaspersky or nod dont want to sound like a nod hater cuase im not.

[peyj]

I have been using Norton Internet Security 2005 since it's released, So far, no virus, trojan or any kind of malware was found and NIS2005 never get crushed or conflicted with other software unlike Kasperskey

Symantec, securities you can trust^_^

and the other antivirus i may use is Nod 32, its light but also trustworthy

[Guest]

I dont know what my fav would be. I use AVG but I dont think its good at real time scanning. I tend to find crappy virus's that have come in via webbrowsing (Java etc).

Norton tends to be good but then I dont want to loose 50% of my CPU either. If you find your PC is sluggish remove Norton and notice the difference.

AVG will do for now. It traps major virus's that come in via Email.

[peyj]

Nod32, here is why. I ran a scan right before I uninstalled norton, it found NO infected files. Then I installed Nod32 and ran a scan. Nod32 discovered 37 infected files that Norton didnt, it even found a file on my C: drive that was holding TONS of warez that wasnt mine!!! And all of those files were infected.

NOD32?:yes::

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Which Norton AV did you use and what kind of infections all these 37 files?

virus, trojan, spyware, adware or malware?

Frankly i really doubt that result, Norton's disadvantage is its a resourse hog for it's a Ring 0 booting antivirus, and it always quarantine the infected files instead of removing it which other AV like Kasperskey prefers (actually this should not be considered symantec's disadvantage for its just different values)

but the hit rate of Norton is one of the highest in the industry (the only 2 100% virus samples detected AV in the windows XP platform are Norton and Nod 32 according to a report VB 100% supplied, which can be found in the Nod 32 HongKong official site: http://www.nod32.com.hk/news/compare.htm the third diagram: windows XP platform)

Figures always telling the truth, so it's almost impossible that Nod32 find out 37 virus that Norton missed, how about trojans or other malware? still cannot convince me since these domains are Nod 32 's weakpoint

now it's time to go back to the topic, if i have to make an alternative choice between Nod32 and Mcafee, Nod32 will be the proper choice:))

Edited July 21, 2005 by peyj

[Slimy]

nod32 > mcafee > norton

[User6060]

NOD32 all the way :D

[Hurmoth]

NOD32 :yes:

[Koding]

NOD32 is the best out there IMO.

[Allaccess]

NOD32 all.the.way

[AOXOMOXOA]

never mcafee. anything but mcafee

[gertin]

NOD32 for sure :)

[+Warwagon MVC]

if you are smoking crack then go mcafee , but if you are drug free go nod32

[+Batfink Subscriber²]

NOD32.... And thats from a McAfee user

[Si Veteran]

Merged

[icecaveman]

I was using Avast! But I had to reset the CMOS on my BIOS so it was driving me insane notifying me all the time it has ben altered and won't allow update. I liked the program but that insident made me throw it away and never want to see it again.

[AppleDave Veteran]

I personally love NOD32, I just recently switched from Norton AV to NOD32.