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.

[gentoogod]

i dont use av software, and never caught a virus before

[sn00pie]

NOD32, perhaps the best AV ever made. :cool:

[NoneAvail]

i've never been using a antivirus for 4 years already. i've caught a virus before when i first brought my computer, but that was when i was like 9 and (noob). but whatever, i keep a eye on everything that goes on my computer so i'm AV free and virus free.

[Mr. Chronopoulos]

AVG Free Edition on the desktop. Laptop is Linux so I don't worry too much about that.

[acnpt]

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2006 Beta

I think its great, does anybody know when it will be released?

[LK.]

I"m currently using norton anti virus 2003

it does updates and all but i'm wondering am i not as safe as the people wiht norton anti virus 2005/2006

or is it the same thing?

and how much resources would i be saving if i switched to another virus program?

when they say bloat wear do they mean too many non needed extra features?

and is cookies that save what sites you look at to help companies generate personal ads considered spyware?

and if i use winpatrol is there really a need to have an anti virus protector running full time?

and when they say real time protection does it only scan files as they come in

or does it mean its constantly scanning stuff?

thanks

im not a software expert but

bloatware, a few definitions i come across often:

1:x anti-virus has 2 more running services (cannot disable additional background services, unable to exit program completely, can't disable auto-updates etc) than xx anti-virus therefore it is "bloatware".

2:uses more system resources than anticipated for whatever reasons.

3:requires higher system requirements, therefore is crap.

4:other products offer the same level of protection, and features whilst using minimal resources, therefore they are better, which is more or less a good point.

tracking cookies, some might consider spyware in the sense of the word, "tracking" for whatever reason: they certainly don't damage your system. they are like documents, containing information, not programs which execute on your pc to spread a virus or whatever, at best they use your ip address to gain info on the sites you have been visiting. unless a close friend or relative knows what a cookie is and snoops in your cookie folder and you have nothing to hide presumably, it's a very, very mild situation, nothing to be concerned about.

keep this is mind when people say things are bloatware. first off, you have NO idea what kind of crap they may be running on their system. are THEY already infected, or get infected in between the time it took them to install their new xx anti-virus, thus making it seem like this caused the "system slowdown!!!" real-time protection can be further strengthed by enabling the program to scan inside a large archive of files thats been compressed(compressed zip for example), not just a single file or folder. most (if not all?) antiviruses have this option available, it just means scanning time is increased a little and additional memory use if theres lots of archives.

for example, you download a song from iTunes which contains a virus. you have protection enabled, you play the song, their program executes and unexpectedly requests you to connect to their servers so you can download their virus riddled utility which "speeds up your pc by up to 50000000000000%!!!!".

if you happened to of downloaded it, now the antivirus alerts you that the program you opened contains a virus, then you work from there, either deleting it or putting it in quarantine to prevent it from running riot on your pc. if real-time protection wasn't enabled u would not of been notified, and thus been infected. it also scans your memory, boot-up areas to prevent the virus causing mayhem when you are more vunerable and so on. so yes it does what you ask.

as for norton 2003, well, i would like to think the protection is considerably better in the latest versions, real-time spyware protection is built in now, so just give it a try and GoBack (no pun intended) to the previous version if you feels its not worth the hassle.

thats my opinion buddie

like i said dont quote me, i may be wrong no doubt theres more expert people here. :p

[webeagle12]

i dont use av software, and never caught a virus before

oh my :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

people like u should NOT be allowed on computer :wacko:

[RootWind]

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2006 Beta

I think its great, does anybody know when it will be released?

I would assume in 2-3 months at most, but you never know what bugs might come up.

[whitedragon]

I use ZoneAlarm Security Suite. Works for me. It's intercepted every virus I've stupidly downloaded. :shiftyninja:

[powerofdragon]

for the moment i use trend micro,

but in your liste you forget tu put the " anti vir" it's a good antivirus toooooooooo

psss those who use AVG i whant to tell you a secret "YOU ARE INFECTEDDDDDDDDD"

[Zaic]

I dont need antivirus software because in last 3-4 years I had no problems with viruses and similar stuff

MS firewall is enaugh for me

if sometimes I feel that something is wrong with my computer I run panda activescan wich is free and you dont need to install it plus it always has the latest definitions it also shows if you have spyware.

I tried most of antivirus software and none of it stayed longer than 2 weeks on my sistem

Norton antivirus - I would call it Norton virus... lots of procceses and overall pain in the a$$.

Panda - overall would be good if it would use 1 instead of 6 or even more processes

NOD32 - alot of false warnings wich played on my nerves especealy then surfing web it trys to block something and nothing helped me i pressed ignore, block, quarantine, I had to disable that feature... then all features whrere disabled i uninstalled it ;p

Avast- tryed it long time ago, one of the better

AVG - long time ago funny thing it detects viruses but cannot remove them well some of them

I dont know if viruses would be bajor problem for me wich fw I would install but not norton/simantec for sure

[NEVER85]

I dont need antivirus software because in last 3-4 years I had no problems with viruses and similar stuff

MS firewall is enaugh for me

Funny how you somehow KNOW that you have no virus problems without antivirus software. That's like saying "my house has never caught on fire, so I don't need a smoke detector".

[AbandonedTrolley]

Funny how you somehow KNOW that you have no virus problems without antivirus software. That's like saying "my house has never caught on fire, so I don't need a smoke detector".

Yups I've never understood the people that say they don't need an anti virus program as they run online scans. That's just shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted. The idea is prevention rather than cure :) If you prevent it happening in the first place, you won't have any troubles :)

[morgs]

Can't understand people who dont use AV software, thanks for facilitating the spread of viruses to everyone else.

Zone Alarm security suite in conjunction with my router seems to work very well.

[way2quik]

using nod32 2.5.

will switch to NAV2k6.

might as well give it a try considering i plan to format my comp by the end of theyear.

[toopoo]

I tried Norton,Mcafee,Kaspersky

Kaspersky is always my favorite

[Lance Might]

Says here that Bitdefender has the highest ratings http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ so how come it has the lowest amount of votes? Or am I getting the reviews from the wrong place?

[ahfunaki]

I use avast, I like it...

[SpectoR]

Some Chinese Softwares are also good!

such as: Kv2006 . King Soft

[digitalslacker]

F-Prot works for me

[chocolate_drops]

i LOVE norton. I love the yellow and the new live update. v2006 is the best version to do. I am now protected from viruses and then it told me it is protecting me from spyware now. There is nothing this program cant do. It even runs faster then most of the other virus programs on the net which makes it a must use

[kcherasaro]

I must say my new favorite is NOD32. I bought it after reading a thread here at Neowin. The community gave it such great comments. I've been a Norton user for many years both personal and corporate versions but have now switched to NOD32. It definitely uses less memory and scans faster. I recommend it to anyone tired of the bloat in other packages.

Thanks Neowin.

[chocolate_drops]

I must say my new favorite is NOD32. I bought it after reading a thread here at Neowin. The community gave it such great comments. I've been a Norton user for many years both personal and corporate versions but have now switched to NOD32. It definitely uses less memory and scans faster. I recommend it to anyone tired of the bloat in other packages.

Thanks Neowin.

what do u mean? NOD32 is even slower then norton!!!

[MuddyMuDmaN]

i LOVE norton. I love the yellow and the new live update. v2006 is the best version to do. I am now protected from viruses and then it told me it is protecting me from spyware now. There is nothing this program cant do. It even runs faster then most of the other virus programs on the net which makes it a must use

....ummhhh, Do you work for Norton? I guess you do have a point in that NOD32 doesn't have the lovely yellow, and there are some things it can't do! :pinch:

Can you explain what you mean by faster? ...ie. scanning, lower resource usage, doesn't slow down your system?

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you like the program you have chosen, but your statements 'for' Norton are incredibly vague. What does "There is nothing this program cant do." mean, anyway? This is an Antivirus thread, so really, IMO the only thing a program needs to do well in order to be recommended in this thread is protect against viruses in an efficient manner (ie balance high detection rates with low resource usage and low price, etc). ;)

[mrmamon]

i think NOD32 is the most!!