Si Veteran Posted May 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 22, 2005 Please use this thread as a reference for this topic, as time goes on and availabilty changes, the poll will be updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shoop Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Oh :s Did it used to be free then? That's crap. Hahaha! Sorry for the topic then :p Though if anyone feels one is better than the other I guess it's a good idea to keep it up ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Martyn Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Cant believe people have voted for NOD32, how can it be the best free antivirus if it isnt even free :p? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Best free antivirus: avast. Best pay antivirus: nod32. https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=413458 https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=323306 Reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted December 30, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 30, 2005 I wish the Registration was easier with Avast (for anyone that knows that the hell they are doing it is, i'm must talking about the average user) I haven't seen the new version of Avast expire yet, what does it do? Does it bring up a wizard that helps you renew it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tryeruby Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Norton is the best even using a lot of memory :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted December 30, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 30, 2005 Norton is the best even using a lot of memory :yes: The best??? ... how is detecting a virus but then saying fails to remove it, but you can manually locate and find the virus and remove it yourself, how is that the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 quixotic Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The best??? ... how is detecting a virus but then saying fails to remove it, but you can manually locate and find the virus and remove it yourself, how is that the best? Norton blows. It takes up so much memory. Slows the system down heaps and doesn't even catch everything that is thrown at it. If I recall correctly when installing Norton it also asks you to install a whole bunch of ****e that you don't even need. Call me old-fashioned but I don't want a swiss-army Anti-Virus soluction. NOD32 seems to work the best for me ( aside from AVG which gets kudos because it has a free version and that free version is pretty good ). NOD32 has a small footprint and catches everything that is thrown at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Martyn Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Cant believe people have voted for NOD32, how can it be the best free antivirus if it isnt even free :p? Looks like the old thread and this thread have been merged, and now my comment looks stupid as it isnt about this thread :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JAbad28 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I used to use Nod32, not I use AntiVir, it's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MuddyMuDmaN Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) i ahve a question my friend needs a free anti-virus andi was wondering which was the best of the free ones besides AVG since ive used that one before and dont real care for it. but anyways which one has lower resources and better detection rate etc... Avast! or AntiVir? or is there another good free one anyone can reccomend? AntiVir Personal Edition Classic offers a smaller footprint and better detection rates than Avast!. I switched from AVG to AntiVir's beta 7 Classic a few months ago and couldn't be happier. I'm definitely not saying Avast! isn't a good choice, I just think you'll see more and more users switching to AntiVir when version 7 is officially released. Personally, even the beta has been rock solid for me. :) Seriously, free AV has pretty much been a two name race for a while now (AVG and Avast!), but for those of you still recommending Avast!, you should really check out AntiVir, I think you'll be surprised. No matter where I've looked, their detection rates are at worst equal, but usually much better, and its footprint is roughly equivalent to NOD32 which is way less than Avast! Edited December 31, 2005 by MuddyMuDmaN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sarm Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I've tried many of the following: Norton (yuk!, slows down any PC), good AV engine though, crap at removal. McAfee, not bad NOD32, quite good. KasperSky, very good. AVG, not bad at all BitDefender, stunning I settled for BitDefender for more than 1 reason, apart from being a very good AV detector & remover, it's footprint was very small, plus it's bundled with an excellent Firewall, Spam and Spyware system - one small program which takes care of everything. Anyone looking for one simple single package to take care of secuirty, I would seriously suggest to try it out. It's a cutting-edge package, that is to say whilst it's ahead of many others it can be buggy - one bug is the firewall stops some 3rd party software (such as Partition Magic, Diskeeper etc) from running as the software really does stop just about anything from messing with your machine, they're working on a fix but tend to be slow on bug fixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted December 31, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 31, 2005 AntiVir Personal Edition Classic offers a smaller footprint and better detection rates than Avast!. I switched from AVG to AntiVir's beta 7 Classic a few months ago and couldn't be happier. I'm definitely not saying Avast! isn't a good choice, I just think you'll see more and more users switching to AntiVir when version 7 is officially released. Personally, even the beta has been rock solid for me. :) Seriously, free AV has pretty much been a two name race for a while now (AVG and Avast!), but for those of you still recommending Avast!, you should really check out AntiVir, I think you'll be surprised. No matter where I've looked, their detection rates are at worst equal, but usually much better, and its footprint is roughly equivalent to NOD32 which is way less than Avast! just looking at Antivir's website and it says the premiem edition has pop3 scanning, so the free one doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andyqkw Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 avast! Antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Smigit Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I wish the Registration was easier with Avast (for anyone that knows that the hell they are doing it is, i'm must talking about the average user) I haven't seen the new version of Avast expire yet, what does it do? Does it bring up a wizard that helps you renew it? you get a popup, just like the when you have newer definitions or a virus is found and you get a link to the site.I believe it was via a popup, either that or you get a prompt when you attempt to get new definitions. Was pretty painless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 byte Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 A bit dated but still a very good walkthrough for NOD32 users for all experience levels. Wilderssecurity NOD32 Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 virgo89 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 i just got symantec antivirus corporate edition, we'll see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted January 4, 2006 MVC Share Posted January 4, 2006 you get a popup, just like the when you have newer definitions or a virus is found and you get a link to the site. I believe it was via a popup, either that or you get a prompt when you attempt to get new definitions. Was pretty painless ya but that popup saying a new version is available can be poping up on some peoples machines, for ever and they will never click on it. had that a few days ago, went to someones house and connected to the net and it poped up, checked there version number and they were still at 4.1, so you know its been popping up for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 russ0943 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 i switched to NOD32 after seeing the response here.....WOW! what a difference. This AV software is like a breath of fresh air. I would recommend it to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted January 4, 2006 MVC Share Posted January 4, 2006 i switched to NOD32 after seeing the response here.....WOW! what a difference. This AV software is like a breath of fresh air. I would recommend it to anyone. what did you have prevous? if you had norton, does your computer feel alittle less ass raped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wildies Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Using NOD32 from along time ,and never had any issues with it, but just done a new format and had the chance to try Kaspersky , so i did , and really feeling the same secure feeling of NOD32 and it doesnt take alot much ram .. so my fav list will be : 1) NOD32 2) Kaspersky but wanna know , does anyone have any bad experince with Kaspersky?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xlnet Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 i used kaspersky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Starcraft Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) Kaspersky is my favorite. Its tech is No.1, but not too successful in market place. :cry: Kaspersky AV Personal Pro needs proper configuration in earlier version like 4.x. But now I think there are no compatibility issues and it is easy to use. Edited January 5, 2006 by Starcraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gigapixels Veteran Posted January 5, 2006 Veteran Share Posted January 5, 2006 Well, I've used Norton AV, Kaspersky, NOD32, AVG, and finally Symantec AV, and I would have to say my favorite out of all is Symantec. I'm talking about the Corporate edition... It's so nice on resources and so very out of the way... Me likes it very much :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Warwagon MVC Posted January 5, 2006 MVC Share Posted January 5, 2006 hmm easy on resources? I installed the corp 10 version and I went from like 25 processes to like 33 I was like WTF.. so I uninstalled that and tried Avast and I went to 27 Processes ... MUCH better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MacOSXMan Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 AVG and Kaspersky My goal with security, small memory foot print programs, as few processes running as possible, and common sense so I don't need too much crap running lol That should go with anyone no matter how powerful a machine you have, thats my opinion though, rant on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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