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.

[MacOSXMan]

cold14: I would suggest something that can protect against changes to your registry instead of another antivirus running. A program such as "RegDefend" would protect those important Registry files from being modified. I'd stick with NOD32 and A-Squared combo though. You could try BitDefender as an on demand scanner along with NOD32... Hope that helps!

Something called Sand Boxie ( believe thats what its called), is another barrier of defense, to protect from infection.

[uniacidz]

Still Trend Micro for me.

[Julienprz]

Avast....to earn money

Nod32 to have quality...

[fungusman]

I like the old AVG... however no virus protection software will ever be as good as common sense.

[CaptainCobra]

i used to not have one, then i used avast!, then went anti-virus-less for awhile again, then went to kaspersky, which i really liked, but decided to take a chance on nod32 since everybody seems to like it. i like kaspersky's menu layouts better, but nod32 looks pretty cool so far.

[archimedez]

nod32 and avg both work good

[SnowRanger13]

Haven't used Nod32 yet but everyone talks about it so i'm going to check it out.

[RGSPro]

nod isn't that great. i mean its faster, but thats about it. norton catches everything. may be a system hog, but it works for me.

[Tai]

I converted to NOD32 from Norton because of the memory hog issues ...

I don't know what those guys are up to at symantec .. don't they listen to users & read forums ? maybe they should start work on a 'lite' version :p

[MrClavet]

After some test on antivirus

-avast!

-norton/symantec

-mcafee

-nod32

-panda

I realized that Nod32 was doing a great job without a lot of problem

but like everyone know viruses can be modificated to be undetectable and nod32 still kick ass :D

for all the others here some result

avast! = detect some viruses but take too much memory

norton = bull**** :blink:

mcafee = same old crap :blink:

nod32 = KICK ASS

panda = problem with firewall and viruses stay on computer

avg = not the worst not the best

NjOi

[wize_guy123]

Everyone told me to get NOD32, got it. Perfect.

Not to much memory is getting taken up. Scans with no problem. Detects before they come in. (Real-Time Protection) Its just great.

[Dan.Varga]

I prefer to not use any type of AV on my system, but my school requires McAfee for access to the internet.

[wize_guy123]

I mean does anyone prefer one. There is absolutely no need to protect our systems from viruses. They do no harm, and won't cost us a dime if they do anything. But we like the style of them, and thats why we have them.

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(Sarcasm) - the effect doesn't transfer too good into text. :(

[Cadish]

I prefer to not use any type of AV on my system, but my school requires McAfee for access to the internet.

:no: :o

[RootWind]

I prefer to not use any type of AV on my system, but my school requires McAfee for access to the internet.

And they provide it right? McAfee VS 8.0i Enterprise? VS Enterprise is pretty good. The only AV to stop the WMF exploit without an update due to its Buffer overflow protection.

McAfee actually has one of the top three databases (of course, they have crap programmers for consumer retail division though).

I'm surprised AVG is so high, it didn't detect over 100 variants of malware utilizing the WMF exploit in the first 48-72 hours, while almost everyone else did.

[WastedJoker]

NOD32 might be good but it has an awful interface and that matters a lot to me.

Kaspersky is my preferred option

[MuddyMuDmaN]

Here are the December 2005 Comparative AntiVirus Testing results from Virus.gr. Here is the direct link. Enjoy! :)

Rank

1. Kaspersky Personal Pro version 5.0.390- 99.46%

Kaspersky 2006 beta version 6.0.15.222- 99.46%

2. F-Secure 2006 version 6.10.330 - 96.92%

3. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 96.62%

4. eScan Virus Control version 2.6.522.9 - 95.21%

5. McAfee version 10.0.27 - 94.80%

6. BitDefender version 9 - 90.75%

7. Nod32 version 2.50.41 - 88.79%

8. AntiVir Personal version 6.32.00.51 - 86.55%

9. MKS_VIR 2005 - 86.16%

10. Norton Professional version 2006 - 85.17%

11. F-Prot version 3.16d - 84.96%

12. Dr. Web version 4.33 - 84.68%

13. Panda Titanium 2006 version 5.01.00 - 82.02%

14. Virus Chaser version 5.0a - 79.37%

15. AVG version 7.1.371 - 77.97%

16. PC-Cillin 2006 version 14.00.1341 - 77.84%

17. Avast version 4.6.744 - 76.93%

18. BullGuard version 6 - 74.02%

19. UNA version 1.83 - 69.83%

20. Norman version 5.83.07 - 69.13%

21. Sophos Sweep version 3.99 - 67.76%

22. VBA32 version 3.10.5 - 63.36%

23. Zondex Guard version 5.3.3 - 56.81%

24. Vexira 2005 version 5.001.32 - 51.62%

25. ClamWin version 0.87.1 - 48.45%

26. E-Trust version 7.0.6.7 - 47.84%

27. ZoneAlarm with VET Antivirus έκδοση 6.1.737.000 - 47.70%

28. Digital Patrol version 5.00.08 - 47.02%

29. Ewido version 3.5 - 46.31%

30. V3Pro 2004 - 44.16%

31. Solo 4.0 version 3.1.0 - 42.45%

32. Fire version 2.7 - 38.38%

33. Protector Plus version 7.2.H01 - 38.06%

34. A Squared Personal version 1.6 - 35.31%

35. Quick Heal version 8.00 - 33.76%

36. ViRobot Expert version 4.0 - 32.37%

37. AntiTrojan Shield version 2.1.0.14 - 26.45%

38. PC Door Guard version 4.2.0.35- 26.05%

39. Trojan Hunter version 4.2.908 - 11.53%

40. VirIT version 5.2.53 - 10.33%

41. Tauscan version 1.70.1414 - 7.21%

42. Trojan Remover version 6.4.4 - 7.19%

43. The Cleaner version 4.1.42.52 - 5.97%

44. CounterSpy version 1.5.82 - 5.87%

45. SpySweeper version 4.5.7.642 - 2.99%

46. IP Armor version 5.46.0703 - 2.46%

47. Hacker Eliminator version 1.2 - 1.77%

48. Spyware Doctor version 3.2.2.453 - 1.55%

49. Abacre 1.3 - 0.00%

50. SpyHunter 2.0 - 0.00%

I'm pretty pleased with AntiVir's results. Not bad for a free solution! :)

[Stunna]

my personal favorite :)

So the new 2006 is an all in one product. I'll have to look at that one.

[Cadish]

So the new 2006 is an all in one product. I'll have to look at that one.

I don't see any difference with the 2005-version :/

[Sarm]

PCWorld magazine have just run a Anti-Virus test for the March 2006 edition of the magazine.

The results are almost perfect to what I've found myself (I've done my own testing as I install AV software on a lot of machines for clients), and at last BitDefender is at the top (a product I've used personally for a couple of years now).

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,124475,00.asp

Note: if you buy the pro version of BitDefender then you don't need Firewall & Spyware software because it does it all, so not only is it the slimest AV product for overheads, but it's a firewall and spyware killer too!

[priestz]

i agree nod32 is the best anti virus of the world,but still,i llike kav better :angry:

[Kr0z]

So far gone from NOD32 to Antivir 7 to BitDefender9 Standard - and I'm happy now!

[ps89]

Currently, I'm using Norton Internet Security 2006. The only reason I'm using it is because it has a 'Parental Control' function which filters inappropriate web sites. Besides NIS 2006, which softwares offer the same function? Thanks. :)

PS: I'm trying to get rid of NIS because it slows down my computer and my surfing speed. I'm thinking of installing avast! Home Edition and ZoneAlarm. Is it a good combo? Of course, I still need the web filtering software but couldn't think of any alternatives.

Edited February 3, 2006 by ps89

[Sarm]

Currently, I'm using Norton Internet Security 2006. The only reason I'm using it is because it has a 'Parental Control' function which filters inappropriate web sites. Besides NIS 2006, which softwares offer the same function? Thanks. :)

PS: I'm trying to get rid of NIS because it slows down my computer and my surfing speed. I'm thinking of installing avast! Home Edition and ZoneAlarm. Is it a good combo? Of course, I still need the web filtering software but couldn't think of any alternatives.

have a look at BitDefender Internet Secuirty, it does all of that, but a lot better than any other product and very little memory (certainly less than Norton).

plus, it's the top rated product these days (see my post a few further up from here).

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

I'd recommend eTrust Antivirus.

I use it, and we put it on all systems we build. :p

Norton Antivirus and McAfee are pretty bad now. Specially when it comes to speed.