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Definitive Best Antivirus


Definitive Best Antivirus  

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  1. 1. Your choice?

    • Avast!
      94
    • AVG
      110
    • BitDefender
      22
    • Kaspersky
      140
    • McAfee
      36
    • NOD32
      376
    • Norton
      44
    • Symantec
      54
    • Panda
      8
    • N/A
      66
  2. 2. Your choice?

    • Trend Micro
      71
    • Zone Labs
      106
    • Windows One Care
      62
    • AntiVir
      57
    • F-Secure
      31
    • ClamWin
      15
    • VBA32
      1
    • Sophos
      7
    • Other (please specify below)
      52
    • N/A
      548


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

AVG > any other one AV solutions

And FYI, there is no one "end all" solution for AV. AVG will miss things that you'll need another program/tool to remove. It's the best because it takes up the least resources and has the one of the highest detection rate. Not to mention it's free.

Grisoft also just purchased Ewido so spyware protection may be added to AVG.

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I cant believe ppl are still having this dicussion. NOD32 for all ur antivirus needs, Its worth the money. [EOD].

As anti-virus choices changes every year among people due to new better programs or trial and errors, we all are bound to have changed our choices of anti-virus programs. These polls helps people make the right choice.

I use NOD32 and have been using the trial versions every months for the past 2 years. I am very happy with the performance and behaviours of NOD32.

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I have some questions for you guys :)

Does AVG free comes with a real time scanner AND is it low on ressources?

Is Trend Micro Officescan any good AND low on ressources?

Does Avast free comes with a real time scanner AND is it low on ressources?

if it is possible, please include the number of processes those software are using on your computer and the ressources per process they take...

thanks in advance to anyone that can help me with my question :)

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