Definitive Best 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.

[cybershark]

Kaspersky

[+.Aaron Subscriber¹]

I have yet to try Kaspersky but am currently using NOD32 and loving the lack of resources it uses. I am struggling to find a decent Antivirus solution for clients that I support.

[jbonello]

OneCare - and I have a free subscription too

[Leafy]

i use Nod32 and BitDefender! :D :D

[ViperAFK]

I use Avast! and have been pretty satisfied with it.

[xpgeek]

I've been an Avast user for a while, really like it but it can be a bit of a memory hog sometimes.

Just tried ClamWin antivirus tho. No active scanner, that I don't really need or even want anyway, but right click windows explorer integration to scan any file anytime I want, and wow now thats low resource usage, and 1 process, just one.

Yea I like this a lot.

[Dark Reaper]

I use Symantec Antivirus Corporate 9. It's great!

Interface is clean but the only thing I don't like is the 50 MB memory usage but that's to scan files in real time.

[+Batfink Subscriber²]

I don't use AV. I use spyware blaster and a custom hosts file to block nasties that come through the web-browser.

I have an account with 1and1.co.uk who run all my e-mail through spam and av filters.

Never had a virus :D

[Lare2]

I use computer associates e-trust, never had a problem with a virus.

[MrStoo]

I use NOD32, and had no problems.

[junkie]

NOD32. :yes:

[Kev1n]

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.

from my experience this is very untrue.

I used AVG for so long, one day my pc got infected with a virus that it couldnt remove. I decided to try NOD32 and guess what, it detected more than 10 viruses that AVG wasnt able to detect.

using NOD32 since then.

[Koolance]

They left out the one I would pick. :yes:

The one that would detect, clean and block 100% of all viruses. :D

Can't remember what its called though! :whistle:

But for now I'll stick with AVG Free....

[The Lege]

well going by another website that said 320 viruses were tested for, this is what i'll believe:

1a) MKS_Vir 2004 - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

1b) eXtendia AVK - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

2a) Kaspersky 5.0 - 320/321 1 Missed - 99.70% (with Extended Database ON)

2b) McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - 319/321 + 2 (2 found as joke programs - heuristically) - 99%

3) F-Secure - 319/321 2 Missed - 99.37%

4) GData AVK - 317/321 4 Missed - 98.75%

5) RAV + Norton (2 way tie) - 315/321 6 Missed - 98.13%

6) Dr.Web - 310/321 11 Missed - 96.57%

7) CommandAV + F-Prot + BitDefender (3 Way Tie) - 309/321 12 Missed - 96.26%

8) ETrust - 301/321 20 Missed - 93.76%

9) Trend - 300/321 21 Missed - 93.45%

10) Avast! Pro - 299/321 22 Missed - 93.14%

11) Panda - 298/321 23 Missed - 92.83%

12) Virus Buster - 290/321 31 Missed - 90.34%

13) KingSoft - 288/321 33 Missed - 89.71%

14) NOD32 - 285/321 36 Missed (results identical with or without advanced heuristics) - 88.78%

15) AVG Pro - 275/321 46 Missed - 85.66%

16) AntiVIR - 268/321 53 Missed - 83.48%

17) Antidote - 252/321 69 Missed - 78.50%

18) ClamWIN - 247/321 74 Missed - 76.94%

19) UNA - 222/321 99 Missed - 69.15%

20) Norman - 215/321 106 Missed - 66.97%

21) Solo - 182/321 139 Missed - 56.69%

22) Fire AV - 179/321 142 Missed - 55.76%

23) V3 Pro - 109/321 212 Missed - 33.95%

24) Per_AV - 75/321 - 246 Missed - 23.36%

25) Proland - 73/321 248 Missed - 22.74%

26) Sophos - 50/321 271 Missed - 15.57%

27) Hauri - 49/321 272 Missed - 15.26%

28) CAT Quickheal - 21/321 300 Missed - 6%

29) Vir_iT - 10/321 311 Missed - 3%

30) Ikarus - Crashed on first virus. - 0%

[PT 13]

Avast! here

BTW 500 posts weeee :D

[chicaman]

so which is better ?? I'm looking for An antivirus program, but curently using symantec which consume lots of memory...

AVAST uses how much of memory?? And Based on 320 virus tested show that AVAST is better than NOD32

[chicaman]

AVAST and AVG which is using more memory???

[Koolance]

well going by another website that said 320 viruses were tested for, this is what i'll believe:

1a) MKS_Vir 2004 - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

1b) eXtendia AVK - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

2a) Kaspersky 5.0 - 320/321 1 Missed - 99.70% (with Extended Database ON)

2b) McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - 319/321 + 2 (2 found as joke programs - heuristically) - 99%

3) F-Secure - 319/321 2 Missed - 99.37%

4) GData AVK - 317/321 4 Missed - 98.75%

5) RAV + Norton (2 way tie) - 315/321 6 Missed - 98.13%

6) Dr.Web - 310/321 11 Missed - 96.57%

7) CommandAV + F-Prot + BitDefender (3 Way Tie) - 309/321 12 Missed - 96.26%

8) ETrust - 301/321 20 Missed - 93.76%

9) Trend - 300/321 21 Missed - 93.45%

10) Avast! Pro - 299/321 22 Missed - 93.14%

11) Panda - 298/321 23 Missed - 92.83%

12) Virus Buster - 290/321 31 Missed - 90.34%

13) KingSoft - 288/321 33 Missed - 89.71%

14) NOD32 - 285/321 36 Missed (results identical with or without advanced heuristics) - 88.78%

15) AVG Pro - 275/321 46 Missed - 85.66%

16) AntiVIR - 268/321 53 Missed - 83.48%

17) Antidote - 252/321 69 Missed - 78.50%

18) ClamWIN - 247/321 74 Missed - 76.94%

19) UNA - 222/321 99 Missed - 69.15%

20) Norman - 215/321 106 Missed - 66.97%

21) Solo - 182/321 139 Missed - 56.69%

22) Fire AV - 179/321 142 Missed - 55.76%

23) V3 Pro - 109/321 212 Missed - 33.95%

24) Per_AV - 75/321 - 246 Missed - 23.36%

25) Proland - 73/321 248 Missed - 22.74%

26) Sophos - 50/321 271 Missed - 15.57%

27) Hauri - 49/321 272 Missed - 15.26%

28) CAT Quickheal - 21/321 300 Missed - 6%

29) Vir_iT - 10/321 311 Missed - 3%

30) Ikarus - Crashed on first virus. - 0%

HOW ABOUT THESE:

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 version 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%

[+orgitnized Subscriber¹]

I use NOD32 because it doesn't slow down my computer as much as Kaspersky did. But I trust Kaspersky more and I don't feel as secure with NOD32 :(

BTW, it's "Kaspersky". You might want to fix that ;)

With the introduction of the version 6 release, it has had major improvements. Speed is definitely one of them. Give the new version 6 a try if speed is what was stopping you from using it before.

Isn't 6.0.0.299 (out now) final?

Yes it is.

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I use both - and resell both. Different customers have different needs. School districts benefit from NOD32 hands down. I could argue the point with anyone, all day and all night. No other solution comes close to satisfying their needs in an efficient and effective manner. Unfortunately, KAV enterprise really falls waaaay short on this aspect.

Plus, in the version 5 world, KAV was always soooo much slower than NOD32 and all my clients noticed it. Changed all of them over to NOD32 and they absolutely love it. Never a single error, as NOD32 has one hell of a fantastic program engine.

NOD32 seems to excel in the program itself, but not as much in the AV database. I still have yet to have a client infected on either AV program, but KAV simply detects more.

We use KAV on Novell servers because it's one of the few that actually update by itself, without the necessity of a workstation to update the server itself. KAV takes care of everything with no user intervention, period. We use it with any client that has a Novell GroupWise installation. KAV detects everything that comes in via the email server.

GWAVA has incorporated the engine, as well as GFI and Sybari. Sybari got bought out, so I don't know if it still does, but anyone who incorporates 3rd party AV tools normally tries to get in good with Kaspersky because it's simply one of the smartest possible moves you can make.

I am actually using Kasersky Internet Security to try out their entire new package. I'm very impressed. Talk about a client interface overhaul. It looks so pretty, as their old versions looked so legacy. Very very very great-looking application interface. It's definitely easier to navigate than NOD32. I'm familiar with all aspects of both apps, as it's part of my job - but for someone who really has to find settings themselves, KAV is simply easier to navigate.

Tech support for KAV is absolutely outstanding. NOD32 has also been great, but if I had to rate them on a 10 scale, it's KAV=10 and Eset=7. When I email my support team with KAV, I get a reply back within 5 minutes most of the time. Makes no difference what time it is - absolutely incredible. Eset has had some hurdles it's fallen over, but they get up very quickly to help out.

It's kinda late here so I'm not as organized in this post as I should be, but I'd have to pick 2 of them - NOD32 and KAV. If you simply want the best AV database - it's KAV hands-down. NOD32 would win my vote for best compatibility with other apps and application stability. I cannot remember one time that I have EVER seen NOD32 crash on ANY PC I have installed it on. KAV has definitely crashed plenty of times for me in many different environments. On my Dell laptop, I could simply install Windows XP (with no mods) and then install KAV 5.x afterwards. BSOD every time, no matter what. We simply couldn't find a fix for it. With 6, I used Acronis and imaged my laptop, uninstalled NOD32 and installed KAV. Perfect results.

I'll see how the new KAV 6 performs. So far it looks to be quite promising IMO.

I'm not a Symantec fan, especially for larger organizations because its MMC plugin is horrible. We've taken schools off SAV CE (where the networks have been infected by various viruses) and migrated them over to NOD32. Amazing how I sometimes see results stating that Symantec detects more than NOD32. Since the schools have gone over to NOD32 from SAV, they have yet to get infected with viruses that NOD32 hasn't detected and eradicated without a network incident.

Hopefully this post is of interest to some of you. ;)

[chicaman]

With the introduction of the version 6 release, it has had major improvements. Speed is definitely one of them. Give the new version 6 a try if speed is what was stopping you from using it before.

Yes it is.

======

I use both - and resell both. Different customers have different needs. School districts benefit from NOD32 hands down. I could argue the point with anyone, all day and all night. No other solution comes close to satisfying their needs in an efficient and effective manner. Unfortunately, KAV enterprise really falls waaaay short on this aspect.

Plus, in the version 5 world, KAV was always soooo much slower than NOD32 and all my clients noticed it. Changed all of them over to NOD32 and they absolutely love it. Never a single error, as NOD32 has one hell of a fantastic program engine.

NOD32 seems to excel in the program itself, but not as much in the AV database. I still have yet to have a client infected on either AV program, but KAV simply detects more.

We use KAV on Novell servers because it's one of the few that actually update by itself, without the necessity of a workstation to update the server itself. KAV takes care of everything with no user intervention, period. We use it with any client that has a Novell GroupWise installation. KAV detects everything that comes in via the email server.

GWAVA has incorporated the engine, as well as GFI and Sybari. Sybari got bought out, so I don't know if it still does, but anyone who incorporates 3rd party AV tools normally tries to get in good with Kaspersky because it's simply one of the smartest possible moves you can make.

I am actually using Kasersky Internet Security to try out their entire new package. I'm very impressed. Talk about a client interface overhaul. It looks so pretty, as their old versions looked so legacy. Very very very great-looking application interface. It's definitely easier to navigate than NOD32. I'm familiar with all aspects of both apps, as it's part of my job - but for someone who really has to find settings themselves, KAV is simply easier to navigate.

Tech support for KAV is absolutely outstanding. NOD32 has also been great, but if I had to rate them on a 10 scale, it's KAV=10 and Eset=7. When I email my support team with KAV, I get a reply back within 5 minutes most of the time. Makes no difference what time it is - absolutely incredible. Eset has had some hurdles it's fallen over, but they get up very quickly to help out.

It's kinda late here so I'm not as organized in this post as I should be, but I'd have to pick 2 of them - NOD32 and KAV. If you simply want the best AV database - it's KAV hands-down. NOD32 would win my vote for best compatibility with other apps and application stability. I cannot remember one time that I have EVER seen NOD32 crash on ANY PC I have installed it on. KAV has definitely crashed plenty of times for me in many different environments. On my Dell laptop, I could simply install Windows XP (with no mods) and then install KAV 5.x afterwards. BSOD every time, no matter what. We simply couldn't find a fix for it. With 6, I used Acronis and imaged my laptop, uninstalled NOD32 and installed KAV. Perfect results.

I'll see how the new KAV 6 performs. So far it looks to be quite promising IMO.

I'm not a Symantec fan, especially for larger organizations because its MMC plugin is horrible. We've taken schools off SAV CE (where the networks have been infected by various viruses) and migrated them over to NOD32. Amazing how I sometimes see results stating that Symantec detects more than NOD32. Since the schools have gone over to NOD32 from SAV, they have yet to get infected with viruses that NOD32 hasn't detected and eradicated without a network incident.

Hopefully this post is of interest to some of you. ;)

it was a good comparison....but for free antivirus, avast and avg which is better?? Comparing the stability and memory consumption

[Kraftman]

Kaspersky has served me well. I tried the trial of NOD32... it just didn't do the trick.

[Lare2]

:laugh: That's a spam list, has been posted on several forums, all of them without a source

of where it came from. This list tries to promote eXtendia AVK see how always appear

on the 1st or 2nd place on all those lists.

Take a look

http://forums.infoprosjoint.net/showthread.php?t=6045

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,105...=flat~days=9999

http://forums.techwatch.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3871&sid=8

So, next time you post a list like that, at least provide a known source ;)

well going by another website that said 320 viruses were tested for, this is what i'll believe:

1a) MKS_Vir 2004 - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

1b) eXtendia AVK - 321/321 0 Missed - 100%

2a) Kaspersky 5.0 - 320/321 1 Missed - 99.70% (with Extended Database ON)

2b) McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - 319/321 + 2 (2 found as joke programs - heuristically) - 99%

3) F-Secure - 319/321 2 Missed - 99.37%

4) GData AVK - 317/321 4 Missed - 98.75%

5) RAV + Norton (2 way tie) - 315/321 6 Missed - 98.13%

6) Dr.Web - 310/321 11 Missed - 96.57%

7) CommandAV + F-Prot + BitDefender (3 Way Tie) - 309/321 12 Missed - 96.26%

8) ETrust - 301/321 20 Missed - 93.76%

9) Trend - 300/321 21 Missed - 93.45%

10) Avast! Pro - 299/321 22 Missed - 93.14%

11) Panda - 298/321 23 Missed - 92.83%

12) Virus Buster - 290/321 31 Missed - 90.34%

13) KingSoft - 288/321 33 Missed - 89.71%

14) NOD32 - 285/321 36 Missed (results identical with or without advanced heuristics) - 88.78%

15) AVG Pro - 275/321 46 Missed - 85.66%

16) AntiVIR - 268/321 53 Missed - 83.48%

17) Antidote - 252/321 69 Missed - 78.50%

18) ClamWIN - 247/321 74 Missed - 76.94%

19) UNA - 222/321 99 Missed - 69.15%

20) Norman - 215/321 106 Missed - 66.97%

21) Solo - 182/321 139 Missed - 56.69%

22) Fire AV - 179/321 142 Missed - 55.76%

23) V3 Pro - 109/321 212 Missed - 33.95%

24) Per_AV - 75/321 - 246 Missed - 23.36%

25) Proland - 73/321 248 Missed - 22.74%

26) Sophos - 50/321 271 Missed - 15.57%

27) Hauri - 49/321 272 Missed - 15.26%

28) CAT Quickheal - 21/321 300 Missed - 6%

29) Vir_iT - 10/321 311 Missed - 3%

30) Ikarus - Crashed on first virus. - 0%

Edited May 22, 2006 by Lare2

[kombolcha]

kaspersky.

[THE BAT]

McAfee

[SMFV1]

My personal preference of Anti Virus is:

F-Secure with the Kaspersky engine.

As far as trojan scanners goes:

I use Ewido.

:whistle: