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.

[rvbfan]

Kaspersky by a mile, as someone ele on this forum said "Don't mess with the country where 70% of the worlds viruses come from"

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[spongaweb]

Kaspersky is a top dog and I used AVG before.

I needed an all-in-one and choose Bit Defender Plus V9 and love it with updates atleast every hour. Now with BD v10 they have added lots of options and some anti-malware now with rootkit/etc detection. Detects/prevents everything I have encountered.

[Yuxi]

I switched to AVG from Avast some time ago. :)

[Bobstar]

After many years using Norton Anti Virus, I finally took the plunge and installed NOD32 and can't believe the difference. Boot up and shut down times greatly improved and the machine seems more responsive.

WinXP SP2 with IE7. Intel P4 3.2Ghz. 1 gig RAM.

[1Frothy]

Kaspersky. Originally voted NOD32.

[KPak2006]

Not alot of people can afford to buy Nod32 or kaspersky. I use AVG.

[cfule]

I use AVG because you can download virus definition updates for offline use and you can download program updates also for offline use. Very convenient. Unlike the other AVs where you have to be connected to the net to be able to update the definitions.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Not alot of people can afford to buy Nod32 or kaspersky. I use AVG.

but they can afford Norton?

[Glassed Silver]

my choice: antivir (becoz its free)

the best is f-secure i think

-fm

[KPak2006]

but they can afford Norton?

they come with computers normally when you buy them.

[tx83]

You don't need to buy an Anti-virus...

I use Avast Home and I am happy with it

[elhereje]

I test almost all antivirus out there, i like BitDefender the most.

[Dream Brother]

Kaspersky Personal Pro :cool:

The worst = Norton, in my opinion. I've had some horrible experiences with Norton.

[ReMad]

for me the best is kaspersky

I used avg free before but it was more as a virus detector than virus remover

and since kaspersky is been updated many times aday , i think it is realy great one

[WAR-DOG]

I use F-prot, uses low resources, daily updates, haven't had problems with it so far.

The only thing is... you have to set the AV to delete viruses or else you get popup windows buging you that he found a virus...

[Dale]

i just switched from Norton 2006 to NOD32 today, lovin it so far..

[Toology]

My computer came bundled with Norton last year and it was one of the first pieces of software that I uninstalled. Kaspersky slowed down my computer too much at startup for my liking.

NOD32 is mad gangsta.

[walnutbrain]

Do any of these lightweight av have ad removers because I like Norton IS which has the antivirus and popup/ad remover rolled together? I'm using it on my XP laptop but it's so bloated and make startup and shutdown take forever. On my Vista desktop I'm using AVG free and ad munch. I like how light AVG is but ad munch lets a lot of ads slip in when I'm browsing, where Norton would remove every ad. So is there something like Norton that has ad removal but isn't so resource hungry?

[Toology]

What web-browser are you using? If you're using Firefox I would say just install the Adblock Plus extension and eliminate the need for a 3rd party application to block ads altogether.

[walnutbrain]

I'm using ie7, I hate having multiple programs installed which do the exact same thing cause I end up using only one so no firefox for me unfortunately.

[Inplode]

i voted nod32 :)

but ive tried most

kaspersky is way to much of a system hog for me to use :cry:

[ViperAFK]

Yeah I just tried kaspersky, it didn have a low memory footprint, but when it scans files you open it hangs up my pc (avg does the same but its doesn't slow wnything down at all). it also hangs my ststem on startup and scans take up massive resources compared to avg

[Viper_Maniac]

I'd like to try a different AV but I dunno what to try. I've been a long time NAV user and I'm alittle afraid to try something else.

[ViperAFK]

jesus try anything else

If you want a free antivirus, I would use Avast! home, or AVG free edition, both very good, and if you are willing to pay Kaspersky antivirus or NOD32, all use much less resouces than NAV and are just as good.

[fpsFugazi]

I'm in PC repair and I, over this summer have sold about 40 licenses of NOD32. I love the stuff. I wish it was more widely known than the two major goons (no naming necessary). NOD32 is low on resources which we all know is good, but its very good at one thing that the others are not. It can catch the Viruses as they load on startup rather than Norton (for example) saying you have a virus restart and maybe I will get it next time. The pattern repeats and you end up ignoring the threat. NOD32 is also very well behaved, after the 30 day trial it doesnt start the whole "BUY ME! Or you compuer will be at a very serious risk!!!"