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Definitive Best Antivirus

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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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Aero Ultimate

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BitDefender 10 is great and far too under-appreciated! :cool:

Don't trust some arbitrary lists posted without source!

The following are the results of a test done by the German PC magazine "chip" (www.chip.de).

As was to be expected, Norton sucks badly. (btw, 1 Euro=US$ 1.28275, see www.xe.com)

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Zxian

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Hmm, looked into NOD32 just now, but it says you only buy it for a year. That's pretty crappy that you need to purchase it EVERY year. Isn't there a way around that? That just sounds so stupid, otherwise i'd be tempted to buy.

What do you mean "around that"? :whistle:

You can purchase a two year license for NOD32 for slightly cheaper than the one year license. Also, returning customers get a discount IIRC.

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seba79

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I'm using AVG (residend scanning), but i have aloso Avast at my system (not resident) to scann some potencial files.

Why? AVG let in 2 viruses to my system at 2006, Avast recognize it. System with resident AVG is more stable than with resident Avast.

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Viper_Maniac

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I wish I could change my vote from Norton to NOD32. NOD32 is awesome. Doesn't run as slow as Kaspersky did for me. I'm not saying Kaspersky is bad. It just ran a little slow for me.

Is v3 of NOD32 suppose to have a new UI? I think saw something about that awhile back.

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flexy123

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I wish I could change my vote from Norton to NOD32. NOD32 is awesome. Doesn't run as slow as Kaspersky did for me. I'm not saying Kaspersky is bad. It just ran a little slow for me.

Is v3 of NOD32 suppose to have a new UI? I think saw something about that awhile back.

did someone give the AOL suite a try ? They're based on the Kaspersky engine.

But i heard also negatives about AOL Active shield, eg. transmitting of user-data , basically does what it's supposed to get *rid* of.

If someone can give that a test, please let me know. I can put your review/article on my site :)

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jmc777

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Is v3 of NOD32 suppose to have a new UI? I think saw something about that awhile back.

Yes, the screenshots here should give you an idea of the direction they're heading in: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=134615

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