Definitive Best Antivirus 2007

[kinetix63 Veteran]

A fresh "Best Antivirus" poll for 2007. Please use this as a reference when researching antivirus utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.

Due to limitations of IPB - this will be seen as 2 polls. Select the Antivirus program you wish to vote for, and choose N/A in the other poll.

Happy voting!

Poll choices are links to the software pages.

Edited January 17, 2007 by Joel

[[deXter]]

Symantec Antivirus Corporate 10.2 is without a doubt, the best antivirus i've used in my entire life.

I swear it's like it's not even running. More efficient than Norton, AVG, Kaspersky, and NOD32.

I'm afraid you're mistaken sir, about the part that it's more efficient than NOD32.

I've performed a comparative test in a controlled environment using VMware 6 running Windows XP SP2 with the latest updates. The system has been configured such that there are no third-party programs running. All background services (like Automatic Updates and Messenger) had been disabled.

As for the Antivirus programs, they've been installed with the default settings. All modules (Outlook, Office etc) have been enabled.

Here are the test results:

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate v10.1.6.6000 : (Unmanaged Client)

Autostart Modules - 17 modules

Installed Size - 94 MB

Active Processes - 5

Private Mem Usage - 42.8 MB

Minimum Idle CPU usage - 8%

Minimum PF Usage - 142 MB

ESET NOD32 AntiVirus v2.70.32 : (Standard)

Autostart Modules - 5 modules

Installed Size - 28.4 MB

Active Processes - 2

Private Mem Usage - 20.2 MB

Minimum Idle CPU usage - 7%

Minimum PF Usage - 105 MB

[nero78]

Man... everyone says NOD and kapersky is best? Norton 360 is better. When i installed it it found a virus (backsoor) on my system. NOD and kis6.0 din't find anything. My system is as fast as it was before installing norton 360. NOD32 is so ugly to use too.

[Guest]

I switched to NOD32 a few months back from AVG. Mainly because its renowned for taking less resources. I have come across two problems though.

If I download any archive file (zip, rar, even utorrent.exe is a good example) the system halts for a few seconds as NOD32 seems to scan it. This applies when moving utorrent to different disks.

The second issue is the updater really does steal alot of the CPU. I can play games and suddenly watch them lock up for a few seconds. I know its NOD32 as if I check the updater it shows the time when it updated. I run mine in silent mode also.

The updater isnt an issue really. The archive stuff is annoying though. I've done searches and cant find anyone else with this issue so guess its just local to my system. Anyone else experienced the above?

[WiZzArD]

NOD32 and Kaspersky. Hard to decide which is exactly best. NOD32 runs a bit quicker and is lighter on the resources while Kaspersky has a slightly better detection rate and puts out updates more frequently.

[AndyMutz]

here's a recent test of all the major AV programs..

over 600.000 malware files (worms, bots (zombies), trojans, backdoors) were used.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/sicherheit/81346/index2.html

-andy-

[drpc2007]

BitDefender very powerfull :rolleyes:

[Blaine]

here's a recent test of all the major AV programs..

over 600.000 malware files (worms, bots (zombies), trojans, backdoors) were used.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/sicherheit/81346/index2.html

-andy-

Well that test puts NOD32 pretty low :\

[Pallab]

I am using Avira Antivir now. It outperformed Kaspersky and NOD32 in both av-vomparatives.org and av-test.org shootouts.

Also, Kaspersky performed badly in restrospective tests.

[amko77]

Mcafee is the best because have best virus definition.I try norton kaspersky and other but after I install mcafee ver 10.0 my pc dont have any problem with virus.

[Guest Jeremy of Many]

Mcafee is the best because have best virus definition.I try norton kaspersky and other but after I install mcafee ver 10.0 my pc dont have any problem with virus.

Uhhuh...

Well, anyone who happens to have a broader scope / wider horizon, check out the latest comparison done by AV-Comparatives.org.

Spoiler:

1st place - AntiVir (71%)

2nd place - NOD32 (68%)

3rd place - TrustPort AV Workstation Edition (you've never heard of this one, have you? :p)

[daxi]

McAfee !!!

[Nipun Mohta]

I use Avast

[calimike]

is norton 360 good?

[Guest Jeremy of Many]

is norton 360 good?

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

[soldier1st]

after testing it at first it seems good it certainly is the best norton to date but it still has memory and cpu consumption problems.

[guest6713]

I made a account just so I could post this. This is weird but with NOD32 or any new antivirus installed my systems downloads is slow downed greatly. Downloading off newsgroups speeds would leave the file incomplete etc. Uninstalled the same files are fine.

Also with NOD32 my ftp server was not ever working right. Yes I have set them up correctly.

[skywalker]

NOD32, runs great on Win2k3 ;-)

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Kaspersky for me.

[serenityrule1515]

im sticking to my kaspersky 6.0 after all....its when i realised that it had more useful features than the others, picked up a trojan and when i picked all the modules...leaving out email protection--which i dont need....its performing better than NOD32 atm on ma pc...

im lovin the constant virus database updates and clean interface...although i've seen kaspersky 7.0...and the interface looks bloated and horrible!!!

i think kaspersky shud go minimalistic on the interface and keep things clean,, to help conserve resource usage and keep it efficient!

[Jazket]

Windows One Care :rofl:

[Zaxy]

Nod32.

I have to say, we had NOD32 where we used to work, and the guys there didn't know much about computer safety, so it often found viruses, HOWEVER, it would never ever find one it could remove!

It always said, Nod32 has found a virus, would you like to (greyed out) delete it (greyed out) quarantine it or (available) continue!

Thanks alot!

Avast deals with everything it finds, and often finds it before it gets onto the sytems thanks to the brilliant web scanner. And its free!

[sevastopol]

been using avast on 2 machines for 3 years, after norton it has been excellent

[fkid]

Symantec Corporate. The best.

[soldier1st]

nod32 is good but is has cpu usage problems so for now i am using avira,avg is good too.

[nXqd]

I use NOD32 cause " The silence ", i don't want to notice all time like another ones, and memory, CPU used is cool enough :)

nXqd