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Definitive Best Antivirus 2007

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Definitive Best Antivirus  

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  1. 1. Your Choice?

    • [url=http://www.avira.com/]Antivir[/url]
      43
    • [url=http://www.avast.com/]Avast![/url]
      118
    • [url=http://www.grisoft.com/]AVG[/url]
      159
    • [url=http://www.bitdefender.com/]BitDefender[/url]
      21
    • [url=http://www.clamwin.com/]ClamWin[/url]
      5
    • [url=http://www.f-secure.com/]F-Secure[/url]
      13
    • [url=http://www.kaspersky.com/]Kaspersky[/url]
      258
    • [url=http://www.mcafee.com/]McAfee[/url]
      35
    • [url=http://www.eset.com/]NOD32[/url]
      581
    • N/A
      174

  2. 2. Your Choice?

    • [url=http://www.symantec.com/]Norton[/url]
      85
    • [url=http://www.pandasoftware.com/]Panda[/url]
      21
    • [url=http://www.sophos.com/]Sophos[/url]
      17
    • [url=http://www.symantec.com/]Symantec (Corporate)[/url]
      114
    • [url=http://www.trendmicro.com/]Trend[/url]
      38
    • [url=http://www.anti-virus.by/en/]VBA32[/url]
      7
    • [url=http://www.windowsonecare.com/]Windows Onecare[/url]
      83
    • [url=http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_zaav.jsp?dc=1]Zone[/url]
      49
    • Other (Please specify below)
      71
    • N/A
      922

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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.

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Pallab

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is it possible to turn off that annoying voice that says "virus database has been updated !" ?

i'm using avast 4 free version.

i wanted to try "AOL Active Virus Shield" ? is it good ?

It uses Kaspersky engine, which has a much better detection rate. You can also try Avira Antivir. It has a free version available and is a top notch product.

PC World India recently did an AV Shootout (carried out by Av-test.org). Kaspersky was the winner with Norton and Bitdefender being close 2nd and 3rd respectively. Nod32 once again performed rather poorly. Its only advantage is it's heuristics (it was the best performer in proactive defense tests). But that doesnt really matter as kaspersky has a response time of less than 2 hours.

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Scorbing

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ive been using kaspersky for a while but it was slowing down my system

i switched to NOD but its very good but the interface is ugly

so now im trying panda

Panda? OMG...You think Kaspersky slowed down your PC? Wait until you install Panda...It's worst.

Good luck brother.

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Allan

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I tried AOL (Kaspersky) and it wouldn't allow me to access the web!

Maybe it was a conflict with ASHAMPOO Firewall I don't know but I went back to Norton AV/Ashampoo FW with no problems.

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Travesty

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A friend of mine told me that in those anti-virus showdowns in magazines and on the internet when ever they put Avira AntiVir in the mix it pretty much kills all the other contenders. Can anybody elaborate on that. I'm currently using NOD32.

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A friend of mine told me that in those anti-virus showdowns in magazines and on the internet when ever they put Avira AntiVir in the mix it pretty much kills all the other contenders. Can anybody elaborate on that. I'm currently using NOD32.

Well I can't comment on Kaspersky 7.0 since I haven't tried it out, but I have used 6.x and NOD32 more than enough times to tell you that Avira AntiVir is quite impressive. Scans hella fast, the detect rate is probably the best (depending on the test sites you visit of course) and it doesn't use much in the way of resources on my machine.

I still prefer NOD32, simply because I've used it for years and I will probably always keep it. But Avira AntiVir is a VERY good AV app, its solid.

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Travesty

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Well I can't comment on Kaspersky 7.0 since I haven't tried it out, but I have used 6.x and NOD32 more than enough times to tell you that Avira AntiVir is quite impressive. Scans hella fast, the detect rate is probably the best (depending on the test sites you visit of course) and it doesn't use much in the way of resources on my machine.

I still prefer NOD32, simply because I've used it for years and I will probably always keep it. But Avira AntiVir is a VERY good AV app, its solid.

While 10.2 is definitely a nice AV, antivir has a higher detection rate and uses less resources last time I checked.
Thanks for commenting on my question guys, I'll give it a try. :)
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there will be a nod32 version 3 as well as the security suite,as for beta 2 i dont know i tried an earlier one and it worked great.i keep nod32 on as it does no bug me unless something comes around and it is very light.

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