Definitive Best Antivirus 2008

[kinetix63 Veteran]

A fresh "Best Antivirus" poll for 2008. Please use this as a reference when researching antivirus utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.

Happy voting!

[1Frothy]

Recently switched from NOD332 to Avira Premium and loving it. Avira scores higher in all testes and is lighter.

And Avira has really poor proactive protection, ESET has ThreatSense?.(Y))

Also Avira has far more false positives. So your choice. Hope you finally stick to one product for more than 7 days.

NOD32 Facts

Edited March 17, 2008 by 1Frothy

[xdcc]

nod32 2.7

[Marcel T]

Wow, NOD32 has got waaay too much lovin' here and I use it because of this.

[Dc'1]

I use Avast!, I have tried a few others from that list as well, but I liked how this is free, and it found the test viruses before it even downloaded :o and it just reset the connection to the site so the file wouldn't download, even when it was in 2 zip files.

Never tried NOD32, maybe I should one day lol

[Vettetech]

And Avira has really poor proactive protection, ESET has ThreatSense?.(Y))

Also Avira has far more false positives. So your choice. Hope you finally stick to one product for more than 7 days.

NOD32 Facts

What are you talking about 7 day? I had NOD32 for over 6 months. Now I have Avira with NO FP. Avira was # 2 in the latest AV Comparatives test.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

[1Frothy]

LOL maybe I shouldn't talk :p

I have just changed from NOD32 to F-Secure Internet Security 2008. (Y) Feels like I've gone from a Vauxhall to a Mercedes. Comparing ESET Smart Security to F-Secure Internet Security 2008. F-Secure's product is polished and reliable, while the other feels a lot like a Version 1.0, which it is. But I would agree that NOD32's AV capabilities are very good too, even if it did miss detection of 2 malwares on my PC that F-Secure picked up and cleaned. ;)

[KeeperOfThePizza]

Avira Antivirus (Y) (Y)

[GunbladerQ]

So far i have been using Kaspersky Internet Security v7.0 ... Seems to be effective.

[mjoshua]

NOD32 is good.

(Y) (Y) (Y)

[Shaymaa]

Nod32 (Y)

[Raa]

And I think we have a winner by far folks :p lol

[Matrix XII]

I've been with Nod32 for 3 years now and I don't see a switch of AV's anytime soon for me.

[.Prozium]

KIS 7 (Y). Although KIS 8 is shaping up rather nicely.

[sevensage]

+1 NOD32

and this is why!!

Secunia Security Advisories

VendorESET

Product Link View Here (Link to external site)

Affected By 0 Secunia advisories

Unpatched 0% (0 of 0 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.

[.Prozium]

+1 NOD32

and this is why!!

Secunia Security Advisories

VendorESET

Product Link View Here (Link to external site)

Affected By 0 Secunia advisories

Unpatched 0% (0 of 0 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.

KIS 7 has no unpatched vulnerabilities either. I hope you choose your Antivirus Product on more than just Secunia.

[dysmatik]

Has anyone here tried Comodo AntiVirus? and is it any good?

[pridesal]

All these post are making me confused.....im currently planning to opt for an antivirus solution for my pc.....cant decide which one to use....any suggestions???

[gigapixels Veteran]

Kaspersky is by far the best out there. NOD32 is good, but I just like the way Kaspersky works more.

[lover]

MACFEE 8.5 PATCH 5 here

[macstorm]

(Y) (Y) (Y) KASPERSKY (Y) (Y) (Y)

*** IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SECURITY ***

[whasango]

(Y) (Y) (Y) KASPERSKY (Y) (Y) (Y)

*** IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SECURITY ***

KASPERSKY for me :yes:

[BlackRoth]

I've tried several options from the list and all I can say is that AVG has shown the most effective and lightweight detection system. Highly recommended.

[Emperor Darius]

I'm sick of these stupid polls. There is NO doubt the best antivirus is Kaspersky. Why? I'll tell you:

1.Updates: Does any other antivirus release updates EVERY hour (actually every 20 min)? NO! The only other one which has fast updates is NOD32, but it still updates every 4 hours! 4 hours, that means 4 times later than Kaspersky.

2.Detection: Kaspersky has so far the BEST Detection in both Malware and Spyware fields. It is also the best Antivirus in terms of Trojan and Rootkit detection.

3.Protection: Kaspersky has the best Firewall and the best protection agains viruses and spyware.

4.Heuristics: Kaspersky's Heuristic detection is one of the best around.

The next antivirus that I reccomend is NOD32 and F-Secure(uses kaspersky's engine)

AVG and Avast are crap since they produce a lot of false positives and detect any keygen or crack as a trojan (while they actually don't connect to the internet)

Avira is the best free antivirus.

[Hani]

nod32 v2.7. i really don't like the new version

[funkyjunky]

NOD32 all the way baby! :)