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!

[fix-this!]

nod32 is far too overrated and does not detect as much as it claims to.

[wellofsouls]

seems I'm one of the minority, but I find McAfee to be the current best in both End-User and Enterprise versions in terms of system resource and real-time virus protection. They were so-so some years ago, but they have improved a LOT in recent years.

[ultimate99]

I'm using AVG free and it's using 17mb ram till now.

[rageagainstmachine]

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.

agrees

[:: Lyon ::]

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)

LoL

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Free 6 month key for Avira Antirvirus Premium! - https://license.avira.com/en/promotion-t0q1aatr05zwftftgnqr

I use it, it's a great anti virus :D

[Lasker]

Best antivirus in the world: Symantec Endpoint Protection

[zerologic]

Kaspersky Internet Security 7

:star: :star: :star: :star: :star: software.

[spikey_richie]

+1 for AVG (on v8 now)

[krazycasey]

-1 for AVG v8 (yes minus)

[Infinione]

I bought and used NOD32 for 1 year, however it did create a bug on my PC, where if I went onto any web site, using any broweser (IE, FF, Maxthon), pictures on webpages would randomly not be displayed, and I'd just get the red-x placeholder.

I spent weeks and weeks trying to figure out what caused it. I reformatted my HDD and reinstalled Vista. But the problem remained.

Then one day, I had a "ding!!! lightbulb just went on" moment, and thought it might be NOD32. did an uninstalled and yes, it was. Bloody NOD32 caused me weeks of frustration, pain and suffering.

So I'm back to AVG 7.5 Free. But, I'd still recommend NOD32 to anyone else, despite the pain I had with it (and that's what I voted for in this poll).

NOD32 is fast, efficient, low on resources, easy to configure, updates itself without hassle, doesnt annoy you too much with popups and notifications, and the system tray icon looks good too.

If someone at ESET reads this, and wants to give me a free licence for a year because of the trouble I had , I might go back to using NOD32 again.

Until that happens, it's freeware antivirus and a whole lot of caution from me!

[dead.cell]

I actually like AVG version 8. Found a lot of stuff Ad-Aware/Spybot couldn't pick up.

And the interface is yummy, but I don't suppose that counts for anything.

[bobbytomorow]

+1 for AVG. I must admit I AV's are not something I try out and compare often but AVG has served me well for a couple of years now, its light on resources and its free.

[Ifran Alam]

i'll go for bitdefender.. the new bitdefender 2008 antivirus is the best and it takes low resource too..

however, nod32 3.0 version misses lots of viruses as well as trojans...

talkin abt kaspersky, it uses much resource than nod32 and bitdefender..

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

i'll go for bitdefender.. the new bitdefender 2008 antivirus is the best and it takes low resource too..

however, nod32 3.0 version misses lots of viruses as well as trojans...

talkin abt kaspersky, it uses much resource than nod32 and bitdefender..

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

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

Much better site!

Latest results online - http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2008_02.php

[Infinione]

AVG 7.5 keeps bringing up a pop-up advertising version 8 every time I boot.

It's VERY annoying and is making me wonder if I should uninstall and try something else.

What's the next best free antivirus package then people?

God, isn't choosing an AV package a difficult minefield!?!

[zerologic]

Just upgraded to Kaspersky 2009. Lighter, faster than version 7. (Y)

[dozty]

Just upgraded to Kaspersky 2009. Lighter, faster than version 7. (Y)

^^ agree

[cubson]

AVG user here :)

[tomera]

whats the best version of nod32 to use?

[virgo89]

I would say that Avast!>AVG if we are talking about free ones.

[zerologic]

whats the best version of nod32 to use?

I guess the latest release. So version 3.0.650. I have read that some still prefer version 2.7.

[Tha Bloo Monkee]

I like Kaspersky the most, but I use AVG because it's free :)

I've never tried NOD32, but I keep hearing this about it...

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I have been using Avast Pro for years.

[matt.choules]

I would say Avast :)

I used to use Avast! until its heavy handed appraoch to virus removal rendered my portable HDD unuseable.

Twice.

So now I use AVG.

Might check out NOD32 now though...