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Definitive Best Antivirus 2008

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Definitive Best Antivirus  

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  1. 1. Your choice?

    • Antivir
      101
    • Avast!
      119
    • AVG
      215
    • BitDefender
      32
    • Clamwin
      4
    • F-Secure
      7
    • Kaspersky
      250
    • McAfee
      21
    • NOD32
      660
    • Norton
      47
    • Panda
      3
    • Sophos
      7
    • Symantec (Corporate)
      61
    • Trend
      8
    • VBA32
      1
    • Windows OneCare
      26
    • Zone
      7
    • Other (please specify below)
      26

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Neowinian

inferno88

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F-Secure definitively.

I've tested almost everything : AVG, Avast ... Nod32, Kaspersky, Antivir, Norton, McAfee, Pc Cillin, F-secure really is a superior product which provides an unseen level of security.

For me the only ones which are close are Kaspersky, Bitdefender.

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Silencer

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Woooh jwoernertech! You don't need to use CAPS for your message :p Anyway, I've been an AVG Free user for the past couple of years. However, I'm quite disappointed with the latest AVG Free 8.5 version. It tends to eat up a lot of resources and I'm not happy with the in-built anti-spyware. It seems to slow down my browsing experience due to the Anti-Spyware scanning the current webpage.

I have now removed AVG Free 8.5 from my main machine and I'm using the 30-day trial of NOD32. So far, so good. It's fast, sleek and very responsive! :) I'll be checking out other anti-virus programs in the next couple of days!

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Grand Master

DrunkenMaster

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I use F-Prot ... its nice and lite. I'm also using Peer Guardian and Comodo. I figure between them all, it should pick up most everything. I keep careful track of software I use and I have all the apps I need. I just need to worry about websites and I've taken care of that too.

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Grand Master

Knife Party

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I WORK AS A RETAIL TECHNICAN... AND ALL I SEE IS VIRUS INFECTIONS...NOD 32 BY FAR HAS PICKED UP THING I THAT HAVE GOTTEN BY NORTON, AVG, AVAST, AND ONE CARE... ALSO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WEBROOT SPYSWEEPER FOR ANTI-SPYWARE...

Then as a ''Retail Technican'' (whatever that means), i suggest you get off the CAPS key. Jeez, im sure you're excited and all, but people can read normal text you know....

lol, ask your boss for a raise -> a dictionary may be needed :laugh:

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Kudo

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

When I try to install this version over 7 it says that I have my old avg install and I should uninstall it before hmmm... it is so strange cause I got rid off avg long time ago when I install version 7 :(

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zerologic

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When I try to install this version over 7 it says that I have my old avg install and I should uninstall it before hmmm... it is so strange cause I got rid off avg long time ago when I install version 7 :(

That means there is an AVG registry key in there somewhere. Just do a search for 'AVG' through regedit and delete that key. <pause> carefully.

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Neowinian

marioskoufos

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hi all...curently i have steganos internet suite and its crap.so i need to change av because my pc it do some wird staff that ****ing me off,and for 99% its virus.i have read all post here and im to a dead end,between nod and karpesky...i have come to the conclusion that karpesky its better to find virus,because the 70% of people who vote for eset,they prefer it because its light to the system...true,but i prefer protection instead of save some memory to my pc...waiting for your opinion...laters

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cbosdell

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My work used Kaspersky a few months ago and it was horrible. All the machines with Windows 2000 slowed to a halt because it would scan the whole hard drive every time the thing was restarted. It would crash every hour upon updating and just never worked right. I was glad they ditched it although I'm not so sure about what they replaced it with (Lightspeed Systems).

I tried the new 2009 version of Kaspersky on my home computer last month and while I didn't have the same problems I witnessed at work and the cpu/memory usage wasn't too bad, the whole thing just felt bloated and there were so many different modules and things running I didn't like it so I returned to ESET Smart Security (NOD32 + Firewall + Antispyware) -- perfect suite imo.

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iZoom

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I haven't in almost 2 years and just installed NOD and others over the course of the past week, none of them found anything. I suppose that's due to good computing practices and being smart about programs. Might leave it on just for kicks, and to say I have one installed.

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