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!

[Rejinderi]

nod32 is the best! it scans fast and light on memory~ ive tried almost everything ranging from kasper to norton to panda and many more nothing beats eset's nod32!!! glad to see me landing on the majority of the votes hahahahah

[rustix]

i thought Eset was good but then i was proved wrong so i switched back to KIS

[way2quik]

switched from AVG8 to Avira.

The ram it uses is only 1.4mb compared to 3 processes from AVG and 5-8mb from each process.

OF course, minus the email scanner and spyware add-on junk.

[Rejinderi]

i thought Eset was good but then i was proved wrong so i switched back to KIS

well they didnt u say why

[teaumaz]

Using Bitdefender AV10 and very happy with it.

[Monk69bl]

goretsky I sent the infected files the ones that kept replicating to both ESET and Panda and Nortons. Panda came up with a solution the fastest and by then the nasty was removed so I could not try ESET for the same malware. My bud recently had exactly the same prob again with a Keygen and and 2 x other than mines they got zapped running ESET. The virus / Malware excutes and ESET stops the activities for doing damage BUT it had to allow the virus to activate 1st and then all it did was give warnings and stop ur machine but not remove the virus.

I would prefer if it detected 1st then was able to remove or prevent execution.

[rustix]

i thought Eset was good but then i was proved wrong so i switched back to KIS

well they didnt u say why

its cuz it didn't detect so many viruses/worms that infected me as well as a friend's machine

[Tempest]

I'm using the 64bit version of ESET Smart Security. I'm pleased with the speed and stability of this software.

I've always wanted to ask this question: what program do others use to check their systems for infections that their AV may have missed? Obviously, installing two AV programs is not a good idea....

[lalalawawawa]

Eset Smart Security is my primary protection. My secondary is composed of:

Windows Defender

HijackThis

Process Explorer

Autoruns

You may laugh at PE and Autoruns, but they have actually saved my family a lot of money. A week ago, my dad (at the office) go some data from another company and guess what? There was the data but also a trojan on the USB drive. (he did not had ESS at the time)

The trojan took control of the PC, not allowing me to open Firefox/IE to download ESS trial to clear it. The abilities of the windows user were set to Guest, and everything was shutting down in 2-3 seconds (even Task Manager). Luckily I had PE and Autoruns on another USB drive so I used PE (after few minutes of itself shutting down in few seconds) to kill the process. After that I used Autoruns to remove the file from startup and manually delete it. And after restarting I used PE to kill the process again and I was able to install ESS to permanently clear the PC.

[Andre S. Veteran]

The best anti-virus is no anti-virus, I wish these stupid programs didn't exist. On the extremely rare occasion that I get infected with something serious (happens maybe once every 2 years, and because of a mistake I make), they can't do anything to help (can't restore critical Windows services or settings) so System Restore takes care of that. The rest of the time, they're an annoyance at best, and most often a nuisance. How often did Yahoo Mail stupid anti-virus check block legitimate attachements? What a pain.

[Orange]

Well i've been saying to alot of my friends or there friends that NOD32 is the best, now i have to say it's not all that.

I had a trojan on my pc, NOD32 didn't even detect it, yet when i did a in depth scan, it found it? strange yeah? well after it found it, deleted it, it came back after restarted pc. So i'm in the middle of changing my virus software, hopelly one can delete it off my pc as it's still on my pc (trojan) :(

[Midnight Mick]

Avira AntiVir Premium here.. :)

[Ugly Bob]

AVG for me. For the number of viruses I get I might as well not bother, but better safe than sorry.

[sneakybit]

Avira ist sch?n, ist perfekt!

[joker999]

Recently found interesting antivirus: Antivirus XP 2008

Somebody knows anything about it?

http://removers.volyn.net/2008/07/04/antiv...ntivirusxp2008/

AntivirusXP 2008 is the latest aggressive software that tries to lure users into buying paid version of itself by showing fake spyware detection reports and security warnings. Antivirus XP 2008 may be installed through system security holes. It will hijack your homepage and desktop wallpaper, change system settings and disable legitimate antivirus protection software. Moreover, this malware may slow your computer and cause system errors and slowdowns. Download Antivirus XP 2008 remover to get rid of this parasite.

Antivirus XP 2008 behaviour:

* Antivirus XP 2008 comes bundled with other malware

* Antivirus XP 2008 may be difficult to remove manually

* Antivirus XP 2008 may slow internet connection speed

* Antivirus XP 2008 may disable antiviruses and firewalls

Antivirus XP 2008 screenshot:

:)

[ixrousis]

F-Secure Internet Security 2008 for me is the best. Waiting for the 2009 version

[richardsim7]

I discovered my girlfriend was using McAfee, I told her to uninstall it and get NOD32.

She didn't bother, 4 days later she had a virus :p

-Rich-

[Plarkster]

Yeah I've seen that - don't go anywhere near it!

[CPressland]

I discovered my girlfriend was using McAfee, I told her to uninstall it and get NOD32.

She didn't bother, 4 days later she had a virus :p

To quote myself, "Anything that modifies the way a Kernel Works, leave well alone."

Whenever family members go out and buy a new laptop it almost always comes with Norton / McAfee, which then in turn requires a complete reinstall of Windows from the get go as their software is almost impossible to remove.

[ViVac_AsuKa]

nod32 here. :)

[rageagainstmachine]

I really find it hard to believe that NOD32 is winning! ye its good, but Kaspersky is....far superior imho. i have used both

[splicer707]

NOD32. It's the best. Just switched from AVG. ESET license for 3 x Home PC's.

[Toxicfume Veteran]

I'm officially using Avira Antivir now. It is *the* lightest antivirus I've seen, very minimalistic in UI and works well so far.

I'm using the free version right now, I might be coaxed into getting the Premium version sometime.

[alisalem]

I'm officially using Avira Antivir now. It is *the* lightest antivirus I've seen, very minimalistic in UI and works well so far.

I'm using the free version right now, I might be coaxed into getting the Premium version sometime.

Doesn't have Spyware protection nor web scanning.

Avast > Avira.

[Toxicfume Veteran]

Don't need all that extra jazzy, I can protect myself on the web and spyware (Never used to run any antivirus until recently that more and more data-sharing through USB-sticks occur).

Plus, Avira scores the highest in detection out of all the other Antivirus apps on AV Comparatives.