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!

[cga]

Been a NOD32 user for long time but changed to Kaspersky when NOD missed a couple of really bad trojans, Kaspersky caught them and cleaned them without a hitch.

[1Frothy]

Been a NOD32 user for long time but changed to Kaspersky when NOD missed a couple of really bad trojans, Kaspersky caught them and cleaned them without a hitch.

You should see how many Adware/Spywares Kaspersky misses. Made my head spin. I'm happily using ESS.

[mobilnic]

wow... never have i been so disappointed in my life about a poll's results.

this is worse than when ppl chose gigabyte over asus a while back.

as 1 whose been testing av's for almost 2 years now, i think ill shed some light.

test environment: 1 xp desktop & laptop, 1 vista laptop.

avast = free. good 4 xp without internet connection. lacking on vista & server.

avira = free. encountered some adware.

avg = free. great 4 xp & vista with/without internet connection.

panda = not free. sort-of okay 4 xp & vista.

nod32 = not free. version 3 had problems, preferred 2.7.

kaspersky = not free. just crap.

trend micro = not free. even worse than kaspersky.

mcafee = not free. good 4 corporate.

bitdefender = not free. almost paid 4 this one. v10 & v11 good on xp - v11 good on vista.

and then there was norton. while it gave me problems in the past, it has definitely come a long way with it's latest release (2008). minimal footprint, blazing fast 'quik scan', never misses a trojan from my friends removable drives, easy to use, home network security, and won it's 35th consecutive virus bulletin award in 2007. norton av 2008 is the one i paid for and i don't regret it.

hope this provides a good guidline 4 purchasing your next av.

now listening to: misery index - unmarked graves

[:: Lyon ::]

i think ill shed some light.......kaspersky = not free. just crap.

Maybe we should be the ones that shed some light to you. Kaspersky is not crap. It detects more trojans, it cleans up perfectly, it runs fine on the system.

Can you elaborate more on why you think that Kaspersky is crap?

[mobilnic]

Maybe we should be the ones that shed some light to you. Kaspersky is not crap. It detects more trojans, it cleans up perfectly, it runs fine on the system.

Can you elaborate more on why you think that Kaspersky is crap?

past tense my friend, it 'did'. failing the vb100 award for xp doesn't help the majority out there still using or upgrading to xp, therefore it cannot call itself a serious contender for 'definitive best antivirus 2008'.

i am concerned when people are tricked into bying something that only half-works.

[Raa]

NOD32, once again hands down winner.

[PaulCabby]

avg = free. great 4 xp & vista with/without internet connection.

loads of false positives though :(

[oldaccount1]

NOD32...I even bought it. :) TWICE.

[mobilnic]

loads of false positives though :(

o my, apologies. i forgot to mention that all the tests were done before vb100 (2007) so yes there would be some discrepencies but like i mentioned, this is just to give an idea of various results and was not intended to slander any companies as i gave most of them a reasonable rating.

and at the end of the day, it's good that there is so much variety and one should indeed choose according to his/her individual taste/preference.

[:: Lyon ::]

Well there are just too many antiviruses nowadays (not necessarily a bad thing)

[MrKuro]

I quite like Nod32 .. its been great for my systems

[medium_pimpin]

Whoever voted for McAfee or Trend needs to be stabbed in the crotch. AVG is fast, small, effective, and free!

[Vettetech]

Whoever voted for McAfee or Trend needs to be stabbed in the crotch. AVG is fast, small, effective, and free!

LMFAO

[BoDEAN]

Why NOD32 v2 or V3?

[Knife Party]

past tense my friend, it 'did'. failing the vb100 award for xp doesn't help the majority out there still using or upgrading to xp, therefore it cannot call itself a serious contender for 'definitive best antivirus 2008'.

i am concerned when people are tricked into bying something that only half-works.

have you run extensive tests on kaspersky ?-- NO

does anyone think your ignorant views are frontpage news ? -- NO

keep your bias opinions to yourself and try to atleast make a valuable attempt at why you think a certain AV is decent. :pinch:

[magik]

+1 With that guy ^

[imis]

i recently started using nod 32 :doctor: . it works fine.

(Y)

[mobilnic]

have you run extensive tests on kaspersky ?-- NO

does anyone think your ignorant views are frontpage news ? -- NO

keep your bias opinions to yourself and try to atleast make a valuable attempt at why you think a certain AV is decent. :pinch:

i ran xtensive tests on all and am not trying to make frontpage news,

but i will keep my opinions to myself & focus on a certain av. sorry.

[Srsly]

I like NOD32, low on system resources i actually never got a pop up or any other issue with it, "it just works" ;) and offcourse widely one of the highest rated anti virus software.

[:: Lyon ::]

I liked NOD32 until I tried Kaspersky trial and it could remove a trojan that NOD32 couldn't (sorry I didn't remember what the trojan name was)

[Athlonite]

Avira AntiVir personel premium here no problems with it on xp or vista and infact the only time i ever saw a ad pop up was when i was running the free version of it but that was just to encourage me to buy the premium which i did :happy:

[coolzee]

NOD32 FTW! :p

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

NOD32 (Y).

[Vettetech]

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

[nXqd]

NOD32 for sure :)