NOD32 or Kaspersky?

[sibot]

Hey all,

I've been wanting to change my Anti-Virus for a long time now, and am wondering whether I should go for NOD32 and Kaspersky?

I'm currently using AVG Free, and am pretty much satisfied with it, but want to go in for more security by purchasing a full version of either. I've been doing a bit of research online about whether I should go for NOD32 or Kaspersky, and after a lot of looking around on different forums and statistics, I'm still undecided about the same.

People claim NOD32 as a light/fast and effective anti-virus, while Kaspersky boasts about its higher detection and removal rate. Some figures show that NOD32 has better detection rate. Seriously confusing.

I looked up the NeoWin 2008 Best Antivirus statistics and NOD32 wins hands down, with 400+ votes while Kaspersky has 150+.

It would be much appreciated if anyone could help me make the right choice. My main priority is to have maximum detection and removal rate, looking for total security.

Btw, how does bitdefender compare to them?

Regards,

Sibot

[tom01]

If you asked this one month ago I would of said Nod32...Now that Kaspersky 2009 is out.. Well..it blows NOD32 out the window and it's alot cheaper.

[dwarhya]

Is that your personal opinion or are there some stats backing up your claim? I have used NOD32 for the last 3 years and am about to renew my license. I was going to renew to NOD, but if there is something better (and cheaper) I would like to read about it

If you asked this one month ago I would of said Nod32...Now that Kaspersky 2009 is out.. Well..it blows NOD32 out the window and it's alot cheaper.

[tsupersonic]

I say either.

As for compartives, I use the site AV comparatives. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Based on the feb results, you can see Nod32 and Kaspersky are very good. If you practice safe computing, you should be fine with either. I haven't personally tested kaspersky, but I use No32 now, and it is very light on the system.

[imhil]

Kaspersky 2009 maybe good for you if you have a very recent powerful computer but on my older pc it slowed down everything including browsing the net. Nod32 is very light and fast, updates quickly and I haven't a single virus problem for years with it.

[tom01]

I think Kapersky often turns out on top when it comes to tests but they are both very close when it comes to detection rates and both are light weight.

?20 for Kaspersky Internet security is a red hot...They barely sell Eset products over here (UK) but the Antivirus is ?25 usually at cheapes:pinch:h:

EDIT:

To the above post, Kaspersky 2009 IS uses 25Mb ram and that includes the likes of Advertisement blocking, Webmail protection etc etc which Eset has not, no slow down what so ever.

[HappyAndyK]

Yes its a tough question as both are equally good at detection and removal. But my vote would go to NOD32 !

[RemyBlade]

That's his personal opinion, because i can't find any facts about it, but in the end what matters is your own opinion. If a product does what you want /expect from it, thats what matters. Both are very good products and in most statistics they come out winners far before anything else.

There is however 1 problem with kaspersky, if you use firefox 3 it will crash, they are aware of the problem and are working on it.

To fix it for now : kaspersky and firefox 3

Regards,

Remyblade

[gdodson]

I agree with tsupersonic. Either will give you very good protection. Kaspersky AV 2009 uses less than 20MB RAM at idle on my system, so it's pretty lightweight.

RemyBlade, thanks for that link. I was wondering why FF3 randomly crashes for me.

[mosi]

I've always prefered Kaspersky. Also http://aria.co.uk are selling it for about ?12 inc vat for the 2009 version one year licence. Just ordered one for my self.

[imhil]

To the above post, Kaspersky 2009 IS uses 25Mb ram and that includes the likes of Advertisement blocking, Webmail protection etc etc which Eset has not, no slow down what so ever.

Thanks for that info I might have to check Kaspersky out again. Nod32 uses arond 30 mb ram with only the file monitor on at the moment on my system.

[JR007]

NOD32 is just perfect...I've been using it for years now.

[[deXter]]

Yes its a tough question as both are equally good at detection and removal. But my vote would go to NOD32 !

Actually, NOD32 isn't that good at removal as Kaspersky is. First of all, it (still) struggles to prevent or remove some class/variants of malware like Vundo. Second, (in most cases) it doesn't offer to disinfect an infected file - it just deletes the file.

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I recommend using NOD32 as your primary active scanner, but for manual scanning, use Kaspersky's free standalone malware removal tool. This way, you're getting the best of both worlds: Good heuristics and low resource usage, with high detection rates and powerful cleaning.

On the other hand, if you're not very particular about using a paid AV, I would recommend AntiVir. It has better detection rates than the others. (Source: av-comparatives.org)

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Personally though, I wouldn't use an antivirus in the first place, and would instead turn to more reliable methods of protection like using a Limited User Account, software restriction policies, low privilege enforcement, sandboxing, ACLs, etc.

[primexx]

NOD32 antivirus has far better heuristics than Kaspersky, while KAV has much more frequent signature updates. I haven't really seen much that clearly distinguishes the two as first and second, but NOD's probably better as an AV.

The security suit's a whole different matter, although Smart Security has the same great engine as NOD, being a new product, it's very lacking in security suit features, so KIS wins in that department.

[theyarecomingforyou]

There is however 1 problem with kaspersky, if you use firefox 3 it will crash, they are aware of the problem and are working on it.

To fix it for now : kaspersky and firefox 3

My NOD32 licence expires in a year but I'm always looking at the alternatives. Kaspersky is the only other one that I've really considered but issues like this and the one with the Steam Community overlay (probably resolved now) keep putting me off. Has anybody got any links to reviews of Kaspersky 2009?

[soldier1st]

i would try threatfire and it is free and offers realtime behavior protection and you can run a manual antivirus scan with it,i found with nod it doesent find much but kaspersky works better at finding things but with kaspersky an older game i play it kaspersky causes it to hang a bit but nod has no problem and you could try the free kaspersky removal tool that dexter suggested,if your very careful with what you do you dont need real time av protection but a behavior based one should do.

[aither]

I believe I read on these here forums that nod32 filters all internet activity through its .exe to scan for potentially harmful traffic, which slows down your browsing ever so slightly.

However, I can't be bothered to look for the post.

[[deXter]]

^ Yes, it does, but you can disable it in the options.

Although you should know that any sort of filtering program would slow down the loading/processing of the stuff that's being filtered..

[+virtorio MVC]

I prefer Nod32.

I've been using both products on and off for quite a few years. Kaspersky is a fine product but recent versions seem to have stability issues and it's always had a tendency to slow the system down, especially on start up.

[cwpenner]

Definitely NOD32, best AV I've used. Doesn't slow my system down one bit (well noticeably anyway, in theory any running process will). I liken it to ?Torrent in terms of it leaving a ridiculously small resource footprint.

To the person saying it deletes files instead of cleaning them: You can change that however you want. Just set to "if clean fails, prompt user for further action".

And to the person saying Kaspersky updates way more frequently: NOD32 is constantly updating itself on my machine, and those little toasts pop up all the time. For Kaspersky to beat that it must be constantly streaming a virus definitions file from the Kaspersky servers haha.

But yes, +1 for NOD32.

[[deXter]]

^ It's already set to that, but it always fails on files which can be perfectly cleaned (Eg: .html, .doc, etc)

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

Both companies have free trial versions, don't they? Why not download them, try them out and see which one you prefer.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

[zerologic]

I have used both on my PC's. Lately I have found Kaspersky AV 2009 to impact on Windows performance and even be the cause of BSOD's, which has really disappointed me.

Overall I find NOD32 (3.0) lighter, and less likely to cause problems. NOD32 also an has excellent track record with 50 VB passes (Y)

[primexx]

Definitely NOD32, best AV I've used. Doesn't slow my system down one bit (well noticeably anyway, in theory any running process will). I liken it to ?Torrent in terms of it leaving a ridiculously small resource footprint.

To the person saying it deletes files instead of cleaning them: You can change that however you want. Just set to "if clean fails, prompt user for further action".

And to the person saying Kaspersky updates way more frequently: NOD32 is constantly updating itself on my machine, and those little toasts pop up all the time. For Kaspersky to beat that it must be constantly streaming a virus definitions file from the Kaspersky servers haha.

But yes, +1 for NOD32.

mm, when i tried ESS i only had option of daily updates, do they actually have hourly ones?

[SuperKid]

I use a basic free antivirus, avast and i do safe surfing i do not run standalone exe's that are not made by a company!

[Fozzieb]

I am (was) an reseller for nod32, version 2.7 was amazing but the new versions of 3 have been terrible when used in a network environment. it has caused so much trouble that I will no longer sell it to my customers.

I am now looking at kaspersky toreplace it.