Definitive Best Antivirus 2009

[Barney T. Administrators]

An updated "Best Antivirus" for 2009. 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.

[stylemessiah]

stylemessiah

I love all the detailed reasons why NOD32 is such a bad product. Along with the reasons for Apple too.

/sarcasm

I agree that everyone is in their own right to give their own opinion, but what bugs me is when someone talks down on a product or a company and doesn't give anything but silly and ridiculous reasons for their said opinion.

From your post and only what you have provided us, I understand you think of NOD32 as a bad product because it didn't work for you. Why must you stereotype Apple and Apple users so much? So because certain people use macs they're "just dumb sheep following an idiot who wears turtleneck skivvies"? Also, because NOD32 never worked properly for you, you see the need to put them in this ridiculous stereotype you've got for Apple fans. huh.

Anyways, for the topic I use NOD32 on Windows.

first off let me feign shock that youre a NOD fanboy *gasp*

second i thought i wouldnt bore you with sterile error messages, theyve been documented by other poor souls in nod forums whove tried and failed to get it running on even clean xp systems.

thirdly, and lets get real here, if the nod people ever wanted to find out where all the users of pirated copies of their software congregate, they need not look any further than any of the countless polls that ive already mentioned are the home of nod fanboys. And to get really REAL here, the reason theyre fanboys is because an alarming percentage (id guess better than 60% and im being conservative folks) of those fanboys are fanboys because theyve found they can run their nod without paying, and somethign you get for free (or circumvent paying for) always feels great and consequently makes you positive about it. Its the most pirated av software around. At least i paid for mine, tested it, saw it failed miserably and got a refund.

lets see you try and dismiss that last point.....im waiting.....

and for the record the Apple analogy is valid as both are cockeyed flat earth believers for no valid reason other than to try and appear superior. ive at least recommend at least 4 different products ive used...ever see an apple user, or an nod user (usually a software thief) do the same...anywhere? thought not

Look at even this poll, they just post:

NOD32

or perhaps at a stretch if theyre felling wordy:

NOD32

+1

hardly intelligent comment, but thats all you ever see.....

like i said, ive got better things to do than participate any further in a meaningless poll, and enlightening you with some truth is boring as youre obviously a bury the head in the sand, block your eyes and chant "i cant hear you" type of guy.......

it stops being fun for me when theres no challenge and the other party usually proves my own point for me

im out...

Edited January 6, 2009 by stylemessiah

[Denholm]

@ stylemessiah

Would Nod32 has 'fanboys' of any sort if it was a tragic product - as you claim?

I don't see many Moonsecure or McAfee 'fanboys'.

[scratch42069]

I use Avast! and consider it the best in the free category. As for paid AV, I'd say NOD32 or Kaspersky.

[BoDEAN]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Seeing how we are only 5 days into the year...........vote hasn't changed over the past 2 years.

NOD32 64bit

[the big dill]

Avira is the best antivirus but NOD32 has the best balance between anti spyware/virus.

[McDave]

There should be an option for my brain, it uses less system resources than any of those products listed there and costs nothing.

[anarkhy]

Kaspersky followed by Antivir.

[medium_pimpin]

AVG

[Slimy]

AVG is a terrible antivirus, can't believe people still use it.

[McDave]

^ Agree, I hate how the update pops up when you login + it's ugly as sin.

[CPressland]

Well, I was using AVG for a very long time on my Vista Box, and I hadn't noticed how much it was slowing everything down as it was one of the first things I installed. I Uninstalled AVG to take on a dare from a fellow Neowinian to try out Norton Anti-Virus 2009 Gaming Edition.

I was impressed from the get go, 11 second to install an Anti-Virus product is what I like to see, not to mention it not requiring a reboot. The pulse updates are great (updates every 15 minutes).

I love how it automatically disables itself during Gaming, sure it's going to have no effect even with it turned on on my QuadCore machine with a 4 x RAID0 array but it's nice anyway.

I purchased a licence for my machines last night and I'm very happy with it. I always hated Norton from day one but this is really a great product.

I dare others to try it ;)

[Advent]

Well, I was using AVG for a very long time on my Vista Box, and I hadn't noticed how much it was slowing everything down as it was one of the first things I installed. I Uninstalled AVG to take on a dare from a fellow Neowinian to try out Norton Anti-Virus 2009 Gaming Edition.

I was impressed from the get go, 11 second to install an Anti-Virus product is what I like to see, not to mention it not requiring a reboot. The pulse updates are great (updates every 15 minutes).

I love how it automatically disables itself during Gaming, sure it's going to have no effect even with it turned on on my QuadCore machine with a 4 x RAID0 array but it's nice anyway.

I purchased a licence for my machines last night and I'm very happy with it. I always hated Norton from day one but this is really a great product.

I dare others to try it ;)

I'll have to check it out then. I keep seeing good more and more good things about Norton 2009. All I can remember fromNorton is pain and misery, but if everyone that is trying/using it is giving Norton a high-five on their 2009 edition, then I guess their is no harm in trying it. :)

[imek]

Either Forefront Client Security or Symantec Corporate for me, need to use Forefront a bit more though to choose between the two.

[CPressland]

I'll have to check it out then. I keep seeing good more and more good things about Norton 2009. All I can remember fromNorton is pain and misery, but if everyone that is trying/using it is giving Norton a high-five on their 2009 edition, then I guess their is no harm in trying it. :)

Good stuff, I was the same and could only see pain and misery when it came to Norton, but it is actually very good now :)

[MuffloN]

Hmmm... I'd like 11 months and 20 days to pass before I answer the poll, because this year it's a much tighter race, We've got NIS2009, ESET NOD32v4, Kaspersky and AntiVir as the really good contenders and we won't know who won until the race is over.

[White Cuban]

i was a NOD fun, but indecisive, so i'm just gonna give a white vote.

[stylemessiah]

@ stylemessiah

Would Nod32 has 'fanboys' of any sort if it was a tragic product - as you claim?

I don't see many Moonsecure or McAfee 'fanboys'.

well nobody's pirating them (Moonsecure or McAfee(no ones even talking about McAfee anymore)) and cracking them and running them for free

i believe i covered why theres so many nod fanboys earlier, theyre mostly software pirates

please pay attention :)

[Denholm]

well nobody's pirating them (Moonsecure or McAfee(no ones even talking about McAfee anymore)) and cracking them and running them for free

i believe i covered why theres so many nod fanboys earlier, theyre mostly software pirates

please pay attention :)

With respect I disagree that Nod32 fanboys only love the product because it's most pirated.

And why would a product be pirated so much if it wasn't a great product? What's the point of pirating a product which is effectively a turd? :laugh:

[leesmithg]

NAV2009.

Bit Defender is a good on-line scanner, with Panda and Kaspersky, use those sometimes just to make sure.

[Alex_is_Axel]

Norton Internet Security 2009. Made the move from nod32 and i dont see much change except lighter on resources. Quite happy with it :)

[thealexweb]

linux

Linux isn't immune to everything you know. Malware wise it's not to bad but security hole wise it's the weakest out of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

[Typhon]

I went with Norton after 4 years of NOD32 it is not the best anymore :(. But wow Norton has improved allot.

[L0u1s]

Kaspersky Internet Security >

[PermaSt0ne]

AntiVir

pretty much always gets higher scores than kaspersky & nod in tests, and it's just as light on resources. plus it has a free version :D

[BlueFlame]

Kaspersky Internet Security