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.

[nXqd]

I've used NOrton AV 2009 Gaming, fast and light-weight :) ( I was a fan of NOD32 ) You guys should give it a try, the back of Norton :)

WHY ISN'T THIS POLL DIVIDED INTO PAID AND FREE ANTIVIRUS?

Good idea +1

[sevensage]

No mention of Avira? my personal favorite ... free version

[Blaine]

People should be allowed to change their vote. The poll doesn't really give an accurate representation as software constantly changes, people votes might change as well.

[Buzz99]

At Turion : No need to shout...

For me, I've try some and always come back to Nod 32. Lightweight and effective.

[HighwayGlider]

Lost faith in nod32.

I switched to avast and as surprising as it may seems, on my system, avast has a low memory footprint. Also, there's 2 trojans that avast found on my system which nod32 didnt find.

[Denholm]

Lost faith in Nod32 also. It let through 2 trojans and did nothing. Both of which AVG Pro 8 picked up as well as some sort of autorun.inf rubbish.

I know I shouldn't jump to conclusions and switch to another product, but I did - after much thought and testing.

AVG Pro v.8 is really really great, although I nearly chose Avira.

[Skulltrail]

People should be allowed to change their vote. The poll doesn't really give an accurate representation as software constantly changes, people votes might change as well.

Which is why these sorts of threads of life spans. After a couple of months it is deleted and another is made, kind of like the U.S. presidency. (2 terms max, then new president)

I voted KIS8. (Y)

[Athlonite]

It's called Windows Live OneCare not Windows OneCare.

should be called windoze wan ker as it'll probably be busy playin with itself when a virus bends it over and gives what for

AVAST home or pro small fast scans everything light on resources and did i mention its fast

[virgo89]

Although I think NOD32 is the best AV you can buy, Avast! is the best free one you can get. Avast! is better than some payware ones :)

[+chorpeac MVC]

Personally, I have tried them all. When Vista came out, I was in search of the AV/Security suite with the best performance and memory utilization. I tried all of them, and settled on NOD32, but later switched that to Kaspersky. I've been using Kaspersky for over a year without a problem. Memory footprint was good and the system load time was not affected much. I use Avast Free on my Windows 7 beta box, but I found AVG to be a negative experience compared to Avast. However it is Tax time here in the US, and there are tons of AV products you can get free after rebate with purchase of Tax Software. I'll grab another Kaspersky for my family, and I think I will get the new Norton as well...just in case. :)

[Dance.]

Voted for KAV (Using KIS here).

[Raa]

NOD32. Hands down winner IMO.

I'm still having to clean up mess left behind by all the other A/V companies it seems :/

[judithscott]

I personally know of a program that removes it very quickly. Give it a shot and scan your computer for free at http://www.spyware-fix.net

[+John. Subscriber¹]

It's still a tossup between KAV and the Norton 2009

[.tony]

I quite like Kaspersky and NOD32 but AVG is good for a free alternative.

If only they had AOL ActivShield like before, it was basically Kaspersky with AOL branding, and free, of course.

[DukeChutney]

Well, yet another NOD32 Fanboy. But, at least I have a reason.

I have ran every single AV that is out there [mainstream] and out of all of them, my criteria was

Small

Silent

Superior [8 years virus free to date, but I want to be sure that in case I slip, its there to catch me.]

Control [if I don't want the dang Taskbar icon, then I want to be able to disable it. Period!]

NOD32, F T W.

stylemessiah :D meh

[Srugie Veteran]

NOD32 FTW!

[Stingray]

A brain is the best AV.

[DaSwissDude]

Kaspersky is the best money can buy, at least in my opinion (I use KIS atm).

On the other hand avast AV Free has been working for my and every other PC in my house for years now, and no problem so far.

[macstorm]

AVIRA AntiVir

av-comparatives.org

av-test.org

[DanManIt]

I really like Antivir

[Lord Ba'al]

Kaspersky 8 for Win7 is working fine for me :cool:

[blade1269]

hey,

what about Comodo AV, there firewall is great. made a thread about it but nobody gave me any help.

[FredEx]

I have changed programs many times through the years. If how long you've been using one is a qualifier as being an expert as some think, so they take shots at supposed fan boys, I've used them back when the only thing available was the original Norton and the original PC Tools. McAfee wasn't even thunk of then. Norton su**ed then and always has. I'll never get talked into trying it again. A couple times I fell victim to the, "Fred, it is really good this time" cra* and made the BIG mistake. Through my ISP I can get up to 7 copies of the registered McAfee Suite for free, one for each possible e-mail address, and I tried it and could not get it off fast enough. Again, I was told it was better this time and I tried it again and removed it again.

Right now I use a multi program attack with Avira as the main fighter. Maybe later that will change.

Earlier tonight I removed the ANTIVIRUS 2009 thing from my mother-in-laws laptop. The latest McAfee let it walk right by on to her system. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware cleaned it right up. I trashed McAfee from her system, just a couple hours ago, so my dislike for it is very fresh.

[cropcircles]

I'm using Kaspersky Internet Security 2009. The best I've used in a long time. Very easy on resources and doesn't slow anything down. Has a nice alert box that will ask you about online detections. Nice auto features so you don't have to mess with it all the time.