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Definitive Best Antivirus 2009

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Definitive Best Antivirus  

1462 members have voted

  1. 1. Your Choice?

    • Antivir
      174
    • Avast!
      129
    • AVG
      139
    • BitDefender
      26
    • Clamwin
      4
    • F-Secure
      6
    • Kaspersky
      215
    • McAfee
      13
    • NOD32
      471
    • Norton
      118
    • Panda
      2
    • Sophos
      4
    • Symantec (Corporate)
      41
    • Trend
      9
    • VBA32
      0
    • Windows OneCare
      25
    • Zone
      3
    • Other (please specify below)
      83

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Grand Master

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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.

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zeke009

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I did something I thought I'd never do again... I bought a Norton product! I picked up a copy of Norton AV 2009 3-User for $25 + $5 for 2 day shipping from Buy.com last week.

I recently used the following trial or free versions before deciding on Norton:

AVG Free - use this often for friends who have nothing, but never been a fan of the interface

NOD32 v4 - had to disable internet protection, it slowed IE and FF down too much to stomach

VIPRE - false positives right away

BitDefender - for some reason flagged files I was syncing with Live Mesh as virus's and removing them

AVIRA - honestly, can't remember why I uninstalled it...

Norton sold me because it was very light on resources, updates frequently and didn't give up false positives right after installing. I ran the trial/demo for about a week w/o incident and then seeing the bargain on Buy.com made me decide it was worthy of a purchase.

http://www.buy.com/prod/norton-antivirus-2.../208809763.html

I'll re-evaluate it when the renewal period comes up next year.

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djdanster

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Well I got Norton 360 v3 free from Symantec as I done testing with them. Ive tried Eset Smart Security 4, Bitdefender 2009 and NOD32 Anti-virus 4. I think Norton 360 v3 is definatly the best, its light on resources, the support is brilliant (instant representative support) and I think the dectection is the best out of all I've tried. Dont get me wrong, the others are good, but not as good as Norton 360 v3 :)

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imsobored17

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i use avg internet security for one simple reason

it was the first antivirus i ever used so i trust it

its the only internet security suite that has a antispyware that is better then superantispyware

its the only internet security suite that DEFENDS my computer and does not want to "optomize it" or remove undeeded disk space

i mean seriously theres enough of those computer wreakers i dont need them in my antivirus

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way2quik

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Did you block the ad that was displayed with the updater?

Yes I did.

Is that the cause? I don't mind having a popup if that means not having to restart every single time.

edit: OK. Should I just deny Read or deny Modify?

'Cause denying Read+Execute is the problem from what I read in wilderssecurity.

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Kevin.

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Well I gave Norton 2009 a shot, and I have to say, I was really surprised on the huge improvements it's had over the previous versions. It installs quick and is very light on system resources.

My only real concern however is its effectiveness in detecting in removing malware. That was one of my main gripes with Norton and McAfee, their detection and removal abilities have dwindled down to almost nothing, where as AVG would find more malware and remove them all.

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Scabro

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I've been using several Anti-virus applications on my PC, but after several years I've decided to stick to NOD32 - it seem to work the best for me.

Since I've started using it - I didn't have any problems with my PCs related to the virus.

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s162216

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I have bullguard internet security 8.5 and its the best I have ever used after having AVG Internet security and before that Norton. Plus its dead cheap if you buy it off a 3rd party and not bulllguard itself. Honestly nothing gets through it.

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persona non grata

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I voted for what I use, (Nod32).

Although I think it's important to distinguish between AV programs on the basis of performance, and it's interesting to read everybody's one or two lines about which they think is best, I honestly question the value of a poll about this.

It's not how many people use an AV program that determines it's efficacy, but which one performs best in the independent comparative performance tests.

How many people here are qualified to vote on this, having tested each program fully?

We are all only thoroughly familiar with a few programs at best, so the results of this poll can only be based on subjective and biased data.

Polls are useful for some things, but not this.?

For this purpose a poll is merely interesting.

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