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.

[xKratosx]

Adds up though... 6 licenses over the space of a few years is... quite a bit of money :(

[toadeater]

Why do you need more at all?

A good virus scanner protects against viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits and malware. What else do you think of?

Come on... leave your RAM alone.

There are still ways to bypass any AV. AVs can only guess about a file or process if there is no signature for it. It is easy to disguise malware so that AVs won't notice it. Why do you think people are still getting viruses even while running AVs?

So it's a good idea to run a firewall to try to stop such malware from phoning home and getting its payload. Outbreaks like Conficker could be easily stopped if they were blocked from downloading their payloads.

[th3rEsa]

So it's a good idea to run a firewall to try to stop such malware from phoning home and getting its payload.

A virus/trojan on your PC which tries to phone home has always the rights to forward itself, as it runs with YOUR user priviledges.

(Additionally: I personally wouldn't care about phoning home if there is a virus on my HD anyway...)

[xKratosx]

Sorry then guys, I think I'll get Nod32 for my main PC, but which free one for my virtual machines? Bearing in mind Avira just let in a virus that allowed someone to access my accounts with quite a lot of money in, I'm sceptical about using it again. Comodo? AVG (used to be awesome, now a horrible resource hog?) Avast?

Thanks

[th3rEsa]

Comodo has a virus scanner?

[fix-this!]

avira premium....hands down!

[xtrabit racing]

I can choose Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 or NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.

Kaspersky is very efficient on autorun viruses, but nod32 4.0 couldnt find most...

[White Cuban]

Antivir, used to like NOD but come on with the malware detection? if anyone uses here nod please tell me if that changed.. it wouldn't detect anything time i was using it a year ago (who gets viruses these days? everything is frikkin *ware)

kudos on its fingerprint but what does it help me if it doesn't do anything nyways?

[th3rEsa]

I use NOD32 but had no malware problems lately...

[0--JLowzrif]

I m using NOD32 for its low system resources ( Performance Antivirus Tests )

Together with GeSWall Freeware (Sandbox Browser)

and Online Armor free as a good HIPS firewall

ah one word to all those who believe that Microsoft Security Essentials beta is the second coming in protection..relax guys,it's just a strip down version of Windows Live Onecare in a different outfit....

Edited June 27, 2009 by 0--JLowzrif

[Beau Bridges]

ESET Nod 32 hand down!

I've had it for about a year, the pro version, and it's caught everything that has ever meant harm on my computer. It's low on memory and processing and it works great.

Sorry then guys, I think I'll get Nod32 for my main PC, but which free one for my virtual machines? Bearing in mind Avira just let in a virus that allowed someone to access my accounts with quite a lot of money in, I'm sceptical about using it again. Comodo? AVG (used to be awesome, now a horrible resource hog?) Avast?

Thanks

I'd get Avast or AVG. Probably Avast though, if it was for a virtual PC. And definitely ESET Nod 32 if it was for your main PC.

[xKratosx]

Ah, nice one, will grab Avast, thank you! :)

[Astrophizz]

Comodo has a virus scanner?

Yeah, I've been using it for a bit but I can't attest to how good it is but sometimes the heuristic scan picks up on stuff that isn't a virus. Doesn't really get in the way of anything though and it integrates well with the firewall.

[Pallab]

KIS 2010 is really nice. I have been using it for a month now and have been loving it.

[Tempest]

avira premium....hands down!

+1

[Guol]

AVG kept crashing Vista.

Switched to Antivir now :)

[th3rEsa]

Free AV is for chumps... :D

[Neoauld]

Free AV is for chumps... :D

pretty decent article

the only thing i hate is the advertising on all these packages for diff products

they all claim "complete protection" and "most trusted" etc etc

as good as the new norton is, it failed me and i has 2k infections on one of my PC's

[chevyordeath]

I've been using NOD32 for years. It works great, it's low on resources.. never had any issues what-so-ever. How ever, currently I am in the Microsoft Security Essentials beta. I've been running that for a while now. It runs pretty smooth, not too heavy on resources.. I like it. My subscription for NOD32 is up at the end of the year.. I may stick with MSE.

[NoneAvail]

I've just started using Vipre, if anyone hasn't heard it, it's pretty good, low on resoruces and does a good job.

[Andre S. Veteran]

The best anti-virus is no anti-virus! I've been running free of AV on Vista for a year now, and I must say, it's just a relief. Even on the family computer, I have just anti-spyware and the firewall on the router, and I don't need to reformat any more often than before.

[Mazhar]

Well, I am using Microsoft Security Essentials. Any one else?

[k311]

so, i noticed starting today that my AVG Free 8.5 is giving me once-a-day nagging popups to try their paid version. anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know how to stop it?

[LAMj]

I used KIS only vista business laptop and Microsoft Security Essentials on my Home laptop w/win7. Both are very nice indeed.

[Glorious]

so, i noticed starting today that my AVG Free 8.5 is giving me once-a-day nagging popups to try their paid version. anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know how to stop it?

http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/03/1...n-free-version/

They'll probably change it in the next version again.