Barney T. Administrators Posted January 1, 2010 Administrators Share Posted January 1, 2010 An updated "Best Antivirus" for 2010. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Izlude Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I posted Microsoft... I would'a posted panda, but they removed so many free features :( Free is where it's at!!!! FREE!!! Anyway I've never felt better about my computer and my goodies thanks to the ease of use and reliability! *knocks on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 So-Unreal Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I use Microsoft Security Essentials BUT I also use ESET Smart Security 4 aka NOD32 disabled and I just use the firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MR_Candyman Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Of course there's not poll option for either one I use. I use a combination of Comodo and Immunet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Minimoose Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 MSE wins out of the free ones. Symantec in the ones that you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dick Montage Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Nod32. I used to swear by AVG, and then Avira. We used Avira at work and never had any issues. But then we moved to a more server-centralised platform and implemented NOD32, and boy did it find some things that were missed. And it still has a fairly small footprint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tuto Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Well, i uninstall MSE from my pc and laptop (after several months trough first beta, MSE 1.0, beta v2.0 and MSE 2.0) because VERY slow boot times and poor perfomance ( i added my programs to the exception list(autocad, steam and games folder) for better performance). Now i run Avira and i had faster boot times and small performance impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MR_Candyman Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Uh, that's redundant. May I ask why? redundancy is a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Salty Wagyu Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Deleted my MSE vote and added to Avast, a few bugs in MSE (commonly reported on microsoft forums) that caused me to switch I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lazerous Faewolfe Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Bit defender for me. I have experienced Norton. I used to love it. Then I found out how bad their tech support is when you get a bad disc. 3 hours, 8 techs later I was finally refunded my money because of the bad disc. Then I went to AVG. I had to reformat my computer after a few months, AVG itself was infected. Avast is nice, but it also fell short. After exhausting those 2 Free antiviruses. I found out Bit defender offered a Free version. Tried it. My pc has been virus free on their free version. That's all it took for me, But then again I'm a dialup user so the fact that there is not active scanning while online does not bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 FiB3R Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Haven't run any AV or firewall software on any of my systems in years. (apart from the odd scan with malwarebytes now and then, just out of curiosity) Decided to install MSE a while ago. I don't know it's there, so that's great. Is it doing a good job? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rvbfan Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 MSE for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Max Veteran Posted December 23, 2010 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2010 MSE for newer systems for clients that don't want paid AV. Avast for older systems (XP) for clients that don't want paid AV. NOD32 for all systems when the client wants the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kopsarchidis Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 +1 for MSE 2. By far better than the previous one although on my 7 it has triggered a massive update of more than 300Mb. Not big deal, but I always want to be in control of the Auto Updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Emperatoor Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Hello everyone :) i am new in this forum I have a great windows 7 64bit more than 1 year and a MSE installed on that. and i never get any virus that MSE can't detect it it run way better than the others it is speedy ! that is important to me I installed it on more than 50 PCs & laptop because it is GREAT :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 yowanvista Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 KIS2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 apul Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Microsoft Security Essentials got my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 goretsky Supervisor Posted January 7, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hello, I have created a Definitive Best Antivirus 2011 message poll here to continue the discussion in the new year. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denis W. Veteran Posted January 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thanks for creating that thread goretsky. I'll close and de-pin this one in favour of your new thread. [Thread closed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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An updated "Best Antivirus" for 2010. Please use this as a reference when researching antivirus utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.
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