The best Virus protection
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0gr3
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I have used both AVG free and Avast Pro. I found AVG quite nice I don't remeber if it had an exchange/email client scanner but for my wife the website scanner was good. Avast was nice program a bit resource intensive but nice non the less. Had the exchange scanner that I liked and worked nicely with Outlook. I am now taking a look see at Avira, I had a client come in and I ran AVG and Avast and after those two Avira still found more viruses so as of now I am rather impressed.
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I recently made the switch from AVG to Avira and I am pretty satisfied. Really I am disappointed in the direction that AVG has gone, but that is another story.
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I've now gone back to NOD32. The margin is crap but at least I don't have ANY technical doubts about it.
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This thread is moving too fast, So I will just add my 2 cents
Eset NOD32 is the product I have on all the computers at work. easy to setup and quiet.
I personally am using norton internet security at home and have no issues. Norton 360 is on my wives and mother-in-laws computers. They dont notice the slowdown because facebook and outlook express arent too processor intensive in todays systems. It also does the backup for me and that means I dont have to
I have put Avast on a few systems that needed something free and got frustrated with the HOURS required to complete a scan.
Overall if you have Any antivirus and practice responsible computing you will be fine. If you do stupid stuff you will be infected even with the best protection money can buy
Eset NOD32 is the product I have on all the computers at work. easy to setup and quiet.
I personally am using norton internet security at home and have no issues. Norton 360 is on my wives and mother-in-laws computers. They dont notice the slowdown because facebook and outlook express arent too processor intensive in todays systems. It also does the backup for me and that means I dont have to
I have put Avast on a few systems that needed something free and got frustrated with the HOURS required to complete a scan.
Overall if you have Any antivirus and practice responsible computing you will be fine. If you do stupid stuff you will be infected even with the best protection money can buy
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I wish some people would understand that, I have had a couple turn around after I sold them anti-virus not wanting to pay for virus removal because I sold them "faulty" software
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Over the years i have used/installed quite a few - my current favorite is Avast
Usually will do avast/zone alarm/spybot for clients as well unless they are really married to some other product
Usually will do avast/zone alarm/spybot for clients as well unless they are really married to some other product
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someone probably already answered this for you, but you can go to their website and download a free trial. Also, their one-year (one-computer) licenses are good on multiple computers. I highly recommend Nod32
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I had problems with AVG so I switched to CYberdefender. FIrst I got the free download version. It scanns for spywares, malwares and trojans. When it found a virus on my comptuer, I boght the upgrade to clean my systems and it has been worth it. It runs quicker than other antivirus softwares, and it takes up less space. It's great!
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Avast for free and NOD32 for paid.
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Avast for Free and Kaspersky for paid.
By the way, this thread just wont die. It was started on the 21st of Feb, 2006 which is pretty much Technibbles birth.
By the way, this thread just wont die. It was started on the 21st of Feb, 2006 which is pretty much Technibbles birth.
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I didn't even realize how old this place was wow
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You'll never get a right answer, because choice of antivirus is merely a matter of preference. Right now I'm using avast! home, and I like it. The best protection is to use some kind of HIPS application, like SandBoxie or DefenseWall. These block 99.9% of threats automatically, and don't require updates. Amazing...
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This poll is pointless, as it doesn't provide an objective basis for selecting an A-V. It's a popularity contest, which proves little, IMHO. Better to look at AV-comparatives.org test results over a number of years. They user rigorous procedures which they explain, and provide a basis for an objective comparision. Go to...
---> xxx.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests
(replace xxx with www) and click on the "On-demand comparative" link for latest results. For a multi-year comparison of the main A-V players, go to...
---> xxx.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests/summary-reports
and click on the latest summary report, which provides an aggregated comparison and a nomination of the best for each year.
They are now penalizing products that have a high false-positive rate, so AntiVir is rated lower than it used to be. I still find it the best value of those that are top-tier products. As they say, an A-V program could have a 100% detection rate by saying everything is a virus. NOD32, Kaspersky and Symantec are also superior.
With their 2009 products, Symantec has fixed their resource-hogging ways and their products are now supper fast, yet also have among the highest detection rates and lowest false-positive rates. They are still too expensive, IMHO, but are great at transparency and effectiveness -- customers can install them and forget them, and still be well protected. Honestly, it's a toss-up between NOD32, Kaspersky and Symantec for "paid-for" A-V programs, in my view. For freeware (non-commercial-use) versions, AntiVir, Avast! and AVG would be my choices, in that order.
Cheers.
---> xxx.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests
(replace xxx with www) and click on the "On-demand comparative" link for latest results. For a multi-year comparison of the main A-V players, go to...
---> xxx.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests/summary-reports
and click on the latest summary report, which provides an aggregated comparison and a nomination of the best for each year.
They are now penalizing products that have a high false-positive rate, so AntiVir is rated lower than it used to be. I still find it the best value of those that are top-tier products. As they say, an A-V program could have a 100% detection rate by saying everything is a virus. NOD32, Kaspersky and Symantec are also superior.
With their 2009 products, Symantec has fixed their resource-hogging ways and their products are now supper fast, yet also have among the highest detection rates and lowest false-positive rates. They are still too expensive, IMHO, but are great at transparency and effectiveness -- customers can install them and forget them, and still be well protected. Honestly, it's a toss-up between NOD32, Kaspersky and Symantec for "paid-for" A-V programs, in my view. For freeware (non-commercial-use) versions, AntiVir, Avast! and AVG would be my choices, in that order.
Cheers.
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I heard all the good things about the "new" Norton 2009 both on here and on a few podcasts that I listen to. I figured I'd give it a fair shot.
To make a long story short, it is faster and much less a resource hog than it used to be. Its also ugly and still deletes things without me telling it to.
I would say you can still do about as good with a few free AV programs and if you just have to pay for it you can do a hell of a lot better. I'll be sticking with Kaspersky.
To make a long story short, it is faster and much less a resource hog than it used to be. Its also ugly and still deletes things without me telling it to.
I would say you can still do about as good with a few free AV programs and if you just have to pay for it you can do a hell of a lot better. I'll be sticking with Kaspersky.
