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Windows 7: Antivirus. Which to choose?
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19 Aug 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
Antivirus. Which to choose?
Hey guys,
Today I thought that, what is the best AV software for my computer. What you guys think?
Fastest AV?
Best AV?
The most secure AV?
Much more.. Please, don't send me any statistic's I want YOUR's advice 
I expect someone to give me a nice overview of AV's
Thanks,
Intsu | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number My own build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i3 2220k HT(4 cores) @3.30 Ghz Stock, OC ~3.xx
Motherboard Asus P8B75-m
Memory 4GB Corsair Vegeance DDR3 1600Mhz
Graphics Card Asus nVidia geForce GTX 650Ti Ocerclocked @ 1Gb DDR5
Sound Card Asus stock 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays Envision 21inches LED
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech stock
Mouse Acme optical mouse
PSU Codegen 400W(atm)
Case Ordi Config ATX
Cooling 80mm fans
Hard Drives 1Tb Western Digital
Internet Speed 100Mbps (Not)
Antivirus Common sense
Browser Google Chrome
Other Info I'm gamer
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19 Aug 2012
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#2 | |
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 Lancashire |
I did use Avast for a while but it seems to be getting a bit heavy with system resources, have now switched to Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Build
OS MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution 1920*1080
Keyboard Microsoft Wired
Mouse Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
PSU Corsair TX 750
Case Corsair
Cooling WaterCooled
Hard Drives OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device
Internet Speed Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Other Info 150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
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19 Aug 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Unfortunately it's like asking what your preferred alcoholic beverage is, you'll get a ton of different answers. I use Trend Micro Titanium and Malwarebytes. By the way I'm a red wine, margarita and single malt man myself ! lol | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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19 Aug 2012
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#5 | |
Microsoft Windows 8 Professional |
| | My System Specs | | OS Microsoft Windows 8 Professional
CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Motherboard ECS A790GXM-AD3
Memory 16.00 GB
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Sound Card (1) C-Media PCI Audio Device (2) AMD HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG LS192WS
Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 32bit color
Keyboard Dell SK-8115
Mouse Razer Copperhead
PSU Corsair HX620
Case Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 + Artic Silver 3 on CPU/GPU
Hard Drives (1) ST31000524AS SATA Disk Device (2) ST3500413AS SATA Disk Device AHCI mode enabled.
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19 Aug 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
The most commonly recommended programs on this forum are probably Microsoft Security Essentials and Avast, with Malware Bytes often recommended as a complementary application.
The most recent versions of Norton have a pretty good reputation if you prefer to pay.
McAfee is the one most often NOT recommended.
There are dozens of threads on this topic in the Security section, available via a search. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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19 Aug 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
haha, nice linnemeyer  For me i think i don't use any AV's because I'm not downloading crapp. no.. Windows firewall for me, lol | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number My own build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i3 2220k HT(4 cores) @3.30 Ghz Stock, OC ~3.xx
Motherboard Asus P8B75-m
Memory 4GB Corsair Vegeance DDR3 1600Mhz
Graphics Card Asus nVidia geForce GTX 650Ti Ocerclocked @ 1Gb DDR5
Sound Card Asus stock 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays Envision 21inches LED
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech stock
Mouse Acme optical mouse
PSU Codegen 400W(atm)
Case Ordi Config ATX
Cooling 80mm fans
Hard Drives 1Tb Western Digital
Internet Speed 100Mbps (Not)
Antivirus Common sense
Browser Google Chrome
Other Info I'm gamer
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19 Aug 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Buenos Aires |
For fastest, Avast is a good choice, I'm using it at work, but gives way too many false positives, and is full of advertisements.
The best I know is Kaspersky, I use it at my desktop at home and goes really well, but is quite slow and a resource hog, however it catches may viruses and has a good detection ratio.
MSE is nice because it doesn't has any ads (because it's the only I know that doesn't has a paid version), but lacks in many aspects and is not something I would recommend to anyone. Quite fast too.
Personally, I would choose Kaspersky if you want to afford some money for it. Otherwise stick with the free Avast or Avira. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Sattelite A665-S6092
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Core i7-740QM
Memory 8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 330GT
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Cooling Coolermaster Notepal U3 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Samsung 840 SSD 500GB
1TB USB3 external HD
Internet Speed 3mbps ASDL
Antivirus Kaspersky Antivirus 2013
Browser Opera 12.15 x64
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19 Aug 2012
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#9 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Houston, Texas |
Avast put into silent/gaming mode | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway Nv53U *LAPTOP*
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II Dual-Core M300
Motherboard Gateway SJV50TR
Memory (X2) 2GB DIMM1 DDR-2
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Sound Card (1) ATI HDMI Audio (2) High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays 1024 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Screen Resolution 1024 X 768
Mouse Logitech M305
Hard Drives (1) WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 ATA Device (320 GB) (2) TOSHIBA TransMemory USB Device (16GB USB)
Internet Speed 6 mbps
Other Info I Do not have the best laptop / computer, but i do not have the knowledge to build a better one, nor the money to buy a better one:(
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19 Aug 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Quote: Originally Posted by Intsu  haha, nice linnemeyer For me i think i don't use any AV's because I'm not downloading crapp. no.. Windows firewall for me, lol
With millions up on millions using a anti virus and firewall what do you know the other millions don't know. Please share so we all can learn. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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