| Windows 7: BitDefender vs Kaspersky vs ESET |
15 Feb 2013
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit |
BitDefender vs Kaspersky vs ESET Basically, I'm talking about the Internet Security suites of these products. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit CPU AMD A4-5300 3.6 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Memory 4 GB Kingston 1333 DDR3 Graphics Card AMD Radeon 7480D IGP Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster S16A100N Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 Keyboard Logitech Y-UR83 Classic Touch Keyboard Mouse Logitech M100R PSU Generic 500 Watts Case Enforcer 2007 Tower Cooling Stock cooling and Case cooling Hard Drives 1 Seagate 80 GB SATA HDD Internet Speed DSL 768 KB/s |
15 Feb 2013
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Do you have a question? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
17 Feb 2013
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30 Do you have a question?  Which one is better?
PS: I'm currently on ESET Smart Security 6. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit CPU AMD A4-5300 3.6 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Memory 4 GB Kingston 1333 DDR3 Graphics Card AMD Radeon 7480D IGP Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster S16A100N Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 Keyboard Logitech Y-UR83 Classic Touch Keyboard Mouse Logitech M100R PSU Generic 500 Watts Case Enforcer 2007 Tower Cooling Stock cooling and Case cooling Hard Drives 1 Seagate 80 GB SATA HDD Internet Speed DSL 768 KB/s |
17 Feb 2013
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Eset must be the best you are using it. | 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 |
17 Feb 2013
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#5 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Indiana/Florida U.S.A. |
Some things related to what you asked. In the end though , it comes down to personal preferences. HTG Explains: Why You Don’t Need a Full Internet Security Suite | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20 Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0 Memory 16 GB DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb Monitor(s) Displays Generic Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2 Antivirus Avast Free Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely) |
17 Feb 2013
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
18 Feb 2013
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#7 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Leicestershire UK |
I agree with Laybacks comments as in, you pay your money and take your choice. There appears to be very little difference in the performance of the top 5 or so suits and it is very much down to personal choice.
I am currently using Bitdefender 2013, which I am very happy with and, in the past have used Kaspersky with equally pleasing results. I have also used Norton's which, although effective, was buggy as hell and a resource hog (this is a few years back and may well have changed).
From personal experiences (bad) I wont touch McAfee or Zone Alarm (which I used until very recently but got fed up with the terrible bugginess) but others may really like using them.
I'm of the opinion that the way one uses ones PC is nearly as important as using a decent AV/Malware set up. If you are the kind of user who repeatedly visits/uses "well known" sites/software then, irrespective of online protection, you are going to get your fingers burnt eventually.
Andy | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Titan 8900i Plasma MK II built by Overclockersuk OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit CPU Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz Motherboard Gigabyte Z77-D3H (Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40ghz Memory 16.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 762MHz (11-11-11-28) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Sound Card ASUS Xonar DG Monitor(s) Displays Acer P246H Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Mouse Anker 8000dpi gaming mouse PSU Corsair GS 600w PSU Case Antec 302 Three Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case Cooling Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler Hard Drives 112GB INTEL SSDSC2CT120A3 ATA Device (SSD)
932GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA)
1TB Seagate external HDD. Internet Speed 12mb Antivirus Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 Browser Chrome and IE10 Other Info Malwarebytes, ADWCleaner, CCleaner, SUPERAntispyware Pro, Revo Uninstaller Pro |
19 Feb 2013
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#8 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
Everyone makes their own choices on software and malware protection.
I've used Paid suites: Norton (until it became too big, too hungry, too agressive), Kaspersky, and
Free "suites": AVG, Avast (current). All worked well.
Take a look at AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Home for more testing results.
Use the column headings to sort on protection, repair, and usability (I focus on protection & repair). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
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