Looking for a New Anti-Virus

[EchoX860]

I've read the sticky, and I'm not sure what I'm reading on there. Kaspersky is giving me tons of False Positives and it's beginning to get ridiculous. I was looking at G-Data, Vipre, or Norton.

Does anyone use either of these 3

 

[Golden]

I use Norton Internet Security 2011 without any problems/false positives.

I have heard some good things about MSE (and its free too)....give that a go.

 

[Devilz]

I would say go for ESET, its best IMO

 

[ickymay]

MSE

 

[EchoX860]

I ended up buying Norton. I'm not a fan of MSE, or any Free Anti-Virus. I feel better protected with a PAID software, just a personal preference

 

[Solarstarshines]

WebRoot SpySweeper with Anti Virus it also has a Gamer Mode

 

[Petey7]

I ended up buying Norton. I'm not a fan of MSE, or any Free Anti-Virus. I feel better protected with a PAID software, just a personal preference

Whether it is paid for or not doesn't make any difference on how well it works. If offer to sell you a 1982 Ford Pinto or give you a 2002 Honda Civic for free, do you really think that the fact that you paid for the Ford Pinto would make it more reliable?

If you insist on a paid version, I would only spend money on ESET or Norton based on the good stuff I have heard about both lately. But I still trust MSE or Avast! free more than I do NIS.

 

[dobhar]

What Petey7 said...For Paid AV I use ESET Nod32 and for free I am now using MSE

 

[Borg 386]

MSE "Plays well" with other AV's (from what I've seen on other posts), whatever you choose, MSE is a good thing to have running in the background.

It plays well with Norton 360 and Comodo on my sys. No problems

 

[Phone Man]

I have tried MSE and Avast! but have settled on Norton IS. Check Office Depot as they have it for FREE with two rebates. It is $59.99 with free shipping through Saturday. There is a $30 rebate for buying at Office Depot and another $30 if you have a previous copy of any Norton product or a copy of any security product from another vendor. This if for 3 PC's.

Norton Internet Security 2011 For 3 Computers by Office Depot

Here is the link for the rebates. They are PDF files and has all the information.

https://www.web-rebates.com/officed...322e-DkTmvlIdz3j&odserver=www.officedepot.com

Jim

 

[Wishmaster]

I use Norton and it has done an excellent job so far. (Been using it now about a year and a half)

No nastys and no false positives as of yet on all 3 PCs its on.

 

[EchoX860]

So it's a lot better than the older versions which basically everyone said to stay away from?

 

[Phone Man]

Starting in 2009 NIS has been vastly improved and has been rated as one of the best in competitive tests. I am running NIS 2011 and really like it. It has a feature called Identity Safe where it will store your logins and passwords and makes it easy to login to your sites. I trust it more than the browser password feature.

Jim

 

[Ciara]

Hi EchoX860 , I use Vipre Premium (its retail) and only had it about 3 weeks and its blocked a lot of stuff and quarantined some (from Tracking Cooke's to Trojan) and I will be renewing the subscription

 

[marsmimar]

Seems like every few weeks (day?) we get someone asking what is the "best" AV program. The "best" anti-anything program is the one that works best for your computer. Whether you select a freebie like MSE or a paid version like NIS, just make sure it passes some basic tests like the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File and the Spycar test files.

eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE

Welcome to Spycar

In particular, make sure your anti-malware of choice can detect and isolate the bad stuff in a .zip file. If it can't pass either of the tests, dump it for something that can.

 

[Phone Man]

Seems like every few weeks (day?) we get someone asking what is the "best" AV program. The "best" anti-anything program is the one that works best for your computer. Whether you select a freebie like MSE or a paid version like NIS, just make sure it passes some basic tests like the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File and the Spycar test files.

eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE

Welcome to Spycar

In particular, make sure your anti-malware of choice can detect and isolate the bad stuff in a .zip file. If it can't pass either of the tests, dump it for something that can.

I am running NIS2011 and when I clicked on the Spycar link NIS blocked the site and showed 73 malicious files. I like the idea that it blocked me from going to the site.

Jim

 

[evil c]

I've used Norton, McAfee, AVG, and latterly ZoneAlarm Extreme. I installed MSE yesterday and it's using a lot less space on my hard disk, doesn't slow down the system performance, doesn't hassle me with messages about what it's checking or that it's time for an update and I should do it NOW, and was very easy to set up. It's available as a right click in context menus, carries out a 'quick scan' quickly and so far so good.

 

[Maxwell]

You really can't go wrong with Microsoft Security Essentials. It gets the job done, and for me I feel like i never know that it is even there.

 

[malexous]

So it's a lot better than the older versions which basically everyone said to stay away from?

In my opinion, yes. I wonder why you didn't ask before buying Norton.

Have you uninstalled Kaspersky and installed Norton yet?

 

[yowanvista]

Hi EchoX860 , I use Vipre Premium (its retail) and only had it about 3 weeks and its blocked a lot of stuff and quarantined some (from Tracking Cooke's to Trojan) and I will be renewing the subscription

Some members said Vipre has a very bad customer support service