Poll: Which type of antivirus do you use, recommend?

[Konceptz804]

I want proof on all of those statements.

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Also if you dont want to believe the facts coming from the nod site, try googling.

Believe me I've tried them all, norton is not faster, and uses the most memory. NOD32 is updated daily

I've tried mcaffee, uses too much resources, i've tried them all, believe me, NOD is the smallest, most efficient, don't believe me? download the 30 day trial and see for yourself.

I've done my testing.

 

[Konceptz804]

eset NOD32 has consistently proven itself as the best av software available. it has recieved Virus Bulletin's VB100 logo in all but 3 tests since 1998. Norton failed the most recent test and was not awarded with their logo. Kaspersky has failed 17 times. Avast has failed 23 times. No software has passed more times than NOD32.

That also sums it up pretty well.

 

[swarfega]

My recommendations, Microsoft Security Essentials (I think this has replaced Forefront and its free compared to priced).

Id also recommend nod32 either just their av or their security.

btw defender isnt av, its just malware.

 

[F1FAN]

NOD32 antivirus v4. works great on windows 7 and me im very fussy when it comes down to anti virus. i been through most of them and NOD32 is my best so far. quick,good detection,simple user interface.works great on w7,good amount of features and a a good number of updates a day. Here are my top 3

1. NOD32 anti virus v.4
2. avast home/pro 4.8
3. Avira Home premium.

 

[Mercurial]

I cannot believe eset is not even in the poll... just know popular names but really doesn't know the softwares itself... =/

anyway

Nod32 v4 x86 and 64 = WIN!

 

[TGSoldier]

Yawn. All this AV talk

*points to sig*


I keep Nod on though for those pesky people who like to come and stick flash drives in your pc @ sweats. >.>

 

[Windows 10]

Right now I'm using ESET Smart Security 4. I would recommend this .

Loads up in seconds, does not slow down PC with annoying pop ups and alerts. Scheduled daily scanning.

 

[mansrm81]

Avast has gotten the job done for me.

 

[pparks1]

My recommendations, Microsoft Security Essentials (I think this has replaced Forefront and its free compared to priced).

Is Microsoft Security Essentials publicly available yet? I haven't found much but Beta tests and leaked copies.

 

[Dinesh]

Is Microsoft Security Essentials publicly available yet? I haven't found much but Beta tests and leaked copies.

not public yet.

 

[Corpsecrank]

Avira. I use it because it caught what AVG would not. That and AVG has had a poor history of not updating due to the update servers either being down or the program breaking when it did update.

So my anti-virus is Avira and has been and will be.

I have not settled in on a good anti-spyware program probably because there aren't any as far as I have seen.

I was using Ad-Aware for a long time just to scan once every couple of months. I switched to SuperAntiSpyware actually had the pay version for a while but it just had issues. I ran into instances where it would bug up and not want to load properly and things like that so I gave up on it.

Currently I am using IOBit Security 360 RC I think it is causing issues with 7 though so I wouldn't recommend it just yet. I may change that opinion once I figure out if it really is the cause of the problem or not. But until I am sure it is not something I would suggest using.

 

[visy199]

Where are the great Antivirus programs like Kaspersky,Bitdefender,NOD32,Avira?

I use Avira Security Suite!

 

[TheIgster]

Yawn. All this AV talk

Well...

you ARE in the System Security forum.

 

[Mercurial]

not public yet.

if you have a subscription you can dl it from microsoft connect.

look at this. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

correct me if I'm wrong though ;P

 

[Dinesh]

Try to download it, a message will appear saying that they have stopped the download. However, you can get it from many other sites. Search Google.

 

[Paww]

Avast.

I have been using Avast for the past 2/3 years and combined with Comodo left me with a system uninfected despite being connected to a university student halls network absolutely plagued with viruses etc.

Haven't settled on a firewall this time around as I'm awaiting on a Windows 7 supported version of Comodo.

 

[TheIgster]

Haven't settled on a firewall this time around as I'm awaiting on a Windows 7 supported version of Comodo.

Comodo works just fine in Windows 7. I had it up and going with no issues (64-bit). Just too many damn prompts for me though.

 

[PainlessPhil]

I use Comodo (with everything but the firewall component off) and NOD32 x64, once a week I do Malawarebytes and Spybot scans, I also use spybots immunization to block known bad sites in the hosts file. Maybe I'm paranoid, but........

 

[tw33k]

Comodo is yet to submit its product to Virus Bulletin for testing. Because of this, I will be avoiding them

 

[hybridfan]

Avira is fine but my god when you install it and try to update the definitions it takes bleedin ages Now I use Avast and it works fine for me.