Tell Us What Is Your Current Antivirus

[TheTemplai]

Could we have a poll on this?

MSE by the way. All the way.

Yes we can, just a moment!

 

[Tews]

Avast 5.0

 

[zigzag3143]

I have 3

Avast 5
MSE
Eset smart security

 

[TheTemplai]

Ok, you guys can vote now! Have fun!
If you don't like any of the AntiVirus listed on the pool, just pick anyone, or post your favorite.

 

[Etihtsarom]

Wow, you dig MSE that much huh? Might try it on weaker builds later. Running McAfee VSE 8.7i right now.

 

[rider68]

Avast is Great

HI Guys

Avast is Great had a few threats which were taken care of with ease by the software, plus it runs in the background with no issues

Well pleased far better than Nortons -

 

[madtownidiot]

I think AV/FW software is only a small part of keeping your system clean. I don't bank or shop via the internet. I don't download games or media that's been pirated, and when I'm not actively using my internet connection, I disconnect by shutting off the router. All my media, update installers, driver installers, personal files and documents are on a separate partition from the OS and all the applications. It's a matter of about 1 hr to erase the system partition, then reimage from a backup I made shortly after I got everything running smoothly... less time than it takes to do a full AV scan on any previous computer I've owned and when it's done I haven't lost anything. I don't use an antivirus. There isn't one out there that can catch everything, and it's only the malware your AV can't detect that gets through. I'd rather have the resources that would otherwise be used by maintaining an antivirus and firewall available for games and other applications. If I knew how, I would make that an automatic process that happened once a week or so.

I notice the poll didn't include comodo internet security, which is more effective an requires fewer resources than Norton or McAfee, but completely free.. I install it on every computer I sell.

 

[Tews]

I will refrain from mentioning your username... In todays world protection isnt all about the individual users security, its about everyones security... With the cloud concept of computing becoming more prevalent, the term "We are the internet" takes on more meaning... You owe it to the other users of the net to at least have a basic a/v program up and running... With the specs that you have, you can afford a few hundred K of ram from your WOW session to help the rest of us stay as secure as possible.... /rant

 

[Jaxryley]

On other people's machines I install Avira and Malwarebyte's.

If they are interested in learning to be really secure without the need to update any blacklists then I install Sandboxie, Returnil (version 2.0.1.9002) and an imaging app.

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

Desktop: ESET NOD32 v4.0.437 x64
Netbook: Microsoft Security Essentials

 

[pparks1]

I don't use an antivirus. There isn't one out there that can catch everything, and it's only the malware your AV can't detect that gets through. I'd rather have the resources that would otherwise be used by maintaining an antivirus and firewall available for games and other applications.

Guess it all comes down to personal preference. For me, my machines have plenty of resources available for running the average virus scanner and I rely on the Windows firewall and my hardware NAT router firewall. I've never encountered an issue with gaming or anything else as a result of the virus scanning tool installed. And even if the AV cannot catch "everything", if it catches "most things", than that is likely good enough.

I've certainly encountered situations where Trend has gone off at work while surfing the web performing work research. Being a systems admin, there is a lot of Googling for strange error messages and such from software that I don't use personally, so I can never be certain of the forums and such that I will find along the research trail.

I don't even install virtual machines at work without at least putting something on it like Microsoft Security Essentials. I simply cannot take a chance of getting something and allowing it to wreak havoc on the rest of the network.

My home computers are always attached to the Internet...as I don't do much anymore these days that isn't Internet centric. From emails, to forums, to web surfing and playing games online. Without an Internet connection, I almost don't have a need for a computer.

The only machines I don't run an AV on are Linux based...as I just haven't really ever seen the need there.


AV packages that I use
--Trend Micro on my work machines: It's corporate standard and centrally managed, so that's what I have to use
--Microsoft Security Essentials: On my Windows 7 machine, it's good enough for me
--Avast on my wife's Vista laptop: She had AVG, but didn't like the daily pop up showing the update.

 

[panthers89fan90]

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Overall Security - AVG9.0

Internet Security - Iobit360

Also - Windows Defender and Glary Utilities