Author Topic: Best antivirus ? (Read 3136 times)

Naryar · « **on:** November 10, 2009, 09:18:18 AM »

WARNING: thread might end in a minor flame war because of widely different opinions

My Avast! free copy died a few days ago (more precisely, the protection died, or so they say) and i am looking for another "free trial" antivirus to use temporarily (and when this one will end, i'll delete the registry entry and change for again another free trial because i am greedy and dont want to pay)

I heard praise for Norton and Kaspersky, but i am not sure... so what do you guys recommend ?

Reier · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2009, 09:41:47 AM »

Do NOT get Norton, it's impossible to remove later.

ashman12 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2009, 10:52:45 AM »

like reier said don't get Norton because i used to have it installed and it would not un-install and i kept getting viruses off of it.
in the end i had to reformat computer because of hundreds of viruses.

i use AVG on my laptop and macaffe (i think thats how its spelled) on my main computer.

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2009, 11:21:16 AM »

AVG Free 8.5. Its very good, its completly free or if you want a firewall with it, then you need to pay for it. Its lightweight(doesnt use much memory at all) and it detects the virus files as soon as they are on the computer, like if you are downloading something and when the download is complete it warns you and allows you to instatntly Heal the problem, aka remove the file.

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2009, 11:45:25 AM »

I use AVG Free 8.5 too, I have had no problems using it.

Serge · « **Reply #5 on:** November 10, 2009, 12:48:40 PM »

It's called Common Sense + an occasional Avast! scan.

Reier · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2009, 12:49:13 PM »

I used AVG but it expired in like a month.

Serge · « **Reply #7 on:** November 10, 2009, 02:21:33 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;78224

My Avast! free copy died a few days ago (more precisely, the protection died, or so they say)

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
This is their free version, You must register every year, but it's free.

R1885 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:12:16 PM »

Avast rules all.

Serge · « **Reply #9 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:22:22 PM »

Quote from: R1885;78301

Avast rules all.

Avira was also pretty good until they started shoveling a ton of ads down your throat.

Condor33 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:25:02 PM »

I use Norton, never had any issues with it. Only problem is it lags your computer to a crawl while doing a system scan, so you have to set it to run when you're not going to use your computer.

Serge · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:30:25 PM »

Quote from: Condor33;78304

I use Norton, never had any issues with it. Only problem is it lags your computer to a crawl while doing a system scan, so you have to set it to run when you're not going to use your computer.

That's the problem. I cannot imagine how badly this thing must be written in order to completely block the computer from all usage when accessing files from the HDD and comparing them against a dictionary (Norton's heuristics suck).

I still wonder why viruses / worms haven't switched to running kernel-mode, as a driver. It's harder to code, but ****, they'd be undetectable, they'd be able to hook into any system call to hide their existence from absolutely every program that runs in user-mode.

nicsan2009 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:31:43 PM »

kapersky works for me

goose · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2009, 07:49:21 PM »

microsoft's new Free antivirus is actually really good. Very small footprint, great detection, and does not nag you.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2009, 08:03:25 PM »

I just pay for my anti virus lol I have had Trend Micro for about 3-4 years on all my computers and not a single problem, the customer service is really prompt and nice too :-D

Thyrus · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2009, 10:36:49 AM »

Quote from: nicsan2009;78309

kapersky works for me

for me it`s the biggest s*it on earth -.-
It just blocks everything. I got the 2009 version but I can`t find the option to deal with this.
And I can`t remove it cause itsthe lap top of my parents.

Mr. Apocalypse · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2009, 08:27:54 PM »

I used to use ESET's Smart Security 4 for all of my PCs. Now for all of the Windows PCs, I use the new Windows Antivirus program. however, I still have an ESET license to burn through on my newest PC, so ESET will stay until December.

I never did like a lot of the anti-virus programs. I've tried AVG, ESET Smart Security (with firewall), Norton, and immediately got rid of Mcaffe after it destroyed some Windows files. Now I'm currently using ESET and the new Microsoft Antivirus program. My newest Windows 7 Desktop being the one with ESET.

I won't even talk about my Linux computers XP.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #17 on:** November 15, 2009, 06:35:28 PM »

Comodo, AVG, Avast.

The thing with anti virus is that most of the popular ones (both free and commercial) have similar amount of scanning power and updates. I use Comodo because it comes with a firewall and isn't littered with Ads/Reminders/Etc.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 18, 2009, 03:02:16 PM »

DO NOT USE MCAFEE. It is laggy and will slow your computer to about 1 fps and will update EVERY SINGLE DAY. basically, you cant do anything without mcafee ruining it.

Doomkiller · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2009, 12:05:06 AM »

Quote from: JoeBlo;78349

I just pay for my anti virus lol I have had Trend Micro for about 3-4 years on all my computers and not a single problem, the customer service is really prompt and nice too :-D

Never was good to us....

Must be the Vista.....

Anyway, I use AVG.