Si Veteran Posted May 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 22, 2005 Please use this thread as a reference for this topic, as time goes on and availabilty changes, the poll will be updated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JAbad28 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I am agreeing with most of the members here :laugh: . I also use Nod32 and it's the best out there. I have had no problems since I installed it, or is it cause i'm cautious about my internet downloads and etc. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586733312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chrisgeleven Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 For those of you on Comcast, they offer McAfee Viruscan 10 free of charge. Just for kicks I just downloaded it tonight to try it out and so far so good (no noticable slowness issues, no errors). I have been hearing good things about their enterprise products for a long time, so I guess it is time to see if that applies for their home products. At worst it is a learning experience, at best I can recommend this to clients on Comcast who do not want to pay for Antivirus. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586734665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Randolph Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 As suggested, I made the switch to Nod32 from Kaspersky, mainly because of my laptop needing as much resources free as it can get.I'm liking NOD32 so far, it's uses very little resources that it makes me wonder if its working at all lol. I downloaded some viruses on purpose and it caught them all. Another vote for NOD32 ;) 586721359[/snapback] KAV is not bloated. I don't know where you got that idea, but it only uses 2 resources. I don't know how many NOD32 uses to compare. For those of you on Comcast, they offer McAfee Viruscan 10 free of charge. Just for kicks I just downloaded it tonight to try it out and so far so good (no noticable slowness issues, no errors). I have been hearing good things about their enterprise products for a long time, so I guess it is time to see if that applies for their home products.At worst it is a learning experience, at best I can recommend this to clients on Comcast who do not want to pay for Antivirus. 586734665[/snapback] What a steal! McAfee is excellent in my opinion just they need to cut the processes down a bit. Otherwise they make some good applications. The latest KAV is excellent...or was; until I found out it slowed down my system with the default settings. I am not sure if this is a bug or what, but previous versions never did this. Norton is bloated as hell and slows down systems; its a known fact. I tried Trend Micro back in the day (2004) and it was ok but there were better alternatives out. In todays modern age I tried the online scanner its fasttttt! I might give Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2006 another whirl to see whats up because it looks promising to me. NOD32 I haven't tried yet and I might soon. AVG I didn't like because it doesn't catch as much viruses as other alternatives do. If I had to use a Anti-Virus right at this moment, my choice would goto KAV. Only has 2 processes running and has updated virus definitions everday. I am just not to 'keen' on the scanning engine though as I said before it slows my system down a bit. *KAV - Kaspersky Anti-Virus *Information in this post about KAV is based on version 5.0.388. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586739284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HoochieMamma Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 ^^KAV & KIS 2006 will have massive increases in performance. And it not only updates every day, more like every hour. www.virustotal.com is great for people who find a suspicious file. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586739295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HoochieMamma Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Well yeah thats what I sort've mean't. When will 2006 be out? 586739300[/snapback] I THINK start of next year. might have some info on their forums http://forum.kaspersky.com/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586739309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Randolph Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 ^^KAV & KIS 2006 will have massive increases in performance.And it not only updates every day, more like every hour. www.virustotal.com is great for people who find a suspicious file. 586739295[/snapback] Well yeah thats what I sort've mean't. When will 2006 be out? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586739300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chroniX Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 KAV is not bloated. I don't know where you got that idea, but it only uses 2 resources. I don't know how many NOD32 uses to compare. I never said KAV was bloated, I don't know where you read that... :huh: I like KAV a lot and have it on three machines at home, I just said I like NOD32 because it seems to use less resources. (e.g. my startup time on laptop was nearly cut in half w/NOD32) Now, for average desktops out there, I'd definitely recommend either KAV or NOD32...but the average laptop out there will not be as fast as desktop so my recommendation is NOD32. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586740822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Phat_Goat Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Nod32 definitaly the best Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586740874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AOXOMOXOA Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 A V G Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586740876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gf2002 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I always using the RISING I think it very well Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586743792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nasapion Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 The best AV is Common Sense IMO. Oh yah NOD32's good too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586743799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 iSimx Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 as much as I hate norton - it has to be my favourite because its never failed me... :s :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586759706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xpwhittyx Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Extendia AVK then MKSVir and thirdly NOD32 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 null_ Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Symantec AntiVirus all the way :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 crzykle Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 :woot: NOD 32 pwns them all! :devil: :devil: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ziper Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Fsecure! It's gotten lost in the vote :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spavacer Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 heres my choice Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 raymondkorn Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 i used to have all the computers in our house maintained by NAV 2002, because all the more current versions I feel is completly bloatware, but with all these new viruses varients around i had to wonder if NAV 02 was still protecting as well as any of the more current versions. when i saw how much better NOD32 was and i was instantly hooked. NOD32 hasn't failed me yet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 i used avg free but uinstalled it after i saw the horrible test results, the ntried nod32 but didn't quite understand the hype about it. back to antivirxp for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586761174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JoeBonJoey Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 I use AVG Pro, detected alot of IRC worms and trojans on my computer... I used Norton/Symantec Corp before and it never caught any of these ****... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586765823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HoochieMamma Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 i used avg free but uinstalled it after i saw the horrible test results, the ntried nod32 but didn't quite understand the hype about it. back to antivirxp for me. 586761174[/snapback] You should give Kaspersky a whirl. Just look how often it updates ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586765833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cai_sebas Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Latest Sophos Anti-Virus is the best! :laugh: Its fast, none CPU hogging, simple and has an new nice interface. It does it all for me! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586765857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 You should give Kaspersky a whirl. Just look how often it updates ;) 586765833[/snapback] but kaspersky isn't free is it? antivir get's updated 1-2 daily. good enough for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586765863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 too late to edit :laugh: i tried kaspersky and let it scan my whole system (took about 1 hours) and it found nothing but blocked 2 lovesan attacks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586766136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HoochieMamma Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 It's a great AV, just try it for a week. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/20/#findComment-586766156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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