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 dinner123 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 i use Symantec antivirus. its like norton but minus all the crap, gets the job done for me Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586252104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BlackHeart Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I've been using Avast (Home) for about two years with no side-effects so far, so it gets my vote. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586266896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ste Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Panda used to have Norton but know my fav is Panda! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586274698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 leedogg Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I switched to NOD32 and havent looked back. I think a lot of the big antivirus companies get their definitions from kaspersky though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586274718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Merovaeus Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 currently I'm running Avast! Home Ed. (free) and it's pretty good. Low on resources and also effective. But if you're thinking on buying a paid one, I would suggest Kaspersky or McAfee. I've already used once Kaspersky and it was the best! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586291067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HDW-mobile Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 NOD32 ....... rocks... before you know the virus is already killed before it's in... :alien: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586291090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 L3thal Veteran Posted July 30, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2005 NOD32 ....... rocks... before you know the virus is already killed before it's in... :alien: 586291090[/snapback] :yes: (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586299179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Farstrider Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 i use Symantec antivirus. its like norton but minus all the crap, gets the job done for me 586252104[/snapback] Symantec makes Norton Anti Virus by the way! The version you are probably referring to is the corporate edition! My choice of AV is McAfee. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586299379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sd_ba2271 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Symantec makes Norton Anti Virus by the way! The version you are probably referring to is the corporate edition! My choice of AV is McAfee. 586299379[/snapback] Symantec AV 10 is by far the best I've used, and I've used all of them. NOD32 doesn't compare to SAV 10. Plus I don't pay for "renewals" with SAV 10. I have copies if someone would like one. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Biscuits Brown MVC Posted August 1, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 1, 2005 I'm using Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition on our workstations and Trend ServerProtect on our servers. We have found these to be great solutions. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 P.M.K Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I don't use anything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Crimson Behelit Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I'm on a Linuxbox and don't have any antivirus software installed. However, to answer the question, my favorite anti-virus scanner would be F-Prot (DOS) on a bootable-disk (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacidz Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Trend products for me. Using PC Cillin 2003, updated, and also tried Pc Cillin Internet Security which is great. Tried KAV, Nod32 and couple others. Like Trend the best. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nizmo_007 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 The 'resetting your cmos' issue isn't all that bad. All I do is set the date and time correctly, and copy and paste the licence key I keep in a folder. It is slightly annoying that you have to do it, but I guess its better then paying for one, lol. Plus how often do you have to reset your cmos? Yeap, Im still an Avast user. Effective and doesn't consume as many resources (or annoy me) as much as the my previous virus software, Norton. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586304895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HT2791 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 im running bitdefender and kaspersky presonal at the same time =/ is that okay? oh, and i did a virus scan yesterday, took me 5-6 hours. :angry: the thing is, it scanned an archive of adware se personal, and it was password protected to scan. except i wasnt that at the time when the scan stopped and asked me to skip the archive. but still, that wudda only saved 15 minutes. shud it take that long to scan my computer? ( around 160gigs..) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586316369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RebelFX Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 AVG Free. I had tested too many AV and finally I sticked to this AV. No more hog resources. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586316391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nizsmo Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 NOD32 all the way :D Light, fast, clean, works for me :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586324030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rawr Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I used to be a huge Symantec/Norton fan until my system crashed back a couple years back from Symantec just taking over my computer resources and hard-drive space. Ever since then, I have been testing just about all the anti-virus programs..from Symantec/Norton (nothing has changed..Symantec blows), BitDefender, Kaspersky, ZoneAlarm Suite, and Panda. But just recently I was introduced to Eset's NOD32..which finally ended my search for a great antivirus program. Why you ask? ..well its easy enough for a novice user to use while it has options for more advanced users. My two favorite features in NOD32 have to be the 'profile' settings for each scan and the 'real-time' file and internet monitor. I'd also like to bring up again that Eset's NOD32 has earned virusbulletin's VB100% everytime. :D Also, for those that are saying that NOD32 takes forever to scan..yes, it does a bit of time to scan your entire hard-drive if you have all the 'setup>scan' and 'setup>threat sense scanning options' options enabled.. - Scan>files; boot sectors; system memory; archives; self-extracting-archives; run-time packers; email files; alternative ntfs streams - Threat sense scanning options> virus signatures; heuristics; advanced heuristics; adware/spyware/riskware; potentially dangerous application ..but even with all the 'setup' features enabled, which I have in my 'Deep-scan' profile, it only takes about 10 minutes for me to scan all the files on my 40gig. hard-drive :blink: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586334752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mugwhump Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Nod32, because it works, it's routinely updated, and most importantly, it leaves me alone and doesn't add any stupid sh*t that I don't want/need. No firewall/popupblocker/spam scanner/car washer or any crap like that. Just a nice, small virus scanner. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586334760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rawr Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Nod32, because it works, it's routinely updated, and most importantly, it leaves me alone and doesn't add any stupid sh*t that I don't want/need. No firewall/popupblocker/spam scanner/car washer or any crap like that. Just a nice, small virus scanner. 586334760[/snapback] Plus I like how NOD32 has a similar i-face to AIM..pretty neat. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586335173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LK. Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Norton Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586335189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Akuma-San Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 AntiVir (runtime scanning) Light & stable, only real downside atm is a rather annoying non-automatic update system. ClamAV (additional on-demand scanner) No real downsides, performs its task as needed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586335196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Martyn Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I've switched to NOD32 and im liking it at the moment :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586337068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 calimike Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Latest Version for NOD32 is 2.51.8 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586337525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RootWind Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Latest Version for NOD32 is 2.51.8 586337525[/snapback] That is "just" for 64-bit Windows, though it also works with 32-bit Windows. Nothing is different besides the inclusion of the 64-bit drivers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/13/#findComment-586339728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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