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 LordLink Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I think Avast! is the best Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586543431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Oblivion Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition works best at work while NOD32 at home. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586543454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scribbller Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Switched to AVG now and will probably continue to use it untill I can upgrade my RAM to accomodate a more powerfull antivirus. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586543684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rosswashere Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Nod32 the best :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586543794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 laz Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition works best at work while NOD32 at home. 586543454[/snapback] I'm running the Corporate Edition here, and it runs very smoothly in the background (no lagging). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586543930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 betamaxman Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Used NOD32 for the last 2 years and has'nt failed me ever. 585956693[/snapback] Funny; when PC Magazine tested a host of antivirus apps (free as welll) it found Nod 32 to be lacking and placed it near the bottom. Panda and Symantic were tops. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586547053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 amrinders87 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Nod32 now! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586547058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wak1zashi Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 NOD32 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586547065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Peat Moss Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I'm running the Corporate Edition here, and it runs very smoothly in the background (no lagging). 586543930[/snapback] Yes me too, 1.0.0.0 .359 even scans on startup too and very fast . Why I wish these polls would split the Norton & Symantec corp . brands . Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586551184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jafoman Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Funny; when PC Magazine tested a host of antivirus apps (free as welll) it found Nod 32 to be lacking and placed it near the bottom. Panda and Symantic were tops. 586547053[/snapback] Funny how most people on this website (an informed bunch for the most part) prefer NOD32... Including me. I used Symantec for many years but switched last year because it started getting ridiculous. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586551194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +orgitnized Subscriber¹ Posted September 20, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 20, 2005 Kaspersky works best for me, with it's detection ability over other antivirus applications I have tested. The next best option would be NOD32 586542833[/snapback] I'll agree on the choices here. I prefer NOD32 on my laptop because I can run things much faster. Kaspersky really slowed it down. I will admit that I have been infected with crap 2 times since I started using NOD, which was 2 months ago. This was after I switched to it from Kaspersky Workstation 5.0.200. The first was a MIRC Trojan Dropper that Kaspersky detected as I uploaded the file, but NOD32 would not detect it. I was not impressed, seeing as it was a 4-year old risk. The second was the Bagle variant that has been infecting people recently. Most AV companies knew about it like a month ago, but NOD never updated their definitions to detect this because their advanced heuristics engine caught the originals without them having to provide a true definition update. I proved it to their virus labs, along with other NOD32 users out there in various locations. I actually like configuring mine as BlackSpear published his guide. Very nice checklist to work through, if you will. I resell both and am very familiar with the products sold from both companies as I actively implement them at sites everywhere. I still like NOD32, as on both occasions I submitted the requests, the virus definitions came out to take care of those risks in under 1 day. The second request (for Bagle) was actually eerie. I was emailing the support guy back and forth and all of a sudden I get new updates that detected the new Bagle variant. I had a Friday set of definitions and it was Monday. I manually tried doing the updates but repeatedly got the message telling me everything was up-to-date. The support guy said Friday was the latest anyway so I wasn't second-guessing myself. I'm sure I wasn't the one who caused the update to take place but I just contributed anyway. NOD32 gets about 5,000 requests per day in the virus labs. The number is high, but remember - it's also from people who have their products misconfigured, which are probably (unfortunately) high. :o I would still recommend either or, depending on the configuration being used, but I'll really only recommend those 2. I've tried others and resold many - customer support makes a big difference to me. Many companies have failed in that category. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586551272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mando Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 (edited) Avast on lower end pcs but SAV corp 10 on my main machine at home (im regged licencee for my work for SAV therefore I am legally entitled to use SAV10 at home on 1 machine :D) IMHO Top AVAST 2nd SAV 3rd Kaperspy 4th NAV (on its own not with Int Security) 5th AVG Free (better than nothing) 6th Sophos (used to use it at work but old style manual updating did my nut in) Havnt tried NoD32 tbh ill give it a go tonight on my laptop. Ive found Avast seems to be pretty dammed good at catching trojans and web based threats and even found a few old trojans lurking on some pcs that had recently updated to NAV 2k5. The startup scan of Avast is top notch :yes: Edited September 22, 2005 by Mando Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Apollo Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 i was using NOD32 but now i changed to kaspersky 5 as now it isn't as heavy on the system as when version 5 came out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jfkf Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 12, no doubts Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tf76 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 AVG 4 FREE PLEASES ME Used with SPYWARE BLASTER Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HDW-mobile Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 NOD32 is still the best in all tests....... 1ste antivirus application of the world.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xxdesmus Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 SAV Corp 10...been using SAV Corp since it was v8 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dick Montage Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I have just moved to AVG Free after years of Norton. I am VERY happy with it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586562755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TazB Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 NOD32 for the win Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586570993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 OTHER: Linux :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586571020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 AVG 4 FREE PLEASES MEUsed with SPYWARE BLASTER 586562735[/snapback] holy moly! Please adjust your font size......I thought you were yelling VERY loudly....or where you? :yikes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586571028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PsrPimp Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 NOD32 all the way! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586571902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lindkvist Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Nod32 or Symantec Antivirus. (Not Norton) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586584059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SolidSapphire Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 i voted for Mcafee a while back which i still think is good but i have to say Nod32 rocks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586584067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹ Posted September 27, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 27, 2005 Norton Anti Virus is Good to me and always has since 2002 verison, But I been hearing alot of great things bout this nod32. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/16/#findComment-586584912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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