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 insanekiwi Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 we'll see. the trial last 30 days ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586766161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +orgitnized Subscriber¹ Posted November 4, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 4, 2005 You should give Kaspersky a whirl. Just look how often it updates ;) 586765833[/snapback] It's a great AV, just try it for a week. 586766156[/snapback] I know you're a KAV fan and I am as well, despite my last encounter. I will say that they really let me down with their latest "workstation" release. As soon as I rebooted, it gives me: stop: c0000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows Logon Process System terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000139 (0x00000000 0x00000000) The system has been shut down This is also the case on fresh installs of Windows XP. There was nothing I could do, minus revert back to an image and refresh my files after backing them up prior to the rollback. No system restore, no last good profile, no safe mode...nothing could be used to correct it. I didn't want to spend all day troubleshooting the thing, so I just said forget it. Never have I been afraid to install an AV app because I thought it would kill my system. Well, KAV did kill it. Only way I could have taken care of it (possibly) would have been to do a Fix via booting to the XP CD and taking that path. Not cool at all. It's a great AV when it works as "advertised". <grin> Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586766349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SteMan Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 I've been using NOD32 for a year now and it's been excellent. You get updates at least 3 to 4 times a day, I won't be using anything else again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586766367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 i figured kav is quite intense. back to lightweight antivir for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586766662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TexasFlood Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 For a free antivirus nothing beats AntiVir. I used AVG for ages but I found it missed a bunch of viruses. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586769986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 yea i just re-installed antivir and found out they finally changed the update function so it only downloads the needed files and not always a whole new installer package. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586773879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 magicfly Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 NOD32 is the best for me, not heavy, fast to load, and works better than any other software ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586774420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 br0ck13 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 i agree NOD32 is the best but i have switched back to F-Prot Anti-Virus 3.16c, professional anti-virus research, every day updates and take tiny system resources. im more in defense from spyware than virus's these days. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586774447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 i had nod32 aswell, but it did not find anything so i uninstalled it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ZombieFly Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 i've been fidling round with AV recently, and firewalls. Until now i've found mcafee to be the best bet, but recently i've found that their AV and Firewall products have been behaving erratically. The firewall is especially bad with p2p software, causing the connection to drop many times, messenger signs out etc. I've now switched to zone alarm (not sure if this is the best bet) and NOD32 for AV. From what i've read NOD32 seems to be the best out there in lab tests? is this correct? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 yea nod32 got very good reviews and test results. i am not to sure about zone alarm but many people reported problems with it blocking images and p2p traffic. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wicker_man Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 i had nod32 aswell, but it did not find anything so i uninstalled it. 586779056[/snapback] That is a good reason to give up on a product. NOT. From what you have written above I should uninstall NOD32 on all our company's workstations because it doesn't find anything? :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +audacioustrash Subscriber² Posted November 7, 2005 Subscriber² Share Posted November 7, 2005 I would say Norman. Check it out www.norman.com, my question what would happen if an unknown virus hit your computer, norton and others would have to wait for a definition, but not norman. :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pantz Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 NOD32 rocks. Everyone else swallows.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 insanekiwi Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 That is a good reason to give up on a product. NOT. From what you have written above I should uninstall NOD32 on all our company's workstations because it doesn't find anything? :rofl: 586779165[/snapback] no i mean more like "why should me, as a private person, invest money in a antivirus tool when it does the same job as a freeware tool?" ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586779183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 StudentR Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Kaspersky - the best! Good support, good virus base, good method of finding virus signature Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586788123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 temple_treefrog Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 F-Prot... NOTHING (Even the AVGFree lol) can stand up to F-prot's superior functionality... and it's licnesing (which comes to $10 USD per license to start) can't be touched by anybody, Even AVG (not free). 585956656[/snapback] I have to agree that F-Prot is one of the best AV programs' out there because of its clean UI, very low memory-usage real-time scanner and functionality. However recently I've installed Trend-Micro because I was given a free license from work. I haven't uninstalled F-Prot however my default AV is Trend-Micro and would recommend either one of them to anyone. I've used NOD32 before and even though it's good (in terms of functionality and reliabillity) I'd still prefer F-Prot or Trend Micro. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586792219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Troll Subscriber¹ Posted November 10, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 10, 2005 Nod32 Less Resources, Faster Scan Used in conjunction with Windows OneCare Live Firewall Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586792234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mipra Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 1st of all, OneCare Live is a piece of junk (sorry for my word...it messed up with my comp last time when I tried to uninstall). Now, I need opinion for people who manage enterprise environment. I am currently on my new project in a network environment for 25 computers. 10 of them will be sometimes remote and the rest will be stationary in the network. So, is there any better solution for this kind environment. For sure, I will need a centralized Console (for server) to control many aspects of the clients' antivirus. Now, I know that Symantec Antivirus Corporate will do the job. But, anything out there better in terms of corporate environment? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586792618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 shadowcaster Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Kaspersky for life! Trend micro is not bad either. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586795268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NEVER85 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 How would you rank F-Secure? I'm thinking of trying it out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586799478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mister Lamar Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Norton 2005 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586799487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ryan V Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Network Associates VirusScan Enterprise 8I Lightweight, Barely Noticable, and a pretty clean UI. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586799490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mipra Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Network Associates VirusScan Enterprise 8ILightweight, Barely Noticable, and a pretty clean UI. :D 586799490[/snapback] Does it include itself a firewall package? I want only Antivirus...nothing firewall packed inside. We have our own firewall built-in in the server, so another firewall in clients is just a pain. Many ports are blocked and a lot of headache having to define which port needs to be opened. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586799506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Protoss Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I'd have to say, Panda Titanium 2.0 is a very nice Anti-Virus. It's not bloated, like the newer Panda software, yet it still updates on a daily basis. Thank you OEM software CD's :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/21/#findComment-586799527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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