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 Nighthawk-F117 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 In my opinion avast! is the best antivirus around. After installing it after having Nortin IS 2003/2004/2004 and Symantec Client Security 2/3, avast! is the best. Looking at the info for all the free av products, avast has the most features and best protection IMO. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585960377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wicker_man Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 The results speak for themselves. NOD32. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585960407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 M/\TT Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 NOD32 for me :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585960466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 firequantum Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I've been using ZoneAlarm with Antivirus for what must be almost a year now :yes: , and I have had no problems with it at all. It uses ComputerAssosiate's antivirus engine, and has detected two 'viruses so far,' they were just websites that had mal intentioned scripts in them and it stopped them, so all in all, I feel it's a good a/v. To top it all off, you know you have one of the best (in my opinion) firewalls around to add those extra layers of security. I'm also a believer in the motto that the best form of virus protection is the user themselves, though I can see how in certain situations, this is not always possible. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585960474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sir Topham Hatt Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I might change to NOD 32. It looks good and has a nice clean interface. Also, only runs 1 service instead of good old McAfee which runs about 5! I do like it yes, and have also noticed that there seems to be no way to pirate it easily - I admin i downloaded a couple of RAR files with it in to see, however it seems to want to replace files, or run a seperate installer. This is possibly one of the only ones I know of that is like this - Trend Micro is another one. This is good because it shows that the company has teaken steps to stop pirating of this software. Pete Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PureLogic Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 My favourite Antivirus is that I don't need one. :p Using the latest Norton Antivirus on my mom's PC running Windows XP SP2, though. It seems to do most things right. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cupsarap Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Well, I was using Norton, but now I switched over to NOD32 and it's alot better. My vote goes to NOD32 (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Louisiana Lightning Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 still faithful to Norton Antivirus, 2005 Version now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MrBear5587 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 NOD32, by miles. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LispyGlitter2 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Avast Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Malik05 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 ok, right now i use symantec corp 9. really good...havnt noticed the resources hackup, but maybe im so used to it? well anyway ill give a shot at NOD32, bytheway, what does it stand for? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585962701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JoeBonJoey Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 on every AV threads w/ a poll, i always select Symantec :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585963849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Malik05 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 well anyway ill give a shot at NOD32, bytheway, what does it stand for? 585962701[/snapback] ?????anyone????? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585963864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MMike6 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 nod32 :laugh: but its hard to wait for the german edition of v2.5. mmike Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585964603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 migo Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I'm glad to see so many users made the smart choice and picked NOD32, it's the best AV program in every way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 ?????anyone????? 585963864[/snapback] i don't think it stands for anything :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 joshpo Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I've been using ZoneAlarm with Antivirus for what must be almost a year now :yes: , and I have had no problems with it at all. It uses ComputerAssosiate's antivirus engine, and has detected two 'viruses so far,' they were just websites that had mal intentioned scripts in them and it stopped them, so all in all, I feel it's a good a/v. To top it all off, you know you have one of the best (in my opinion) firewalls around to add those extra layers of security. I'm also a believer in the motto that the best form of virus protection is the user themselves, though I can see how in certain situations, this is not always possible. 585960474[/snapback] I second this, I use Zonealarm's firewall anyway so I ditched TrendMicro and saved some system resources. AV has been relegated to the security back-burner for me, I could probably run my machine without it and be fine. Spyware and network threats are much more viable. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ramble Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I dont anything at all. But it would have to be AVG and NOD32. AVG being free and NOD32 being so god damn fast for an antivirus. I like linux :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bikeman25 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hi I'm currently using NAV 2005, and I"m wondering if Mcafee is good(I won't use anything but Retail, store bought programs) thinking of switching to Mcafee once NAV 2005 subscription is up. Please let me know how good Mcafee is, and I'll go ahead and switch to it when subscription is over with this program Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gdodson Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I might change to NOD 32. It looks good and has a nice clean interface. Also, only runs 1 service instead of good old McAfee which runs about 5! 585962211[/snapback] Actually, NOD32 runs 2 or 3 services if you want full protection. Same as McAfee. You have to turn on the other services because they're off by default. I personally dislike NOD32 because it is the slowest scanner I've ever used, not to mention that it slowed down my family computer tremendously compared to NAV. Trend Micro for my computer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 aldago Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 avast! for free, and nod32 or mcafee if you want to pay Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585966995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 migo Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I dont anything at all.But it would have to be AVG and NOD32. AVG being free and NOD32 being so god damn fast for an antivirus. I like linu:):) 585966825[/snapback] :pinch:h: AVGs marketing really sucks, they have a lot of people liking a substandard product because it's free. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585967164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 migo Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Actually, NOD32 runs 2 or 3 services if you want full protection. Same as McAfee. You have to turn on the other services because they're off by default.I personally dislike NOD32 because it is the slowest scanner I've ever used, not to mention that it slowed down my family computer tremendously compared to NAV. Trend Micro for my computer. 585966974[/snapback] NOD32 wouldn't be slow unless you've got something else that it's not compatible with. It does seem to disagree with almost as many programs as Outpost though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585967173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pink Floyd Veteran Posted May 24, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 24, 2005 I was a huge fan of Kaspersky 4.5 pro (the old and not bloated GUI) version but that's before I try nod32 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585967420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 glasscleaner Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Other: F-Prot Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/323306-your-favourite-antivirus/page/4/#findComment-585968336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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