Barney T. Administrators Posted January 5, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 5, 2009 An updated "Best Antivirus" for 2009. Please use this as a reference when researching antivirus utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options. Happy Voting. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sir Topham Hatt Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Shouldn't this be done at the end of the year so we can see what was the best anti virus of 2009? If we vote now, a new anti virus could come out during 2009 which could smash the pants off of anything currently available. I'm not really moaning, just a point I thought of. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 (Spork) Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Antivir Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EvilDMT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I bet NOD wins this poll hands down :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fix-this! Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 kaspersky or nod32 which im using now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wannes Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Still a loyal AVG fan though Panda can satisfy me as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 thealexweb Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 It's called Windows Live OneCare not Windows OneCare. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 R1pper Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Kaspersky all the way. the best AV out there money can buy. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 thealexweb Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Kaspersky all the way.the best AV out there money can buy. Agreed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denholm Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Common sense + Nod32 + Wilders Security - Blackspear's Settings (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590367978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 (Spork) Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 It's called Windows Live OneCare not Windows OneCare. WHO CARES ! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 redeemed Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Antivir/Avast for me. This is out of the free versions. If I paid for an antivirus, it would be NOD32. Edit: Out of those free versions, which is the fastest on a PC with a slow HDD (so not much HDD writes etc)? Edited January 5, 2009 by redeemed Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Mystic MVC Posted January 5, 2009 MVC Share Posted January 5, 2009 Picked up a year's subscription of NOD32 AV for $35 and I can't be happier. It is small, lightweight, and does just about anything I need. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nhozemphtekh Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 linux Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Syanide Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 AVG cause its FREE. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 :No-Frost: Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 ESET SMART SECURITY or NOD32 xD... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rolllllin Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Norton Internet Security 2009 much better than nod32 and faster u must try it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DGMurdockIII Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Comodo Internet Security suite - http://antivirus.comodo.com/ and Moon Secure AV (open souce) - http://www.moonsecure.com Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denholm Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Moonsecure - "security, from space" :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 iamwhoiam Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 NOD32 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lee G. Veteran Posted January 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 5, 2009 NOD32 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 stylemessiah Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Theres only one kind of annoying fanboy thats second to Apple idiots, NOD32 fanboys Same as Apple ones, despite being an awful product they will pollute forums with glittering comments about it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denholm Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Theres only one kind of annoying fanboy thats second to Apple idiots, NOD32 fanboysSame as Apple ones, despite being an awful product they will pollute forums with glittering comments about it Nod32 is awful? How so? Seems to me like you're doing just as much polluting. ROFL at Apple being an awful product. How off topic, really :rolleyes: for someone named stylemessiah, you should know better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 shockz Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 AntiVirus 2009. It's the best. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 stylemessiah Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) Nod32 is awful? How so? Seems to me like you're doing just as much polluting.ROFL at Apple being an awful product. How off topic, really rolleyes.gif for someone named stylemessiah, you should know better. NOD32 has never worked properly on any of the dozen times ive tried installing it, and youre talking to someone who has been using AV since the first McAfee came out, and tested every one since, so i think im qualified to have an opinion as its actually very well informed. I would for the first time in a decade at least recommend the new nortons, kaspersky second and probably Avira 3rd. For free it would be Avast, followed by Avira Personal. Why do people keep making these polls, the reality is that apart from nortons regaining some credibility the standings have been static for at least 3 years. So all this is a little pointless, surely theres better things to be doing than creating and debating in yet another poll that inevitably becomes a home for NOD fanboys.... Apple has an always will be: overpriced, closeted, behind beige normal PC's and only appeal to those who like to think theyre being different when in fact there just dumb sheep following an idiot who wears turtleneck skivvies. Its a cult, not a computer company And its precisely because im stylemessiah that i dont follow trends, truth is much better, though hard for for some people to swallow.... Edited January 6, 2009 by stylemessiah Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Advent Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 stylemessiah I love all the detailed reasons why NOD32 is such a bad product. Along with the reasons for Apple too. /sarcasm I agree that everyone is in their own right to give their own opinion, but what bugs me is when someone talks down on a product or a company and doesn't give anything but silly and ridiculous reasons for their said opinion. From your post and only what you have provided us, I understand you think of NOD32 as a bad product because it didn't work for you. Why must you stereotype Apple and Apple users so much? So because certain people use macs they're "just dumb sheep following an idiot who wears turtleneck skivvies"? Also, because NOD32 never worked properly for you, you see the need to put them in this ridiculous stereotype you've got for Apple fans. huh. Anyways, for the topic I use NOD32 on Windows. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/#findComment-590368542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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An updated "Best Antivirus" for 2009. Please use this as a reference when researching antivirus utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.
Happy Voting.
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