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 maccik Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Nod32 is a big bul**hit :x Norton Internet Security or Norton Antivirus is the top of the top :D:D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590900750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest ovd Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 On-demand comparative February 2009 by av-comparatives Avira has been and it is the best. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aitrus Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi, I'm totally new to Neowin; this is my first post. I just bought a new 'puter without any antivirus and was wonderin' what you all thought was the best free antivirus software out there? ... do you think it was a bad idea to buy a comp without antivirus? Just curious about that. Is it alright that I'm just jumping into your forum, as a total n00b, and asking a question like this? Anyway. Is a free antivirus option going to be as good as a retail software? Will I be able to get updates with the free software? I've been doing research, but any help would be great. Thank you. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NEVER85 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Your questions are fine. We're here to help, after all. :) It's not a bad idea to buy a comp without antivirus. I'd prefer it to getting some ridiculous 60-day trial. Anyway, from my experience, the best FREE antivirus out there is Avast. I used to like Avira but I would keep getting popups to buy their Premium version, and that got annoying rather fast. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 frogger Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 malwarebytes is very good. It seems to detect many viri, not just malware as the name would suggest. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blood.Sugar.Crazy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 The best is Avira Antivir: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ For those of you about to say "Oh, they're talking about the professional edition there." Well, maybe so, but the engine used in the free and pro edition is the same. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jarik Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 AVG for me. And welcome. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blood.Sugar.Crazy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 the best FREE antivirus out there is Avast. I used to like Avira but I would keep getting popups to buy their Premium version which I could have stopped with a 10 second Google search, but I didn't bother. There, fixed for you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Subject Delta Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 There, fixed for you. Instead of trolling and posting useless comments, why don't you actually add something useful to this thread. In my personal experience, Avast home is the best free product by miles. No nag screens, or constant reminders of their payware products, and you only need a new serial once per year. Only drawback is that the scanning engine is a little bit slow, which can be a bit annoying if you have a drive with a large volume of data to process. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Abhishek kapoor Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Avast is best .... and it is free, there must be something lacking that's why it is free otherwise nobody want to help other without $$$$$$$$ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Abhishek kapoor Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Avast is best for it's feature "Pre - boot scanning" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hjf288 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 +1 for Avira here... its got great detection rates, picks up the stuff that Nod32 doesnt and I havent had any false positives. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DJ-Light Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Avira Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aitrus Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Wow, so many responses. Thank you. :) I'm currently browsing around Avast's and Avira's web pages, but will also look at the other mentions. I'm terrible at making decisions like this. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blood.Sugar.Crazy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Wow, so many responses. Thank you. :)I'm currently browsing around Avast's and Avira's web pages, but will also look at the other mentions. I'm terrible at making decisions like this. ;) Let me help you then. Choose Avira, it's better. Then go on over to Google and search for "remove avira nag screen". Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Deathray Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Avira, even with the nag screen... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 frogger Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'm just going to come in here one more time, to encourage you to TRY all the ones you want. Don't let people tell YOU whats best for YOU. things that annoyed other people, may not phase you at all. and vice versa. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Omen1393 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I use AVG Free, it recently blocked a Trojan that was being transmitted via flash. I haven't used Avira or Avast, but I don't really see a reason to switch. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blood.Sugar.Crazy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'm just going to come in here one more time, to encourage you to TRY all the ones you want.Don't let people tell YOU whats best for YOU. Speak for yourself. I'm offering FACTS. Have you heard of them before? Maybe you should look that word up in an online dictionary or something. My FIRST POST IN HERE pointed to an antivirus site that uses TESTS to present ACTUAL FACTS about which antivirus is the best. And guess what space captain? Avira Antivir is the best. So feel free to jump off your soapbox any time now... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kevin. Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I've used AVG free for years and never had a problem with it. I always picked up malware and removed it successfully. I'd like to try Avast and Avir at some point though. My only problem with Avast as that the free version can't do schedule full scans like AVG and Avir have. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blood.Sugar.Crazy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I use AVG Free, it recently blocked a Trojan that was being transmitted via flash.I haven't used Avira or Avast, but I don't really see a reason to switch. If you check the test sites, AVG actually sucks compared to Avira. Even Avast is better than AVG, and that's saying something. So there you go, there's your "reason". In the most recent on-demand tests AVG stopped 93% of virii in the wild while Avira stopped 99.7%. How's that for a "reason"? But don't believe me, read for yourself: http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stor...vc_report21.pdf Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 deletedxyz Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Avira The best one out there hands down. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Omen1393 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Well, I wouldn't call AVG sucky, 93% is still a pretty high number. When I do a fresh install for the Windows 7 for the RC I'll probably try out Avira or Avast to see how I like it. Here's a brief comparison of the 3 that I found. http://freebies.about.com/od/securityfreeb...t-antivirus.htm Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Crackler Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'm just going to come in here one more time, to encourage you to TRY all the ones you want.Don't let people tell YOU whats best for YOU. things that annoyed other people, may not phase you at all. and vice versa. +1. Avast does the job for me. :) Speak for yourself. I'm offering FACTS. Have you heard of them before? Maybe you should look that word up in an online dictionary or something. My FIRST POST IN HERE pointed to an antivirus site that uses TESTS to present ACTUAL FACTS about which antivirus is the best. And guess what space captain? Avira Antivir is the best. So feel free to jump off your soapbox any time now... Umm... have fun during your short stay here at Neowin. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kevin. Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hey, guys, quick question. How are both Avast and Avir on resources? Are they light or no? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/7/#findComment-590904426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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