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 evo0o Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Currently using an old laptop with a AMD Turion 64 1.79GHz processor and 384MB of RAM. Long story short, I installed Norton and realized it's a memory hog and generally when it does it's 'auto-protect' features, it lags me to hell and I lag even switching between Explorer windows! Was wondering which free alternative is best for this old computer, note: it has to be free and basically, idiot-proof. Hopefully it's like a one-time install and has an update feature that allows the definitions to be updated with a click similar to Norton's 'Live Update.' Thanks for the help! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591087998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kudo Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Avast or AVG Hope that helps :) Good luck! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591088030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 -Vivicidal- Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'd say Avast - personal preference Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591088944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 evo0o Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 thanks. will look into it! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591090814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 deletedxyz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Avira AntiVir. I have it installed on my laptop and it supposedly has the best detection rates. Best of all, it's free. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591090844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John S. Veteran Posted June 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 5, 2009 [Threads Merged] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591091126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 soldier1st Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 what about Rising Antivirus 2009?it seems to be good and they have a free version. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591118682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Arkaic Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 AVG for me. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591118726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 th3rEsa Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 After having my experiences with AVG (too many false alarms for me), Avira (same) and avast! (weird UI, not that good recognition either), I tend to say: Don't use AV scanners which have free versions... So I vote for NOD32. Had many pro's in latest AV Comparatives, too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591134520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 slip400 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Symantec Corporate, but its dead now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591134534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Somnus Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Avira Antivir Premium 9, but my license is about to run out, so I am looking at alternatives. It was great for the year that I had it, but at $35CDN renewal fee, when I can buy a license for NOD32 for $20, or Kaspersky off eBay for $12, it just doesn't make any sense. The license _could_ be purchased for $24, but you have to donate 5 Euros for a Contribution to the Auerbach Foundation, which is crap, because I wouldn't choose that charity if I had to. I don't like it that my more is being contributed to something that I know nothing about, and I _have_ to give it if I want a license. Personally quite a horrible thing for a company to do. So if anyone knows were I can get a cheap license for Avira, please let me know. I would like to continue using it, but not under the current way of renewal. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591140488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Feyer Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 My choiсe is -Kaspersky with unlimited trial ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591166428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chris123NT Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Morro > all, and it's not even out of beta yet :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591166430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mujjuman Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 How about best free antivirus? :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591167714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Elessar Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Norton Internet Security 2009. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591167724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 qdave Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Morro > all, and it's not even out of beta yet :laugh: I Agree on that :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591167728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 th3rEsa Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 How about best free antivirus? :p Like "best smelling dogsh*t"? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591167738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Loso Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 what other protection program is good to run along side nod32? (is Eset Smart Security any good?) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591176974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 th3rEsa Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Why do you need more at all? A good virus scanner protects against viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits and malware. What else do you think of? Come on... leave your RAM alone. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591176984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tattoo79 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 According to the latest Retrospective/Proactive Test conducted on May 2009 by www.av-comparatives.org. , proactive detection of new sample (windows viruses,worms,backdoors,trojans & other malware) , the top 4 in order of total detections in % - 1. AVIRA AntiVir Premium 8.2 - 69% 2.Microsoft Live OneCare 2.5 - 60% 3. ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 3.0 - 56% 4.Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 - 50% Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591177386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xKratosx Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I've used Avira for quite some time, and was always impressed with how silently it ran in the background. A little too silently it would seem, as my computer has a virus (Win32.Horst - Ad-Aware picked it up) and I think it's responsible for my Gmail account getting hacked, as well as two PayPal-esque accounts being hacked also, with quite a considerable amount of money in. Nightmare. With that in mind, which other free AV would you guys recommend, that isn't AVIRA? Ideally I want Nod32, but I run a few virtual machines which I assume would all need their own license. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591196448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 th3rEsa Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Sure, but NOD32 licenses aren't too expensive. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591196452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 null_ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I'm not a huge fan of NOD32 as I may have pointed out previously (can't remember if I did or not). It seems that starting with version 3.0 of NOD32 and the introduction of ESET Smart Security that the quality of their software has gone down hill in various ways... including, but not limited to issues surrounding NOD32 on 64-bit Windows machines causing STOP errors and various system hangs, incompatibility with Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (which has now been fixed, but some users continue to report issues, etc). At the moment, I'm using AVG Free 8.5, after having tried Avira and Avast, as it seems to be the cleanest solution of them both. Once Microsoft Security Essentials is finalized later this year, I imagine I'll be switching over to that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591196462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 th3rEsa Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 So you think free AV products are more secure than NOD32? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591196482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Innitaru Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Got the Microsoft Security Essentials beta installed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/717858-definitive-best-antivirus-2009/page/9/#findComment-591196518 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.
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