Best Antivirus

POD · BizHat Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 40

Hi everyone,

I have been thinking of getting rid of my old antivirus and getting a new one, i just wonder what you guys think about the different kinds.

thanx

CFE · BizHat Geek Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1144 Location: USA

Norton 2006 is doing great for me, and keeps finding crap I never heard of Razz

tabs · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

Kaspersky is the best! Too bad its not even on the Poll, second is NOD32 for me, Norton is very good but it eats up alot of memory.

nivexuck · BizHat Newbie Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 12

How about Avast Antivirus, It is protect my computer from viruses with very low resources. Norton will use big resources of your RAM, NOD32 can't do everything while my computer infected by a viruses (Then I lose much data). McAfee can disabled by some virus (then I must format my HD). I never used Kaspersky yet.

indianbaba · BizHat MOD Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 5505 Location: India

Every antivirus uses a lot of resources and runs many processes. i would recommend mcafee. Not tried norton 2006. Avast is good but scanning the full comp takes days to complete. If u are going to buy a fresh copy consider well bfore taking a decision.

ftvfatboy · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:33 am Post subject: AVAST

gogi · BizHat Newbie Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 10

Avg is a pretty good antivirus, I like its detection capabilities, but its removing an virus from a executable is not so good especially if we want that executable to in usable condition after the scan.

But constant updates for the virus data base plus its free to use on home, keep sit on my pc.

Its also a small download about 8Mb and not resource hungry like Nortons and Macfee's.

Bengt · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:56 am Post subject:

I voted Zonealarm Smile

spiker · BizHat Newbie Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 10

I've used Norton for so long I have no reason to doubt it now lol

miztiik · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:45 am Post subject:

i dont find any reason to go beyond NORTON...and my second choice as Mcfee..as sometimes norton doesnt gowell xp sp2

ftvfatboy · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:06 am Post subject: avast! Home Edition v4.6.744

Avast Home Edition is a feature packed antivirus package. It includes On Demand, On Access, Explorer and Screen Saver scanners. E-mail scanner checks both Incoming and Outgoing mails. Incremental updates of size under 100 KB are available at least once a week and in hours in the case of emergency of a new virus. You can download and install them by one click and/or by scheduled update.

http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng.exe

indianbaba · BizHat MOD Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 5505 Location: India

hi ftvfatboy, i agree with u on avast antivirus. But, the problems with avast are that 1) the crack is difficult to find 2)they easily find out cracked versions of s/w.3) full system scan takes much more time to complete.
4) it lacks attractive user interface.
I use mcafee.

ronnie2u · BizHat Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 35

I find AVG useful because it's FREE and has daily updates

marsdestination · BizHat Newbie Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 24

why Bit Defender 8 it not work ???

indianbaba · BizHat MOD Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 5505 Location: India