Which Antivirus?
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
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I have been using Vipre (www.sunbeltsoftware.com) for about 3 years now and quite happy with it.
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
I used Norton for all my System and Malware tools. After the 360 products performance issues, I was bumped off the band wagon. I now use one product as the Resident Shield and several others for periodic checks. I have not found one product to be adequate for everything. They all have some infection definition patterns in common but others that differ. Some are better at Trojans or Worms than others. Some are better at rootkits. Some seem to catch new viruses better than others, etc. Scans with several products find Malware that one product alone does not. Experience has shown me that your needs can be determined by some of the following factors, at least: . What is your OS (Windows, Linux, ...) . Where are you located (USA, Europe, Asia, Down-under, ...) (the Internet is not as ubiquitous as we think) . Where does your traffic, such as email, come from primarily ( " ) . What sources does your Malware vendor use for definitions. I have some clients that are in the USA but have the bulk of their email exchanges with Overseas companies. They seem to get the new exotic Malware sooner than other companies. We tried quite a few packages and found AVG was the best for them. This may not be true for other companies that are technology oriented, perhaps developers, and have traffic concentrated in the USA or one other country. This company has a fairly independent assessment of Malware products: <a href="http://malwareresearchgroup.com/">http://malwareresearchgroup.com/</a>[<a href="http://malwareresearchgroup.com/" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>] Overall I use the following on a periodic basis: . Avira . BitDefender . ClamAV . Emsisoft . Malwarebytes . MSE . Spybot S&D . Spyware Doctor . StopZilla . SuperAntiSpyware . ThreatExpert Memory Scanner Malwarebytes and StopZilla seem superior for Trojans and Worms. Spyware Doctor and some others seem most comprehensive but take more CPU cycles if they are resident. I suggest some trials for your specific system. Most of the vendors above have free versions and/or trials. Don't be surprised if you find new Malware that your scanner has been missing prior to now. If you have another product that is the Rosetta stone of Malware protection please share.
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
I've been using NOD32 for many years now, it seems pretty good :)
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vbjay.net wrote:
...professional is even better.
Really? My wife bought a copy and aside from the fact that it adds a firewall (already really have that built into Windows) and one or two other features, I really don't see the big advantages of the pay version. What do you find is better?
It also has script blocking. So if a script is a little nasty on a website it will catch it. I do like the fact that the free edition is perfect for general users. It isn't crippleware or time limited. If you need the extra protection then you can buy it.
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Agree about the problem with pre-installed trial software. And another vote for Symantec. It is often berated in these sorts of topics but I’ve used it for years without complaint. I use the full “Internet Security” suite on multiple machines and so far I’ve not had a reason not to like it. YMMV. However, as “someone in computers” I’ve had to do my share of random PC support for relatives, friends, friends of friends, etc. When it comes to computer security I’ve noticed this: Novice users typically don’t update their AV data files. They feel safe because they have AV software. Yes, most AV software will update itself regularly but this can be switched off. (I was once asked to switch off updates to AVG because the user didn’t like to see the notification window popup.) Without regular updates it doesn’t matter which AV software you go with. McAfee seems fine unless/until the user buggers up their subscription. Typically it’s because a newbie user entered their email address wrong or something similar. Thereafter, no more updates. Ever. Novice user sometimes switch off AV software altogether because doing so makes their computer run faster. If not running it doesn’t matter which AV software you go with. Security should be “in depth”. That means regularly applying important O/S patches, using AV software (and using it properly), getting a decent firewall, using something like Spybot S&D to protect the browser, and not opening every damned attachment that gets emailed your way. So I’m always nervous when someone asks which is the best AV. AV is only one piece of the solution, and then only is used right. (Sorry if this is obvious to everyone here, just my rant for the day.)
hmm good points i must say now back to topic fuck anti virus use a virtual pc via Virtual Box or use Sandboxie but if you really want a nice security setup you could use use MBAM - Malwarebytes - Anti Malware Comodo Firewall - Firewall AVG Free - Anti Virus you can replace avg with anything really... Comodo is good for people who actually no what they are doing and monitory all in comming and out going packets Comodo also has a anti spyware system built into the firewall and a sandbox, and with the right settings comodo also gives you a nice lil popup asking for permission before a program uses the interner or attepts to delete, duplicate, move etc a file MBAM is good for detecting all malware e.g. Worms, RATs / trojans etc AVG Free i coose this because i like the the active protection and well before i learned a lot about virus's i only used AVG and windows firewall lmao i also think that AVG has a nice and fast scanner and i find it detects a lot of common virus's
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
Nobody knows about Eset Nod32? I have been using it for years and, in my opinion, is far better than Panda, and Kaspersky. And it's famous for taking very little system resources to work, not as Kas. Talking about Symantec, that's just junk, only for installing it on OEM systems and add some more bucks to the price. Greetings :)
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
I quite like AVAST
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Anything that doesn't have Symantec written on the box... X|
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
None. I haved used Anti virus at home for years. The biggest virus software is anti virus software. My work PC has no less then 12 processing running constaly on my PC that are related to the anti virus software. I hate anit virus software.
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Same here. Better protection than AVG and not nearly as invasive as most security programs. :)
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I have been using Vipre (www.sunbeltsoftware.com) for about 3 years now and quite happy with it.
Same Here, been using Viper on 5-6 PC's for about a year now. XP and Win7. Not a resource hog (yet), which is a big plus. It's paid though, don't know if they have a free version. AVG is what I ran prior, but that went from a trim AV software to the same bloat-ware as everything else over a couple years period.
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It is that time of the year again where I need to update my antivirus program. Having looked at various reviews none of which agree I am wondering if anybody has some opinions? It seems the best are (in no particular order): - Vipre - BitDefender - Kapersky :confused:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
Kaspersky! One big thing: Kaspersky doesn't seem to have allegiance to Microsoft or any other companies. A full system scan actually shocked me by reporting all the problems with standard software from all the large software houses. Too, even though I only use the AntiVirus version (instead of the more-comprehensive Internet Security version), I have been warned about Internet sites far more often and feel I have much more browser protection than Symantec Internet Security would ever catch. I also think it runs faster than anything I've used. Friends that have used just about everything are quite happy with Kaspersky. No, I don't know if it's the best and I've certainly performed no testing but I am firmly in their corner. Thats my two cents. jimbo
