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What's the best Antivirus software?

post #1 of 20
10/22/04 at 7:58am
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Hi forum,

I have the default McAfee antivirus software installed at the moment but I'm a little worried that it isn't as powerful as other software against all the latest viruses.

Could anyone recommend what they think is best software available please?

Thanks alot.

FrancisQ
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post #2 of 20
10/22/04 at 8:26am
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Originally Posted by FrancisQ
Hi forum,

I have the default McAfee antivirus software installed at the moment but I'm a little worried that it isn't as powerful as other software against all the latest viruses.

Could anyone recommend what they think is best software available please?

Thanks alot.

FrancisQ
AVG .. it's free and just as good if not better than norton/mcafee
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post #3 of 20
10/22/04 at 8:28am
Kaspersky is the most powerfull, but i prefer nod32 because is also very powerful but you don't note that is running in background , it uses 13 of ram and hardly it needs CPU...
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post #4 of 20
10/22/04 at 8:45am
AVG is free (with free updates). Works Great.

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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post #5 of 20
10/22/04 at 8:50am
I use Avast and it works very well.
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post #6 of 20
10/22/04 at 10:37am
I think Panda is the best, they have a second product call truprevet which will catch around 70% of unknown viruses.
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post #7 of 20
10/22/04 at 10:49am
I use PCillin was rated for excellent by Maximum PC and you dont even notice it's running
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post #8 of 20
10/22/04 at 12:32pm
Norton Internet Security has never let a worm, virus, or malicous cookie slip thru. Unlike McCafee and their costant side pop ups Norton only tells me my computer was attacked and beat off yet again. Date of issue 3 weeks ago 2005 edition I am confident Norton will keep doing a fine job keeping my puter safe from the naties of the world last edition bought was I.S. was July of 2003.
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post #9 of 20
10/22/04 at 12:38pm
antivirus: nod32
software firewall: outpost firewall
router: linksys wireless b/g router
anti-spyware: spybot search and destroy / ad-aware 6.0

all of the above.........knockout combination
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post #10 of 20
10/22/04 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by ounderfla69
I think Panda is the best, they have a second product call truprevet which will catch around 70% of unknown viruses.
Panda Platinum v7 is free for 1yr

http://www.pandasecurity.com/zd/

I am a PC Tech by trade, and Panda is constantly flagging trojans and other viruses that McAfee and Norton are missing. I typically use the Trend Online Scan (Housecall) in addition to the Panda Online Scan when servicing computers.

On all of my personal pc's I use Panda Platinum v7.
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post #11 of 20
10/22/04 at 2:53pm
McAfee is perfectly fine. I have had it on all my desktops and notebooks for 4 years and not one virus infection.
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post #12 of 20
10/22/04 at 3:44pm
not to anger anyone but your all stating opinions on whats the best. Can you refer me/us to some live tests on what is top rated. I also would like to know this. I am currently useing norton and my subscription is going to run out. I don't like the fact norton products take up so much system resources.
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post #13 of 20
10/22/04 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by timmy'O'tool
not to anger anyone but your all stating opinions on whats the best. Can you refer me/us to some live tests on what is top rated. I also would like to know this. I am currently useing norton and my subscription is going to run out. I don't like the fact norton products take up so much system resources.
Anytime you ask for "what is best" you are going to get opinions. This applies to anything in life........

I base my (antivirus) opinion on real world usage, especially since I deal with viruses and spyware on a daily basis.

McAfee is by far the worst resource hog and uses roughly 35MB of memory. NAV05 runs a close 2nd and it has 10 services and 2 startup items (TSR's), which equates to 8 processes that constantly run on a 2K/XP system.
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post #14 of 20
10/22/04 at 4:02pm
Virus Bulletin is one source for Antivirus testing.

http://www.virusbulletin.com
http://www.virusbulletin.com/vb100_a...bout/index.xml
http://www.virusbulletin.com/vb100_a...sts.xml?200406
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post #15 of 20
10/22/04 at 4:46pm
tell ya what...Ive been in some pretty hostile internet territory and that AVG virus scanner saved my a** against viri and trojans.. it might just be an opinion but i can say that it is great. Im not going to write a review for it though. lol.
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post #16 of 20
10/22/04 at 4:57pm
I've been a Norton person for quite a while now, but truth be told from a IT tech's standpoint, viruses aren't the thing to be scared of. Spyware, Malware, and other junk of that nature is the biggest threat I've seen as of late.

Of course, some nutjob with too much time and too less friends is gonna make another supervirus, but for right now, I'd think any anti-virus is acceptable. Norton, McAfee, AVG, pick your pleasure, throw a condom on your internet connection, and have fun on the Internet!

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post #17 of 20
10/22/04 at 5:19pm
I use Symantec Corporate because I get it for free. Very little overhead and a powerful removal tool. I'm also a big fan of AVG, and that's what I'd use if I didn't have Symantec.
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post #18 of 20
10/22/04 at 6:28pm
i use norton too. onli disadvantage is they have tons of programs running in the background.
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post #19 of 20
10/22/04 at 6:57pm
Symantec Corporate AntiVirus.
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post #20 of 20
10/22/04 at 7:15pm
I use AV included with V-Com's System Suite. Haven't had a problem yet.
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