Full Version: What's The Best Anti-virus Software?
I just baught a new Laptop (HP mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Limited Edition) and wondering what's the best anti-virus software?
avast, nod32, kaspersky are top 3..
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Common Sense.
Or just refer to Damo's post if you haven't any.
Or just refer to Damo's post if you haven't any.
QUOTE(Damo @ Apr 25 2009, 06:09 PM) [snapback]1283960995[/snapback]
avast, nod32, kaspersky are top 3..
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Thanks for not posting a smart arse answer. muchly appreciated.
QUOTE(pinkchilli22 @ Apr 25 2009, 08:41 AM) [snapback]1283961165[/snapback]
Thanks for not posting a smart arse answer. muchly appreciated.
I dont see how my answer was not smartass.
QUOTE(Chris @ Apr 25 2009, 06:46 PM) [snapback]1283961184[/snapback]
I dont see how my answer was not smartass.
I think because it's known everyone is a smartass on here and not everyone gives a straight answer..
QUOTE(Damo @ Apr 25 2009, 08:48 AM) [snapback]1283961197[/snapback]
I think because it's known everyone is a smartass on here and not everyone gives a straight answer..
No one can take a straight answer on here aye.
The best virus software protection, you ask?
A Mac.
A Mac.
QUOTE(Sti-SG9 @ Apr 28 2009, 12:44 AM) [snapback]1283974004[/snapback]
The best virus software protection, you ask?
A Mac.
I don't think he's talking about that sort of virus.
QUOTE(Sti-SG9 @ Apr 27 2009, 02:44 PM) [snapback]1283974004[/snapback]
The best virus software protection, you ask?
A Mac.
A Mac.
Thats like going from a virus to cancer.
Macs are a great cure for hetrosexuality.
Just use AVG Free (http://free.grisoft.com), Malware Bytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org) and Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org). Those 3 combined should save you from yourself.
Common sense will beat any virus scanner though. Pro tips: When someone says "Hey is this a picture of you http://alskdjaksd.ru/pictures.exe" over MSN... its not something you click on.
Just use AVG Free (http://free.grisoft.com), Malware Bytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org) and Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org). Those 3 combined should save you from yourself.
Common sense will beat any virus scanner though. Pro tips: When someone says "Hey is this a picture of you http://alskdjaksd.ru/pictures.exe" over MSN... its not something you click on.
yeh i'm pretty aware of the msn ones, emails, and the pm's.
This also includes the gay ones..
QUOTE(Damo @ Apr 25 2009, 06:39 PM) [snapback]1283960995[/snapback]
avast, nod32, kaspersky are top 3..
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
As the mans says..... NOD32, wins hands down, been using it for about 6 years, never had a problem, but it cost you each year...worth every cent and its a QLD mob not a USA lot.
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
QUOTE(NT1200 @ Apr 29 2009, 10:36 PM) [snapback]1283985159[/snapback]
As the mans says..... NOD32, wins hands down, been using it for about 6 years, never had a problem, but it cost you each year...worth every cent and its a QLD mob not a USA lot.
yeh i think i may go with them. thanks to everyone who put in.
QUOTE (Damo @ Apr 25 2009, 06:09 PM) 
avast, nod32, kaspersky are top 3..
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Don't waste time with nortons? If you are referring to the previous versions of Norton then yes it was a resource hog. Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton 360 3.0 is not.
Avira , NOD32 and Kaspersky are all good. Free I would recommend Avast.
Personally I use Avira since it has the better detection rates then NOD32 and Kaspersky.
Norton has always been, and will continue to be resource heavy and bloated bit of shit that is marketed to baby boomer/generation Y people who are attracted to bright fancy buttons with nice colours. Not to mention dubious processes that Norton install however can't explain (you people know what I'm talking about...)
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
If you stay off porn sites u should be ok
QUOTE (kit @ May 22 2009, 05:38 PM)
Norton has always been, and will continue to be resource heavy and bloated bit of shit that is marketed to baby boomer/generation Y people who are attracted to bright fancy buttons with nice colours. Not to mention dubious processes that Norton install however can't explain (you people know what I'm talking about...)
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
Have you even tried NIS 2009? Have you seen the benchmarks? Have you been on the security forums discussing 2009? doubt it so don't make such a bullshit claim that they'll always be resource heavy
QUOTE (ThaitaniumXI @ May 23 2009, 03:27 AM)
Have you even tried NIS 2009?
Yeah, Ill bet NIS2009 is a complete 180 from every other Symantec product ever made by actually being good....
Symantec hasnt made any good software since ... well, ever. The last decent Norton branded product was from before he sold out to Symantec.
QUOTE (ThaitaniumXI @ May 23 2009, 03:27 AM)
Have you even tried NIS 2009? Have you seen the benchmarks? Have you been on the security forums discussing 2009? doubt it so don't make such a bullshit claim that they'll always be resource heavy
I don't need to see benchmarks (I've been a reporting analyst... You can make ANYTHING look good with figures). I also don't need to get on a forum with a bunch of symantec fanboys.
It's a common theme amongst software developers in this day and age, the fact that we have massive storage spaces and huge RAM allocations means we can code sloppy and bloated programs because, lets face it, who gives a shit if it runs a resource heavy.. tomorrow will be a new CPU which will make up for the shortcomings, right?
And before you spout off "have you coded in .NET? have you seen the benchmarks? have you been on the MSDN forums?" yes I am a qualified software developer and I have seen what's around.
PS - Slight segway from NIS09.. software firewalls? are you kidding me?
QUOTE (the red krawler @ May 23 2009, 04:01 PM)
Yeah, Ill bet NIS2009 is a complete 180 from every other Symantec product ever made by actually being good....
Symantec hasnt made any good software since ... well, ever. The last decent Norton branded product was from before he sold out to Symantec.
Symantec hasnt made any good software since ... well, ever. The last decent Norton branded product was from before he sold out to Symantec.
Amen.
I thought that process that sent information to those Africans was pretty handy.
QUOTE (kit @ May 23 2009, 04:45 PM)
I don't need to see benchmarks (I've been a reporting analyst... You can make ANYTHING look good with figures). I also don't need to get on a forum with a bunch of symantec fanboys.
It's a common theme amongst software developers in this day and age, the fact that we have massive storage spaces and huge RAM allocations means we can code sloppy and bloated programs because, lets face it, who gives a shit if it runs a resource heavy.. tomorrow will be a new CPU which will make up for the shortcomings, right?
And before you spout off "have you coded in .NET? have you seen the benchmarks? have you been on the MSDN forums?" yes I am a qualified software developer and I have seen what's around.
PS - Slight segway from NIS09.. software firewalls? are you kidding me?
Amen.
It's a common theme amongst software developers in this day and age, the fact that we have massive storage spaces and huge RAM allocations means we can code sloppy and bloated programs because, lets face it, who gives a shit if it runs a resource heavy.. tomorrow will be a new CPU which will make up for the shortcomings, right?
And before you spout off "have you coded in .NET? have you seen the benchmarks? have you been on the MSDN forums?" yes I am a qualified software developer and I have seen what's around.
PS - Slight segway from NIS09.. software firewalls? are you kidding me?
Amen.
Mate the thing is NIS 2009 is not resource heavy. You say it without trying or without looking at the benchmarks, reviews... NIS 2009 is running fine on my celeron 1.8? WOW you can make anything look good with figures so you're saying research and comparative tests done by people are a load of shit?
2008 < was shit of course everyone knows that... lagged my system to hell but NIS 2009 I can safely say it is not a resource hog.
So you're saying figures are nothing on tests? Symantec fanboys... www.wilderssecurity.com
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparative...rformance-tests
Qualified software developer, man shows how professional you are bagging software you haven't researched properly.
QUOTE (the red krawler @ May 23 2009, 04:01 PM)
Yeah, Ill bet NIS2009 is a complete 180 from every other Symantec product ever made by actually being good....
Symantec hasnt made any good software since ... well, ever. The last decent Norton branded product was from before he sold out to Symantec.
Symantec hasnt made any good software since ... well, ever. The last decent Norton branded product was from before he sold out to Symantec.
http://www.cnet.com.au/norton-internet-sec...9-339291933.htm
My avira is using about 45mb of ram while NIS 2009 8mb. Big difference I am using NIS 2009 on my laptop, Avira on my desktop since it has the highest detection rate.
Both are excellent products, I understand that people hate Norton but you can't deny that NIS 2009 is a good product.
QUOTE (kit @ May 22 2009, 05:38 PM)
Norton has always been, and will continue to be resource heavy and bloated bit of shit that is marketed to baby boomer/generation Y people who are attracted to bright fancy buttons with nice colours. Not to mention dubious processes that Norton install however can't explain (you people know what I'm talking about...)
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
AVG Free + Spybot = 99% of your job done.
Dubious processes? Could you back up this a little in regards to NIS 2009 please. Talking alota shit ey.
QUOTE (Damo @ Apr 25 2009, 06:09 PM)
avast, nod32, kaspersky are top 3..
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
Don't waste time with nortons or mcafee, resource hog and don't detect anything near what other three can.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparative...iews/main-tests
Oh really now? people saying shit when they don't do their research.
latest on demand shows Norton with 98.7% with
Kaspersky 97.1%
NOD32
Avast 98.2%
and I forgot to mention Mcafee at 99.1%???? <---- wat the fuck? thought you said it couldn't detect as much as the other three can? You should shut up now ey
I can't comment on the resource usage of mcafee though.
Sounds like someone has shares in Symantec.
QUOTE (the red krawler @ May 24 2009, 12:30 AM)
Sounds like someone has shares in Symantec.
lol yea right
just got told so got to find some come back, nice try though
I ended up putting Avast and AVG on my laptop. That should be enough right? Sorry if I sound stupid.
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"Here's what we found.. but we take no liability if it's wrong.."
Sounds pretty convincing to me.
Oh oh not to mention a guaranty and a guarentee are very different things.. l2spell oh mighty AV-Comparatives.
QUOTE (kit @ May 24 2009, 11:44 AM)
"Here's what we found.. but we take no liability if it's wrong.."
Sounds pretty convincing to me.
Oh oh not to mention a guaranty and a guarentee are very different things.. l2spell oh mighty AV-Comparatives.
Sounds pretty convincing to me.
Oh oh not to mention a guaranty and a guarentee are very different things.. l2spell oh mighty AV-Comparatives.
You should learn to spell its Guarantee.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guaranty
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guarantee
The definition of Guarantee and Guaranty are very similar...
"We take every care to ensure the correctness of the basic data"
They try to make it as accurate as possible but oh well if you think everything is a conspiracy and AV-Comparatives just wants to talk shit for the fun of it then check
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/resu...display=summary
QUOTE (pinkchilli22 @ May 24 2009, 11:39 AM)
I ended up putting Avast and AVG on my laptop. That should be enough right? Sorry if I sound stupid.
As long as they aren't both in real time -> as in they dont both start up and are scanning viruses because that can degrade your performance.
Just disable one or the others real time and use it as a on demand scanner. I suggest you ad Malwarebytes AntiMalware or Superantispyware to scan for spyware as AVAST/AVG may miss it.
Or if you really paranoid use sandboxie and for vista 64 use zone alarm force field.
wow...im so embarrassed that you went out and wasted your time just to look all high and mighty towards me...
QUOTE (ThaitaniumXI @ May 24 2009, 12:59 PM)
You should learn to spell its Guarantee.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guaranty
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guarantee
The definition of Guarantee and Guaranty are very similar...
"We take every care to ensure the correctness of the basic data"
They try to make it as accurate as possible but oh well if you think everything is a conspiracy and AV-Comparatives just wants to talk shit for the fun of it then check
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/resu...display=summary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guaranty
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guarantee
The definition of Guarantee and Guaranty are very similar...
"We take every care to ensure the correctness of the basic data"
They try to make it as accurate as possible but oh well if you think everything is a conspiracy and AV-Comparatives just wants to talk shit for the fun of it then check
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/resu...display=summary
How on Earth are they similar?
Guaranty is an assumed responsibility of for filling obligations. Whereas guarantee is a promise (generally legally binding) that you will for fill obligations.
Very different IMO.
Not to mention that guaranty is mainly related to debt obligation.. but that's another story...
This thread needs more rabid Norton fan boys.
PIFTS! Thats it.
QUOTE (Mr.B @ May 25 2009, 04:54 PM)
How on Earth are they similar?
Guaranty is an assumed responsibility of for filling obligations. Whereas guarantee is a promise (generally legally binding) that you will for fill obligations.
Very different IMO.
Guaranty is an assumed responsibility of for filling obligations. Whereas guarantee is a promise (generally legally binding) that you will for fill obligations.
Very different IMO.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guaranty
Go down and it has Guarantee as a synonym
"Synonyms are different words (or sometimes phrases) with identical or very similar meanings"
Go complain to freedictionary then if you think so.
QUOTE (Damo @ May 25 2009, 04:41 PM)
wow...im so embarrassed that you went out and wasted your time just to look all high and mighty towards me...
lol not wasting my time if I enjoy it, cause dumb shits like you think you know what you're on about. Make all these claims without providing any evidence.
QUOTE (kit @ May 25 2009, 05:30 PM)
Not to mention that guaranty is mainly related to debt obligation.. but that's another story...
BTW as a qualified software developer and reporting analyst you should know better then to run your mouth about software you have not trialled or researched enough.
If you develop a dodgy resource hog software does that mean your next release is going to be the same? no? yea thought so now please fuck up.
QUOTE (ThaitaniumXI @ May 26 2009, 08:14 PM)
BTW as a qualified software developer and reporting analyst you should know better then to run your mouth about software you have not trialled or researched enough.
If you develop a dodgy resource hog software does that mean your next release is going to be the same? no? yea thought so now please fuck up.
If you develop a dodgy resource hog software does that mean your next release is going to be the same? no? yea thought so now please fuck up.
Once a cheater, always a cheater.
It's not like they released a single resource heavy package and have now reformed their ways.. it's been package after package of bloated shit..
QUOTE (kit @ May 27 2009, 08:12 AM)
Once a cheater, always a cheater.
It's not like they released a single resource heavy package and have now reformed their ways.. it's been package after package of bloated shit..
It's not like they released a single resource heavy package and have now reformed their ways.. it's been package after package of bloated shit..
No they didnt release a single heavy bloated of shit, they released shit loads of them and now have reformed their ways (NIS2009/N360 v3).
How hard is to understand that, you still persist on saying NIS2009 is resource heavy. You are very stubborn
Really, who gives a fuck.
i'd like to weigh in on this, give that about 90% of my job nowdays is viri removal. I have found that Kaspersky internet security is the best on the market at present, I have had a 99% success rate with it in terms of it preventing reinfection. the largest majority of infected machines run AVG free with spybot or adaware on them. the second most common culprit for infections is good old norton. While mcafee is a pretty decent package i still see more system infected with it installed than with KIS. alot of people neglect the fact that there are more than just trojan's and trackers out there and as such overlook features such as rootkit detection and removal as well as anti dialers for people still using dial up (yes people still use it) overall i'd say that for $45 KIS is a package anyone can use and has probably the best protection overall.
im not saying that "Avira AntiVir Personal" is the best but im using it for years now, im not having problems with it
Full version of AVG.
been using it for years and like it alot.
been using it for years and like it alot.
I have Kaspersky 2010. Its ok i guess, the only mainstream respected one i could find that ran on Windows 7.
zone alarm pc suite, wont let you down.
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