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Poll

Best AV?

McAfee / Norton24%24% - 20
Kaspersky9%9% - 8
Nod329%9% - 8
Avg30%30% - 25
Avast3%3% - 3
F-Secure4%4% - 4
PC cillin2%2% - 2
Sophos2%2% - 2
Panda0%0% - 0
Other (Please say)12%12% - 10
Total: 82
2007-01-21 09:02:10
Titch2349
iz me!
+358|6808|uk

I have searched, and trawled through the tech forums, looking for a POLL on the best Antivirus. The other topics that have been posted have pages and pages of people stating what they think is the best AV.

I have tried to list all the most common AV's, to try to make it as fair a poll as possible.

So... I am fed up with McAfee, for the 3rd time in 2 months some registry shit for McAfee has become corrupt, and it wants me to uninstall and reinstall McAfee. I did half of what i said.... i uninstalled it.

So its basically up to you guys to tell me the best AV. If there is already a poll, please point me in the right direction and lock this one.
2007-01-21 09:04:32
Mong0ose
Will it blend?
+24|6942|UK
Used to use Norton - it blows and hogs resource

I use CA Security Centre now - 1 year free and much less of a resource whore

Not had 1 problem with it
2007-01-21 09:11:34
Havok
Nymphomaniac Treatment Specialist
+302|7131|Florida, United States

I use one called Symantec AntiVirus.  My friend gave it to me on a flash drive (I think he torrented it) so it was free and it doesn't interrupt my gaming, and I have not had one virus since I installed it.  It updates daily too.  The only possible downside to this AV is that it does a quick scan of your computer at boot up to make sure its working ok, but it takes about 3 or 4 minutes.  My rating on this AV = 9/10
2007-01-21 09:19:15
hurricane2oo5
Do One Ya Mug !!!
+176|7220|mansfield
i use limewire to get rid of viruses
2007-01-21 09:22:32
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7110|Teesside, UK
From personal experience I'd say stay away from Symantec Norton it's a system hog and completely infests the registry.  Someone I know used it once and a system file Norton needed to run was infected so he cleaned it using another app but Norton detected the change and restored the virus time and time again.  I worked as tech support last year and saw that Norton didn't detect a lot of threats.

AVG is excellent and free, never had any problems with it.  I've also heard Kaspersky & Avast are good but don't have any personal experience of them.
2007-01-21 09:22:53
r'Eeee
That's how I roll, BITCH!
+311|6904

Avg FTW!!!
2007-01-21 09:32:47
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7076|Mhz

McAffee and Norton are crap for the money, never bother with em unless you get it for free with something.

AVG is shitter than shit, Avast pisses all over it for a free AV. F-Secure Internet Security is one of the best if your looking to; a) pay for it and b) get an entire security suite as opposed to just anti-virus.

Used AVG for a while and thaught it was ok, never got any virus warnings so i figured all was ok. Then I tried Avast and it found bollock loads of shit AVG was apparently oblivious to. Now I'm on a regular wage I pay for my security software.

Havn't used the rest, but I've been using F-Secure for nigh on 2 years now, looking at 'dubious' sites (warez, porn, more porn, warez and porn mainly), and generally just being completly ham fisted with my browsing not really avoiding any sites at all and ending up on most of the worst for chucking out viruses daily, and I've had a grand total of 0 infections, literally nothing has got past it yet.
2007-01-21 09:34:05
RDMC
Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!
+736|7021|Area 51

Mong0ose wrote:

Used to use Norton - it blows and hogs resource

I use CA Security Centre now - 1 year free and much less of a resource whore

Not had 1 problem with it
What he said..CA Security is good..
2007-01-21 09:34:36
Kurazoo
Pheasant Plucker
+440|7140|West Yorkshire, U.K
Blueyonder pc guard
2007-01-21 09:36:52
loonitic
...is a potty mouth
+286|6991|Valhalla
AVG and my PC is virus free (I made a rhyme....)
2007-01-21 09:40:22
TechGuy
Grammar Nazi
+62|7129
I voted null because I've only used Norton and McAfee... they both suck and when I reformat/reinstall I'm going to try AVG or Avast. We be watching this thread.
2007-01-21 09:42:47
Cookie.VXT
Bringer Of Cookies.
+178|6892|UK
NOD32

no ifs not buts

its been voted best AV for 5 years now

daily updates and signatures

its made by ESET aswell, so you can try them.

no system usage what so ever

most it will use is like 1 or 2 mb of mem when its doing a scan

it idles at around 171k when doing nothing.
2007-01-21 09:44:32
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6827|Pittsburgh, PA USA
Nod32 is supposedly the best there is right now, it's never missed one virus ever, ever, ever in the testing they do for AV stuff.
I use Norton Protection Center with their Firewall, Internet Security, Anti-Virus, Spam Blocker, etc. I know it hogs alot of resources & I even got a copy of Nod32 but haven't installed it yet because Norton does EVERYTHING. I shut it down when I'm gaming usually though. I've heard it's impossible to uninstall too if that matters to you.
2007-01-21 09:47:58
Barka84
Member
+5|6770|Newcastle UK
nod32 ftw
2007-01-21 09:55:54
Stormscythe
Aiming for the head
+88|7005|EUtopia | Austria
Seems not many rank Nod32 first, might be because it ain't that popular - but hey, all Nod32 users out there - who cares if 'our' AV doesn't win a poll, as long as our comps stay clean and secure!
2007-01-21 09:59:32
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7110|Teesside, UK

Stormscythe wrote:

Seems not many rank Nod32 first, might be because it ain't that popular - but hey, all Nod32 users out there - who cares if 'our' AV doesn't win a poll, as long as our comps stay clean and secure!
TBH I'd never heard of it and I don't know anyone who uses it.  May have to check it out if it's as good as some of you are saying.
2007-01-21 09:59:51
']['error
Banned
+630|7100|The Netherlands
nod 32 is good, avg is not the best. maybe the best free AV, but there are much better AV out there.
2007-01-21 10:02:02
=Karma-Kills=
"Don't post while intoxicated."
+356|7040|England
Nod32 is technically the best.

But i prefer Kaspersky, easy to use, nice to look at, good features, and only the 2nd best!
2007-01-21 10:08:04
{XpLiCiTxX}
Ohh skeet skeet
+143|6926|New York

hurricane2oo5 wrote:

i use limewire to get rid of viruses
rofl


I use AntiVir from filehippo.com

http://filehippo.com/download_antivir/


Love it.
2007-01-21 10:14:15
Inspect@hDeck
Member
+23|6882|Browntown
Apparently, AVG really sucks:

http://www.software-antivirus.com/progr … eview.html

But since it's free, I guess it will do.
2007-01-21 10:17:21
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7110|Teesside, UK

Inspect@hDeck wrote:

Apparently, AVG really sucks:

http://www.software-antivirus.com/progr … eview.html

But since it's free, I guess it will do.
That was version 6 .  There's been a few versions since then that are big improvements.
2007-01-21 10:18:38
Inspect@hDeck
Member
+23|6882|Browntown

crimson_grunt wrote:

Inspect@hDeck wrote:

Apparently, AVG really sucks:

http://www.software-antivirus.com/progr … eview.html

But since it's free, I guess it will do.
That was version 6 .  There's been a few versions since then that are big improvements.
How does one figure out which version he has?
2007-01-21 10:21:05
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|7110|Teesside, UK

Inspect@hDeck wrote:

crimson_grunt wrote:

Inspect@hDeck wrote:

Apparently, AVG really sucks:

http://www.software-antivirus.com/progr … eview.html

But since it's free, I guess it will do.
That was version 6 .  There's been a few versions since then that are big improvements.
How does one figure out which version he has?
Open the Control Center => Information => about AVG free.

New version was released this month and its 7.5.
2007-01-21 10:23:43
Inspect@hDeck
Member
+23|6882|Browntown

crimson_grunt wrote:

Inspect@hDeck wrote:

crimson_grunt wrote:


That was version 6 .  There's been a few versions since then that are big improvements.
How does one figure out which version he has?
Open the Control Center => Information => about AVG free.

New version was released this month and its 7.5.
Thanks, it appears I'm running version 6, I should really get on that :p.
2007-01-21 10:29:33
sithao
Member
+63|7082|Los Angeles, California
rite now i using ZoneAlarm Internet security suite and its working good so far. Ive also used McAfee,Kaspersky recently to.

 

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