Best Anti Virus (Statistically)

[SE14man]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there?
APART from Norton!!

[zoobie]

AntiVir Guard is free...works great for me

[redwudz]

That's sorta been thrashed around here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=284533

Why not make it a poll if you want to get a statistical number of how many use each of the more popular ones.

BTW, AVG mostly.

[Forum Troll]

I use AVG on all my systems.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

[budz]

Free versions of AVG on all my computers and AVAST. I no longer use NORTONS SYSTEMWORKS w/ANTIVIRUS because it's a resource hog. Although I do install the NORTONS UTILITES to use the SPEED DISK & WINDOCTOR.

[Faustus]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there?
APART from Norton!!

For detection I think its Kaspersky, but alot of poeple (me included) found it also hogs your systems resources quite a bit.

[Vchat20]

AVG free on both machines here (one is windows server 2003 enterprise and it hasnt given me any issues strangely enough. Ive been told elsewhere that AVG free doesnt work on a server OS ). been great.

[aweegin]

Best A/V? NOD32 get very good reviews..When i swithched from Norton..i installed and ran it, it found stuff Norton didn't.

I use ZoneAlarm Security Suite..I believe the A/V part uses the Kapersky engine. Been fine, with the top firewall too..not had any problems. Supposedly-as with NOD32- it less drain on processor too.

Neither are free...but can be aquired

[b1tchm4gn3t]

AVG for me, and its free!

[PrinceEdward]

Another vote for AVG from me. Never had a problem with it, but occasionally run McAfee Stinger as backup.

[Faustus]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there? APART from Norton!!

I think you guys are forgetting the first word of his post. He doesn't want to know what you like. He wants to know which scanner can detect more stuff.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

we are making the statistics

[lordsmurf]

Well, AVG caught some things my old Norton had missed. So I'm pretty pleased with AVG right now, just switch last week.

[aweegin]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there? APART from Norton!!

I think you guys are forgetting the first word of his post. He doesn't want to know what you like. He wants to know which scanner can detect more stuff.

Has to be NOD 32 then, even though I don't use it.http://www.nod32uk.com/home/home.htm There is a free trail.

[Garibaldi]

I use AVG now, I have used Avast in the past and I really like both of them, they are both excellent!

[mujahid7ia]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there? APART from Norton!!

I think you guys are forgetting the first word of his post. He doesn't want to know what you like. He wants to know which scanner can detect more stuff.

Has to be NOD 32 then, even though I don't use it.http://www.nod32uk.com/home/home.htm There is a free trail.

I also like NOD32, and use it.

Good antivirus info site: http://www.virusbtn.com/index

[ROF]

McAfee AV has been working great for me the last few years.

[Jester700]

Statistically, what's the best Anti Virus out there? APART from Norton!!

I think you guys are forgetting the first word of his post. He doesn't want to know what you like. He wants to know which scanner can detect more stuff.

The problem is, these rankings change over time, and depend on the virii tested. Nobody can test for ALL the virii out there; they use a sample. So, you could have 2 different tests announcing 2 different "winners".

I remember Kaspersky being consistently in the top couple in several tests - IIRC, better over time than anyone else, but don't quote me. But that one looks like a contender if you're willing to pay. I'm no sycophant - I've never bought or installed it - just reporting my memory.

Google AV comparisons and check 'em out yourself.

[SLICK RICK]

I use AVG

[smearbrick1]

Statistically, how many times has this question been asked?

McAffee and AVG.

[jollyjohn]

Yet another thread about best antivirus. Come on. Haven't got anything better to do????????

[isogonic]

the best is the one you keep active and updated

[rkr1958]

Just curious. Did any of the Anti-virus program pick up the Sony Rootkit virsus before all this broke a couple of weeks ago?

[isogonic]

AV apps do not detect rootkits (yet). i only know of one that will remove them and three that will only help to detect them. As they become more "popular" av will start to detect/remove them in the future, much like av is now starting to detect/remove malware, although its still best to have both av and malware apps

[lordsmurf]

Firewall should catch rootkits.

[isogonic]

firewalls wont catch rootkits. rootkits can hide from and manipulate window components. even some trojans and viruses can bypass firewalls.

[lantern]

I was using norton for quite a long time. I had just upgraded to NAV 2005 in July. Ever since, it was giving me problems. It didn't always load the auto-protect; it would not load auto-protect when I would try to manually turn it on and it wouldn't even let me activate it. I switched to AVG Free. It works great. I have replaced NAV on all my systems with Grisoft.

[spider12]

Avast is one of the best, works good for me. It doesn;t take as many resources as norton

[lordsmurf]

firewalls wont catch rootkits. rootkits can hide from and manipulate window components. even some trojans and viruses can bypass firewalls.

Anytime I run software, or it tries to do something not previously permitted, KERIO catches it. An auto-load software would be caught.

[isogonic]

not sure what "auto-load software" is but rootkits can run at the kernel level and can not easily be detected by current detection/monitering tools including a firewall. hacker defender came out a year ago and it could use a common tcp port. they are getting much more sophisticated these days.