Need some Antivirus Techie advice
Which one Do I Use???
Monday, March 10, 2008 by MetalHellssAngel | Discussion: Personal Computing
In my house for a long time we've all used Norton Antivirus however Now I'm hearing it may not be the best solution? So I'v heard of other antivirus programs but I'm not sure which is the way to go. Currently I have Mcaffe installed on our computers because we got it for free from comcast. But is there something better? Plus I'm kinda annoyed with Mcaffe as it keeps quarentining files that don't need to be and even though I'v restored them, with the next scan they get quarentined again. It get's old. So what do you guys recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Angel
Thanks in advance,
Angel
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Philocthetes
Reply #22 Sunday, July 6, 2008 4:30 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, July 6, 2008 4:30 PM
Years ago, rising bloat drove me from Norton to MacAffee and finally to ZoneAlarm, which did OK for me through a couple of years under XP.
Then Vista + ZoneAlarm drove me to try CA, on the advice of a friend who isn't as sharp about AV as he used to be. I'm only halfway or so through my CA license and I'm trying out Kaspersky Internet Security.
I'm liking KIS so far, but I'm curious what the NOD32 people who've tried Kaspersky have to say about their choice. I've never tried NOD32, but maybe I should take a couple of weeks with it before deciding to pay for a Kaspersky license.
Then Vista + ZoneAlarm drove me to try CA, on the advice of a friend who isn't as sharp about AV as he used to be. I'm only halfway or so through my CA license and I'm trying out Kaspersky Internet Security.
I'm liking KIS so far, but I'm curious what the NOD32 people who've tried Kaspersky have to say about their choice. I've never tried NOD32, but maybe I should take a couple of weeks with it before deciding to pay for a Kaspersky license.
ekaraali
Reply #23 Sunday, July 6, 2008 5:15 PM
Reply #23 Sunday, July 6, 2008 5:15 PM
Avast.
http://avast.com/
You download the demo version (it is a full version) completly free all you need to do is get a new registration key for it each year.
http://avast.com/
You download the demo version (it is a full version) completly free all you need to do is get a new registration key for it each year.
da_zman20
Reply #24 Monday, July 7, 2008 12:10 AM
I'm not sure bout the Kaspersky it's like $80 right? the Nod 32 is half the price... and I've loved NOD 32 since I got it...
Reply #24 Monday, July 7, 2008 12:10 AM
but I'm curious what the NOD32 people who've tried Kaspersky have to say about their choice
I'm not sure bout the Kaspersky it's like $80 right? the Nod 32 is half the price... and I've loved NOD 32 since I got it...
Jafo
Reply #25 Monday, July 7, 2008 1:01 AM
Reply #25 Monday, July 7, 2008 1:01 AM
I'm liking KIS so far, but I'm curious what the NOD32 people who've tried Kaspersky have to say about their choice. I've never tried NOD32, but maybe I should take a couple of weeks with it before deciding to pay for a Kaspersky license.
Give BitDefender a look....
novaseeker
Reply #26 Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:50 AM
Give BitDefender a look....
Yep. I use BitDefender as well.
Reply #26 Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:50 AM
Give BitDefender a look....
Yep. I use BitDefender as well.
TheD2JBug
Reply #27 Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:20 AM
Reply #27 Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:20 AM
Avast , mateys
I had AVG on a machine I was fixing . It and Spybot S&D sometimes don't get along
I had AVG on a machine I was fixing . It and Spybot S&D sometimes don't get along
Einlanzerous
Reply #28 Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:44 AM
Reply #28 Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:44 AM
Kaspersky, NOD, and BitDefender are pretty good. The new version of Norton, and currently Trend Micro are pretty good. but I cannot tell you how many people I've seen with good AVG protection, that have lots of viruses. That program is free for a reason. Same with Avast.
Free is only free, if your time is worth nothing.
Personally I use Kaspersky, for constant updates, and an unobtrusive approach. (tiny memory footprint, and good performance). But I used to use BitDefender, which does pretty well.
Free is only free, if your time is worth nothing.
Personally I use Kaspersky, for constant updates, and an unobtrusive approach. (tiny memory footprint, and good performance). But I used to use BitDefender, which does pretty well.
mafutnyoas
Reply #29 Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:01 AM
Reply #29 Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:01 AM
IMO, norton and mcafee are disastrous. I currently dont use anivirus software, but when I do, it's AVG. I have little to no experience with the other free products, so i cant vouch for them. AVG has always done a perfect job for me.
The prob with norton and mcafee is they claim to be an all-in-one solution usually, and they have all these bells and whistles to alert you of adware, spyware, viruses, etc, but I find they have so many working parts, one or more usually fails. They also take ions to load and are huge resource hogs. If you want the best advice that I can offer, learn to take care of your pc yourself. I use Comodo personal firewall and AVG (when i want antivirus protection) and scan for spyware, trojan horses and other malware with other products such as Spybot and a-squared free.
If you find a better combo of protection software, please post back so I can try them out. Thanks.
The prob with norton and mcafee is they claim to be an all-in-one solution usually, and they have all these bells and whistles to alert you of adware, spyware, viruses, etc, but I find they have so many working parts, one or more usually fails. They also take ions to load and are huge resource hogs. If you want the best advice that I can offer, learn to take care of your pc yourself. I use Comodo personal firewall and AVG (when i want antivirus protection) and scan for spyware, trojan horses and other malware with other products such as Spybot and a-squared free.
If you find a better combo of protection software, please post back so I can try them out. Thanks.
Doronila1
Reply #30 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:02 AM
I agree 100 percent. Been using bitdefender for 2 years now and havent in that time had a single virus on my pc. Its a beast when it comes to virus scanning.
I have tried Norton (What a bloated piece of poo) And McAfee (Norton in disguise
)
Kaspesky is good, but pricier than Bitdefender for no apparent reason.
Nope, wouldnt touch that if i wanted to protect my pc.
Taken from a review site :
AVAST 4 didn't receive the West Coast Labs Checkmark level 1 or 2 or the VB100%. AVAST wasn't as effective as some of the other products reviewed.
Reply #30 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:02 AM
Give bitdefender a look
I agree 100 percent. Been using bitdefender for 2 years now and havent in that time had a single virus on my pc. Its a beast when it comes to virus scanning.
I have tried Norton (What a bloated piece of poo) And McAfee (Norton in disguise
) Kaspesky is good, but pricier than Bitdefender for no apparent reason.
Avast, Mateys!
Nope, wouldnt touch that if i wanted to protect my pc.
Taken from a review site :
AVAST 4 didn't receive the West Coast Labs Checkmark level 1 or 2 or the VB100%. AVAST wasn't as effective as some of the other products reviewed.
jpmurph1
Reply #31 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:18 AM
Reply #31 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:18 AM
i too used to use McAfee from comcast, but it took forever to load, and was a huge resource hog, now i use AVG, windows vista firewall, and defender, and have yet to have any problems at all, i did buy avg,(thats becuase of my paranoia LOL) but i used the free version for quite a while before i purchased it, with no complaints at all
Leo the Lion
Reply #32 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:28 AM
Reply #32 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:28 AM
There are some interesting developments in the Norton camp. They have just released beta versions of their 2009 products and they are free to try for a period. Go here if you are interested WWW Link. The size the program has been vastly reduced - from 300mb in 2006 to 100mb in 2009 plus over 300 speed and performance tweaks. Initial reaction from many testers is very, very positive indeed. At last, I think Symantec have decided to listen to the masses. This could be a huge leap forward. I've been a frustrated NIS user for years and now it looks like Symantec may be turning the clock back to 2002 when their programs were lean and damn good 
Chasbo
Reply #33 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:53 AM
Reply #33 Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:53 AM
I got tired of the free programs. It's like shooting craps. Since I have Comcast I went with McAfee and it's been great.
mrlarone
Reply #34 Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:09 PM
Reply #34 Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:09 PM
k to give you a different take, i don't use AV software!
all it seems to do is give false positives and eat cpu.
instead i use the following:
a router. this stops a lot of random stuff cos it just doesn't get though.
XP firewall. don't know if this does anything on top of the router but it don't bug me so i don't bug it.
firefox with the noscript add-on. this means i have to actively agree to run java script on my PC. it's a bit annoying for others when they use my comp but i'm used to it and it's no sweat.
spybot S&D (free) i run this once a week to clear the little bits that get though. also this as an extra tool that notifies me when there's a change to the registry. again if i don't agree, it doesn't get in.
malwarebytes anti-malware (free). again i run this once a week, it does them same thing as spybot but get's a few other things.
ccleaner (free). this runs on boot up. clears my temp folders. not really for virus's but still a good tool. it can also scan the registry and clean it up.
and for the neighsayers i've checked my pc over with norton, avg and bitdefender. not a peep from them except eating all my cpu (looking at you BD).
hope that's usefull
MrL
all it seems to do is give false positives and eat cpu.
instead i use the following:
a router. this stops a lot of random stuff cos it just doesn't get though.
XP firewall. don't know if this does anything on top of the router but it don't bug me so i don't bug it.
firefox with the noscript add-on. this means i have to actively agree to run java script on my PC. it's a bit annoying for others when they use my comp but i'm used to it and it's no sweat.
spybot S&D (free) i run this once a week to clear the little bits that get though. also this as an extra tool that notifies me when there's a change to the registry. again if i don't agree, it doesn't get in.
malwarebytes anti-malware (free). again i run this once a week, it does them same thing as spybot but get's a few other things.
ccleaner (free). this runs on boot up. clears my temp folders. not really for virus's but still a good tool. it can also scan the registry and clean it up.
and for the neighsayers i've checked my pc over with norton, avg and bitdefender. not a peep from them except eating all my cpu (looking at you BD).
hope that's usefull
MrL
Doronila1
Reply #35 Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:39 PM
Reply #35 Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:39 PM
Hmmm, my BD which you are looking at (Voyeur!!) is using 856k memory and it doesnt touch my cpu.
So what happens if spybot and malware bytes misses a few things? Whos not to say a virus might sneak up on you.
I wouldnt advise to go without an AV program though. Free one is better than none.
So what happens if spybot and malware bytes misses a few things? Whos not to say a virus might sneak up on you.
I wouldnt advise to go without an AV program though. Free one is better than none.
WeatherBound
Reply #36 Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:34 PM
Reply #36 Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:34 PM
I have been using Avast and thought it caught a whole lot of things till 2 days ago. Some how it let one through on my XP PC.
Its my kids computer so not sure what happened. I have a program that checks what websites they are on and nothing odd on it. Had to crash the PC and start from new.
Avg let one in about a year ago.
I decided to try Live One Care.
It has anti Virus and Firewall built into it. It also fixed a problem with my other Vista computers to connect to a printer on Xp.
Live One Care has a 90day trial. I am not sure how good it is though. I will let you know.
Its my kids computer so not sure what happened. I have a program that checks what websites they are on and nothing odd on it. Had to crash the PC and start from new.
Avg let one in about a year ago.
I decided to try Live One Care.
It has anti Virus and Firewall built into it. It also fixed a problem with my other Vista computers to connect to a printer on Xp.
Live One Care has a 90day trial. I am not sure how good it is though. I will let you know.
ARESIV
Reply #37 Saturday, May 3, 2014 6:49 AM
Reply #37 Saturday, May 3, 2014 6:49 AM
I can highly recommend Avira.
https://www.avira.com/en/index
- FREE Version is very good
- PAID version is very cheap
- State of the art detection and protection rating - http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php
- Modest on hardware ressources..... barely noticable even on older systems
- Highly configurable..... you can setup in detail how the programm should run and how it treats your security needs. Never again worry about to many alerts or to low security.
- Hard to kill. With proper settings the programm withstands most attempts of hostile termination. If you enable password protection, even the settings are protected.
- Rock stable: I run the paid version for 5 years... the free versions for over 8 years.... NEVER EVER the programm caused a problem.
- Free Version does only display one - Avira - add banner while updating....no other annoying stuff.
- Very fast scanner with multicore support.
- Developed in Germany..... significantly lower change of NSA backdoor.
BigDogBigFeet
Reply #38 Saturday, May 3, 2014 7:45 AM
Reply #38 Saturday, May 3, 2014 7:45 AM
I can highly recommend stop spamming in necro threads. Thank you for this discussion.
ARESIV
Reply #40 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:58 AM
Reply #40 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:58 AM
Problem is that if sombody post in such a topic that it appears under recent posts for me. 
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Reply #21 Sunday, July 6, 2008 11:26 AM
It gets my vote! NOD32 is absolutely the best AV program out there.