Best Virus Protection

[kristain]

Computer users are well aware of the fact that an antivirus is the first and the foremost necessity to keep their PC safe from any kind of virus threats, spyware and malware.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4
• Excellent detection and removal of malware
• Performance overhauls are the hallmark of Norton Internet Security 2009
• ‘Pulse updates’ to deliver more frequent & smaller signature updates

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
• Offers excellent antivirus protection
• Unpacks and scans compressed files
• Should be used in conjunction with a firewal

McAfee VirusScan Plus
• Ideal for those seeking an antivirus/firewall combination without all the bloat of traditional Internet security suites
• Removes adware and spyware, which not all antivirus products can do
• SiteAdvisor service helps to guard against malicious websites

BitDefender Antivirus Plus
• Protects against viruses, spyware, and instant messaging threats
• Offers firewall rules to block undesirable traffic and a privacy gateway to keep your identity and preferences private while surfing the Internet

AVG Anti-Malware
No matter whether you are a home or business computer user, download the free or demo version of any antivirus product mentioned in the list. If you feel satisfied with the performance of your computer, you can buy a licensed copy of it.

 

[Half Live]

What about Avast?

 

[Mussels]

Kaspersky ftw - and they have a firewall in the security suite version


AVG and avast cause random problems for people, especially gamers (punkbuster kicks are common)

MSE (the microsoft one) seems to be just as good as AVG/avast, without those issues.

 

[Radical_Edward]

Avast is a great one for when your surfing the web and such.

Malwarebytes Anti Malware is a great one for when you think you have junk on your PC. (Although a fresh install is better IMO.)

 

[Mussels]

and some of this makes no sense man... the nod32 part mentions norton 2009, and AVG tells you to download anything else?

 

[Half Live]

Kaspersky ftw - and they have a firewall in the security suite version


AVG and avast cause random problems for people, especially gamers (punkbuster kicks are common)

MSE (the microsoft one) seems to be just as good as AVG/avast, without those issues.

No problems with Avast and Punkbuster here

 

[Radical_Edward]

I've never had an issue with PB and Avast. Might be a issue with an older version of Avast.

 

[Mussels]

I've never had an issue with PB and Avast. Might be a issue with an older version of Avast.

mostly AVG i hear about.

 

[Mussels]

oh and i just found out the OP is a failed spammer... theres a link to a paid tech support site hiding away in the 'about me' page of their profile.

 

[Radical_Edward]

AVG isn't that good these days, tends to use more processor power than it should.

Lol at the fail spammer.

 

[neoreif]

Kaspersky as Mussels said!

Greetings to the spammer! Welcome to TPU!

 

[orionbg]

I was with Symantec Antivirus Corporate but I got sick of it detecting false positives and deleting some of my files! Now I use MSE and I'm pretty happy with it!

 

[Loosenut]

I've only used ESET NOD32 for the past 2-3 years and never had any problems. Before that, with AVAST, all I had was problems. False positives, Punkbuster kicks and the like.

 

[RejZoR]

Lots of rubbish in here... I also have no clue why would you get kicked by PB with avast!. I've never seen such case and if it was, i'm sure avast! devs would be aware of it.
MSE is by far not as good as avast!. Maybe it has good detection when it works, but updater is absolute junk, they only check for updates every 24 hours, real-time scanner is utterly slow on SFX and large EXE installers (even on powerful quad core systems like mine) and it offers nearly zero configuration (while that's good for some, it's very bad for most). If you're looking for a free AV, avast! has by far the best set balance of all AV's out there. We are talking about avast! 5.0 here, not avast! 3.x from last decade...

 

[grunt_408]

McAfee:shadedshu Kaspersky FTW

 

[Mussels]

Lots of rubbish in here... I also have no clue why would you get kicked by PB with avast!. I've never seen such case and if it was, i'm sure avast! devs would be aware of it.
MSE is by far not as good as avast!. Maybe it has good detection when it works, but updater is absolute junk, they only check for updates every 24 hours, real-time scanner is utterly slow on SFX and large EXE installers (even on powerful quad core systems like mine) and it offers nearly zero configuration (while that's good for some, it's very bad for most). If you're looking for a free AV, avast! has by far the best set balance of all AV's out there. We are talking about avast! 5.0 here, not avast! 3.x from last decade...

i hear about it all the time in bad company 2, people swear about PB kicks and the advice is always the same: update PB, get rid of AVG/avast.

 

[orionbg]

I'm on a Core2 Duo CPU at work and MSE works like a charm! Didn't notise any slowdowns at all! This is on a Win7 32bit system! At home I'm on a Core i7 EE and Win7 64bit so I don't really care much!

 

[RejZoR]

i hear about it all the time in bad company 2, people swear about PB kicks and the advice is always the same: update PB, get rid of AVG/avast.

That's a typical clueless advice by morons. I've been playing Quake 3 Arena and ET (both powered by PB) and i was never kicked by PB. And that was back with avast! 4.1 up to avast! 4.8. I haven't tried with avast! 5.x yet, but if there were any PB compatibility problems, devs would be aware of them, trust me. This so called "advice" has absolutely no base on anything. I mean why would PB react to avast! ? It's not injecting anything anywhere, it's not modifying anything and doesn't conflict with anything (if we exclude other security software). In most cases ppl run several security programs at once and when shit hits the fan, something is at fault. And even if it's not justifiable or proper.

I'm on a Core2 Duo CPU at work and MSE works like a charm! Didn't notise any slowdowns at all! This is on a Win7 32bit system! At home I'm on a Core i7 EE and Win7 64bit so I don't really care much!

You don't, until you'll download something like FEAR Combat installer from the internet. And then all hell will break loose. I was like wtf when MSE started grinding my HDD and consuming nearly all my RAM (out of 6GB!). Situation is even worse on netbook. On-demand scanning doesn't count as MSE seems to defer resources to other tasks where for on-access it takes them under higher priority. Scanning of archives on-access should be restricted to max 10MB archives. And even that is not really needed as 1MB would be just enough to react to small packed junk.

 

[naoan]

Actually Avast 5 feels faster than MSE for me, especially when exploring folder with a lot of files.

 

[Melvis]

Best ones i have used are:

Free = Avast. Used it for yrs now, know problems at all. Does the job.
Paid = Kaspersky or NOD32. Lite on resources and find most viruses.

Worst ones that i will NEVER use again are:
Free = AVG. Slows down the computer to much and doesn't find shit.
Paid = Norton. I have never seen computers run so slow in my life, a comp killer, like Crysis lol

Both supply a tool to use if you cant uninstall there program(AVG, Norton), that in my eyes = FAIL

 

[Fourstaff]

oh and i just found out the OP is a failed spammer... theres a link to a paid tech support site hiding away in the 'about me' page of their profile.

Took a look and found nothing

 

[95Viper]

Best ones i have used are:

Free = Avast. Used it for yrs now, know problems at all. Does the job.
Paid = Kaspersky or NOD32. Lite on resources and find most viruses.

Worst ones that i will NEVER use again are:
Free = AVG. Slows down the computer to much and doesn't find shit.
Paid = Norton. I have never seen computers run so slow in my life, a comp killer, like Crysis lol

Both supply a tool to use if you cant uninstall there program(AVG, Norton), that in my eyes = FAIL

Uh, having an un-installer program is, in no way, a reflection of how fail a program is. Actually, most programs install an uninstaller program (dll) when installed.

And, the best ones you listed, also, have external uninstall programs available.

avast! un-install program

Kaspersky PURE

ESET built-in removal tool

List of removal tool software (courtesy of ESET)

Back on topic...Even the best can cause problems sometimes. It is mostly, IMO, a personal preference.
I agree there are a few that hog resouces and, may, have settings that conflict with other software; but, that is mostly correctable by the user, if they are knowledgeable enough to read and understand how to correct the problem.
This is excluding the actual screw-ups by the coders, who cause conflicts, due to errors or bad code.

So, take advice with grain of salt. Try the free ones or trials and see how they work. Then make a decision and you can change anytime, so no loss there.

Just my opinion.

 

[naoan]

So far I've tried :

Kaspersky 2010 : annoying popup, can be kinda overwhelming to configure, can be rather slow
NOD32 2.7 : twas long ago, work fine, not free
AVG 7 : resource hog, missed critical virus, messed up my friends computer
Mcaffe (forgot the version, it was 2006) : resource hog, missed critical virus
Avira 10 : Good, no problem, UI is rather slow, free but shows ads when updating
MSE : Good, no glaring problem, Realtime protection is rather slow, free
Avast 3/4 : horrible UI, trying to mimic some of the most horrendous winamp skin (yes this affect my decision to uninstall it)
Avast 5 : Nice UI (a bit too much option though), Nice speed, non-intrusive, free but ads in main window

all av except avg and mcaffe seems to catch virus as long as you update them but for now I've settled with avast, I prefer speed now as we can use virustotal if you have a suspicious file.

 

[rizla1]

i stoped using avg for vey high cpu usage.
PLEASE STAY AWAY FOM NORTON! it always causes problems or get norton removal tool to rid you self of this crappy virus!

i now use avast,spybot and malaware bytes.

although kaspery is the best [ i installed for someone the bought a disk from currys 3 pc licence.
[very suprised they have stopped recommending people buy norton from them and started selling actual good software]

 

[Mussels]

Took a look and found nothing

it'll be deleted when they get banned.