Best anti-virus?

[Pinchy]

What is the best anti virus?

Im currently using Trend Micro PC Cillin 06...it works fine (keeps crap out) but laggs my whole comp especially on startup, and the firewall is a pain in the a$$ when it asks you to allow a program (like a game) and then crashes the game cus its in fullscreen and lagggggs

Ive had the same problem with Norton 06 with the firewall and the amount of resources.

And what would be nicer, is an all-in-one proggy; one that keeps out spyware/malware/adware/etc. Trend says it keeps it all out...then i downloaded ewido and found 2 Trojans

Anyways I think you get the point

Thanks in advanced!

 

[BXtreme]

Here's a Pro antivirus result-
1. NOD32
2. Kaspersky
3. Trend PC-Cillin 07
4. Norton 07
5. AVG
6. McAfee
imho, GET NOD32 NOW !! All around av, trusted by tech-pros all over the world. Best detection ratio, low on resources, small update packages.
liked by alecstar too, and THE BEST antivirus ever.
p.s i've tested all antiviruses upto the last 6 years

 

[bobyjo]

What is the best anti virus?

Im currently using Trend Micro PC Cillin 06...it works fine (keeps crap out) but laggs my whole comp especially on startup, and the firewall is a pain in the a$$ when it asks you to allow a program (like a game) and then crashes the game cus its in fullscreen and lagggggs

Ive had the same problem with Norton 06 with the firewall and the amount of resources.

And what would be nicer, is an all-in-one proggy; one that keeps out spyware/malware/adware/etc. Trend says it keeps it all out...then i downloaded ewido and found 2 Trojans

Anyways I think you get the point

Thanks in advanced!

One of the best I have used is PCTools AV.
Not free, costs $30 a year to use it.
Has a lot of 1st place ratings via C_Net.

 

[Pinchy]

Thanks for the fast response BX

NOD32 aye...sounds interesting.

Thats another annoying thing about Trend...SO MANY UPDATES ! I feel sorry for ppl on dial up

EDIT - your post came up after I posted this bobyjo

Never heard of PCTools AV either :S

 

[tofu]

I've been using Avast! for the last couple of months.

The UI is pretty looking and the realtime scanner hides your IP. I've gotten no virus so far.

Another plus, it works on Vista.

You can download @ www.download.com

 

[BXtreme]

Trend was gd....ago...when it had low resource consumptions than norton lol. but now the 2007 verison suck more than usual around 100+ mb

 

[tofu]

By far the antivirus that uses the least system resources would be AVG.

Norton is just schit.

 

[BXtreme]

By far the antivirus that uses the least system resources would be AVG.

Norton is just schit.

try nod32 and u'll never remember an antivirus sucking resources, i guarantee ya
even avg is a child compared to it.

 

[Pinchy]

I was gonna say - this NOD32 proggy is only 11.5mb for the trial...how small

 

[BXtreme]

Tbh, the only head scratching thing in nod32 was that when scanning (full), it said some system files can't be accessed!
BUT, this can be changed by customizing the scan options, that a kid can also do !
and there is no other reason to get another anitvirus

 

[Pinchy]

Would you say its as good as ewido in detecting spyware/malware/etc? Or is it just good for viruses?


Oh and does it have a firewall?

 

[BXtreme]

it's VERY gd for viruses and spyware/trojans/worms/ etc. sry no firewall, ZoneAlarm's doin a fine job there

 

[Pinchy]

Does Zonealarm use a lot of resources?

EDIT - do you guys think a firewall is necessary, or should NOD32 do the job?

 

[BXtreme]

firewall is a must, i recieve 8 hacker attakcs everyday!! so zone alarm does gr8 job there, and no it doesn't use much resources

 

[Pinchy]

W00t

I got Zonealarm on CD (came with my router)

...thats one less thing i gotta buy

Altho i think its a little old

EDIT - I take it you only use the Zone Alarm Firewall...not the whole package?

 

[BXtreme]

ya, the whole zone alarm thing SUCKS, antivirus- 1/10, antispyware-6/10, just firewall-9/10

 

[Pinchy]

Thats good

Cus i remember when i did install it off the CD i had - it had the whole package...and all i remember was that it was a POS

It had so many options and popups, and was not user friendly at all.

 

[BXtreme]

Nod32 + ZoneAlarm firewall FTW

 

[Pinchy]

Is Zone alarm firewall called "Zone alarm PRO"?

 

[BXtreme]

no, the pro one is firewall combined with antivirus. yuck!!!

 

[Pinchy]

I see

Cant seem to get my hands on just the firewall

 

[BXtreme]

offtopic: i talked with zek about the 2k3 thread, he says he may move it to Project logs,

 

[Pinchy]

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conte...y/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=AU&lang=en

 

[Pinchy]

offtopic: i talked with zek about the 2k3 thread, he says he may move it to Project logs,

nice, as long as it has a sticky somewhere

HOLY CRAP - its 3am

 

[BXtreme]

wtf, last time i saw it was antivirus w/ firewall ??? too