Buffy Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Selfishly posted, because I want to switch. So what do you use and why? Note your OS too... Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse, Buffy Quote
Boerseun Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 F-Secure. Great for large corporations, total suckness for small networks/home users. Be warned!!! Stay faaaaar away!!! Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 I use McAfee. It's very simple to use, and very reliable. I don't know what the competition looks like, but McAfee seems to do the job quite well. It auto updates every day, it has a really easy security interface, fully customizable settings, and it catches just about everything with its VirusScan. It also helps prevent spam and popups, and provides warnings for various websites. Love it. Quote
Tormod Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 I have used CheckPoint ZoneAlarm Antivirus for quite a while and I'm very happy with it. Small footprint and easy to configure. It tells me when programs try to get online. Edit: OS: Win XP SP2 Quote
jungjedi Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 i like avira antivir.they have lots of automatic updates.you buy a years subscription to it for 33$ and the viruses go away. Quote
TheFaithfulStone Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 I use Mac OSX - the best anti-virus software there is. :omg: On PCs? Anything but Norton. What a piece. TFS Quote
freeztar Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 I use Spysweeper AV on my XP setup (P4 3.2ghz, 1GB mem). It has active spyware/malware/virus/trojan detection and is very light on resources. Task Manager is showing it using 11k memory and it oscillates between 00 and 02 for cpu usage. I do a lot of music production, so every little resource counts and this one is hardly noticeable when in the background. The downside is that it takes about an hour and a half to do a complete scan, but YMMV. The scan time doesn't bother me though as it catches everything on the way in, so I never have to scan, and when I do (mainly for low priority spyware), I just leave it running while I'm away. I don't even use a firewall anymore and have had no problems. :omg: I've tried a few of them on the list, so I'll post my experience with them as it may help you. (btw, I had a computer repair biz a few years ago, so I speak from experience FWIW :hihi:) avg free - Probably the best choice for free, but does not actively protect and is rather heavy on the resources. No support. avast - I briefly tried this one while 'shopping' for an upgrade from avg free. It was easy to use, but it detected far less than the others I tried. Norton - Total nightmare! It attempts to 'take over' your system with a bulky interface, annoying popups, and very little in the way of customized user settings. Avoid like the plague. Mcafee - Better than Norton, but I also found it too invasive. It does seem to be pretty good at scanning, but it's "Norton-esque" attributes turn me off. Trend - Trend has got it together! If I wasn't using Spysweeper, I would be using Trend. It's interface is no nonsense and it gets the job done. The problem is that no one cure exists. I've had to resort to combinations to clean my clients' computers. In my experience, Spysweeper was the most effective at finding and removing trojans. Quote
Buffy Posted June 21, 2007 Author Report Posted June 21, 2007 I was concerned that the poll was not getting a lot of votes, until I realized I missed a very important option on the list that was certainly not covered by the "Other" option, so I've added it... Not barefoot and pregnant,Buffy Quote
C1ay Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I've never used AV software on any of my machines. On plenty of occasions I've had to clean and protect someone else's machine and I usually install AVG for them. I also keep a copy of ClamWin Portable on my thumb drive for these types of calls in case I run into an infected box that is unable to access the internet. Quote
Fatstep Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I use Nod32 for a simple reason, it's never been beat. Compare Antivirus Software - See NOD32 compared to the competition from ESET OSs: Vista Ultimate & XP:HE SP2 Quote
freeztar Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I use Nod32 for a simple reason, it's never been beat. Compare Antivirus Software - See NOD32 compared to the competition from ESET OSs: Vista Ultimate & XP:HE SP2 As I posted before, there is no one cure (ie claiming that an AV has never been beat is silly). Take a look at this link: Anti-Virus Software Review 2007 Quote
Fatstep Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 That list does not tell the truth. First of all the time is much longer than it actually takes, and secondly it does have an estimated time & a timer, and it offers p2p protection. Quote
Tormod Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I was concerned that the poll was not getting a lot of votes, until I realized I missed a very important option on the list that was certainly not covered by the "Other" option, so I've added it... ...but where's the fish? Quote
Jay-qu Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I use Avira AntiVir, because its free and has always worked for me Quote
freeztar Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 ...but where's the fish? :cup: Tormod 1 Quote
Snocrash Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 I'm on WinXP and using Avast... it's free and I've never had a virus since installing it. Quote
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