Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17729632 en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:16:07 EDT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:16:07 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18747094 Dustyn : NOD32 and Avast on different systems.
Both have 64-bit support which I like. :)

LOL! I voted like last month.
This is an old topic that's been bumped! :D
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»www.spywareremove.com/removeVirusBuster.html

And I'm shocked that that many people use Avg,when it constantly rates at the bottom of almost every AV test in detection!
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Then I went to KAV.. Big mistake!

Now I use Avast! Free! Great! No Problems! Detection is very good!
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18742789 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:47:37 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18741452 NHRARacer : AVG Free! I've used it for years, after NAV became bloated crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18741452 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:32:13 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18700743 jadinolf : Margaret:

I looks just like the FREE version and it updates the same way.
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said by jadinolf See Profile :

said by museheart See Profile :

Currently I am using Avast! which I am very impressed with, I would like to try the paid version but not sure if I should uninstall this version or not.
There is a very slight difference between the free and the paid. If it is important, you can schedule a scan (1 day or 7 days a week) with the paid version.
edit: The install of the paid version will uninstall the FREE version.
Really? What about auto updates?

Margaret
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said by Bob Sanchez See Profile :

Been using PC Tools Anti-Virus for about 1-2 months now with no problems whatsoever.

»www.pctools.com/anti-virus/
Does this still suck resources? Last time I tried it was sooo bloated.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18699305 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:55:35 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18699242 jadinolf :
said by museheart See Profile :

Currently I am using Avast! which I am very impressed with, I would like to try the paid version but not sure if I should uninstall this version or not.
There is a very slight difference between the free and the paid. If it is important, you can schedule a scan (1 day or 7 days a week) with the paid version.
edit: The install of the paid version will uninstall the FREE version.
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btw, I voted in this poll. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18697950 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:46:17 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007-should be new topic. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18623471 museheart : I am trying out Norton 360 and I can find no reviews at all.

I can't tell if it is working or not!

I was using Trend Micro.

Anyone else try norton 360?
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I am always willing to try another one out, but would prefer freeware.

Thanks for this poll, it is interesting.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18365047 Sun, 20 May 2007 10:54:42 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17901513 jimk : F-Prot 6 over here on the Windows boxes, and the latest Linux version on the Linux boxes. I use it on the Linux boxes mainly when I download files for Windows machines before they go on the USB flash drive.

F-Prot doesn't slow the system down, and the latest version updates real fast. It isn't in your face about other products, so I don't even realize it is installed unless I look for it in the system tray or it finds something.

So many security products now turn your PC into a huge billboard for all of the vendor's other products. I just want something that does what it says and does it well. This is why I like it for family systems as well. I don't want them to be bothered with prompts to buy all of this other stuff, and I know they will just ask me about it anyways. F-Prot does it job quietly.

Now, I just want them to finish up that Vista version or at least put out a beta.

For larger installations, I would like to try the new F-Prot Corporate version. It can pull updates and settings from a central server, but it is all or nothing and not quite as elegant as some of the competing products. I have no reason to believe that it wouldn't work, though.

Currently, I am using Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition for larger installations (20+ computers). It also stays out of the way and doesn't advertise for other products. The licensing setup of Corporate is not annoying and can be tracked easy enough (through the management console if all clients are installed in Managed mode). It also doesn't seem to slow down the computers too much unless they are very slow to start with.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17901513 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:39:52 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17901205 jadinolf : Avast and very pleased with it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17901205 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:24:26 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17875343 LeCurNon : It is not uncommon for Corp. AV accounts to include copies for employees as part of the contract.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17875343 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:33:33 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17875079 BigSlamu : On my main computer at home I have been using NOD32 for about a year now and I am very happy with it. I used eXtendia AntiVirus for several years but it would not work with XP64 and their tech support was completely clueless.
At work I use Symantec Corporate Edition because that is mandatory in my company. I personally get the feeling that it couldn't catch a cold.
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»www.pctools.com/anti-virus/
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said by TAP See Profile :

Adversely, don't ask users why, you have to ask some AV that you think they're supposed to have better detection wise such as Kaspersky, NOD32, Avira, Dr.Web, BitDefender or others why, why...
For the most part, especially for the free ones, it is simply that the most popular ones have been around longer. The newer ones will take a while to get established. They have to rely on word of mouth (or forums like this) to become recognized, since they can't afford to advertise the free ones very much. And in the case of NOD32 and Kaspersky, they require, or at least have the options for, more configuration than the average user is interested in doing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17873291 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:00:03 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17865692 TonyKlein : Nod32 . Have been using it for about four years, and although there's now some serious competition, I haven't yet seen or heard nything that would cause me to switch to another AV.

Extremely happy with it. :)
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Btw, how many are aware of virusbtn.com ? The professional AV test lab in the UK. If interested in AV effectiveness register (free) for their VB100 page(s). That will read Virus Bulletin 100% Award on their site.

Normally I do not run AV software. If I suspect a problem I will d/l the nod32 DOS test version and scan machines.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17865195 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:59:45 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17861994 madaro : Nod32]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17861994 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:15:16 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17860003 pommard : I use AVG Free on Intel machine running Vista Home Premium and Windows XP. Also use Avast on AMD 64 machine running Windows XP 32 bit, and Vista Ultimate 64 bit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17860003 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:28:09 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17859727 MysticGogeta : Avast free for my vote low ram usage and very effective :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17859727 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:27:08 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17805628 Sir Lagalot : I recently tried NOD32, and really hoped I would like it since it seems to have good reviews. But it caused my machine to boot slowly. I couldn't figure out the problem, even with the help of the folks on the NOD32 forum. So I went back to AVG, which gets along well with my system.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17805628 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:35:12 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800823 Riamen : On my Vista laptop none, on my XP desktop none.

In all my years of using various AVs I've never gotten a virus or a warning from any of them so I've decided this year to go bareback. I also don't use any 3rd party firewalls, just the built-in Windows firewall configured for no exceptions.

I may be playing with fire but I do notice improved performance with no security products installed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800823 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:24:42 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800379 DarkThrone : I voted for Eset Nod32. This is my second year using it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800379 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:14:05 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800361 melo : I use Norton AV Corp Edition
It has an old version 7.01 but the automatic virus updater still works fine. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17800361 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:02:13 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17763332 dom424 : KAV for me. I've been using it going on 4 1/2 years. Very good poll.
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Carpetshark]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17762804 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:12:35 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17762095 TheAnalyzer : Avast Home Edition here.

TA :)
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EDIT: Added the words: "long-time"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17761047 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:37:00 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17758789 Alien : KIS on my main rig and my laptop.

McAfee Enterprise 8 for my other computer, dedicated for connecting to the workplace VPN.
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Other machines on my network use AVG.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17751352 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:01:05 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17749211 norwegian : There is a few good A/V's right now. Avira, Nod32, BitDefender, Avast just to name a few.

Kaspersky here though.

Thanks for the poll mers2
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I use F-Secure on one computer because I received a free trial for a year. On another I use AVG Free because it seems to work best on that one, and on another I use Avast! because its incremental updates work best since the computer is on dial-up.
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said by avmasster :

Funny. Look at the results from the AntiVirus Poll 2006. Seems like people never ever learn, going for mediocre freeware like AVG and Avast. The fan club from Avast joined in, posting to vote over here on their support forum - way to go guys! No less then a week ago you all complained Avast missed a severe outbreak, and rightly so...

One wonders why people keep preferring poor AVs above the one's proven beyond comparison, like NOD32, Kaspersky, Avira. See the extensive tests over on »www.av-comparatives.org . No wonder the web is becoming congested more and more. Most of you people go for freeware instead of quality. Sigh...so be it. Thanks for making the web a worse place year after year.
Right. :uhh:

Speak for yourself please. No problems using Avast here, and it seems many others have the same experience, both with Avast and other free AV's. If you've been lured into believing "if it's free, it doesn't work", that's your problem. *sigh* :uhh:
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17748760 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:19:03 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17748724 Mele20 : It is interesting that three years ago, Norton had 34% of the votes with AVG second at 15%. The only significant changes since then have been Norton dropping so dramatically, AVG gaining a lot (likely at Norton's expense) and NOD32 and Avast more than doubling in popularity.

»2004 AntiVirus Poll]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17748724 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:03:43 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17748653 jadinolf : I have the free version of avast! on all three of my computers and am quite satisfied with the results.

Gave up on Norton recently and sold 2 copies of NAV2006 on For Sale/Wanted for $1 each including shipping. :)
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said by avmasster :

One wonders why people keep preferring poor AVs above the one's proven beyond comparison, like NOD32, Kaspersky, Avira.
I think that every AV vendor has they own philosophy, marketing strategy and particular customer base. But some popular AV (which some people think they're inferior in terms of detection wise) such as Symantec Norton, Trend Micro, McAfee, CA eTrust, AVG, Alwil avast!, Sophos, Panda simply meet most user needs by using good overall software design aspects and great marketing strategy, that's why they're so popular in general consumer market.

Adversely, don't ask users why, you have to ask some AV that you think they're supposed to have better detection wise such as Kaspersky, NOD32, Avira, Dr.Web, BitDefender or others why, why...

- why they can't make their products popular in general consumer market?
- what they've been doing something wrong?
- they fail in marketing field?
- they're simply don't really know how to make their product popular?
- or they're simply satisfy and happy with their current position in the market?
- or other reasons?

If I remember right, according to AVG official web site, Grisoft claims that the AVG Anti-virus brand is #4 the most well known antivirus brand. I think Grisoft is doing something right and AVG Anti-virus simply meets most user needs that's why AVG is so popular.

EDIT

I've got that claim...

Millburn, N.J., 5th December 2006 - GRISOFT, the developer of AVG security software, today celebrates 15 years of innovation since its launch in 1991. During this time, GRISOFT grew from a regional company to a global Internet security leader. According to recent surveys, AVG is the fourth, most well-known brand in computer security. For the consumer and SMB markets, GRISOFT’s estimated market share is about 50 %.

»www.grisoft.com/doc/40965/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

So, don't know if this #4 only in the Australia or all over the world.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17747264 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:13:28 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17744214 Jarmo P : What can I say? The Mele20's reply was one. Astonishment for a few years on AVG on the most favorite, I share that too.

Avast is maybe the most overall protection one can get, in free or payed, it is good and solid product. Good forum too.

I though dropped my reply on Antivir, but that is just my personal choice. I rely these days not much on my email isp box's safety and have dropped that out of my decision.
The traditional AV of Avira Classic is now more appealing to me running all in sandbox.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17744214 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:09:20 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17743797 mvdu : I'm using AntiVir Premium AV. No plans to change at this point. Will see what future updates to KAV and NOD32 bring.
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Avast. Was using KAV...

Welcome back to the club! :D

Another Avast user in here.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17742535 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:05:17 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17742473 ilago : I voted Nod32. I use the network version on my 3 WindowsXP machines.

I usually install Avast or Avira when someone wants a reasonable free AV.

I don't like security suites. I prefer to use standalone AV and a standalone firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17742473 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:16:43 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17742212 Mele20 :
said by Bubba1 See Profile :

2) I continue to be surprised by the popularity of the, clearly inferior, AVG product. Largest voting percentage probably using the free offering .. so, why do you that use AVG choose it over other, clearly superior, free offerings .. like AntiVir or the AOL, Kaspersky engine, offering?
I'm really surprised myself. Over at Wilders there is a current thread where users are betting what the results line up will be for the upcoming AVComparatives tests. Avira is listed as NUMBER ONE by everyone. So, if users want a free AV obviously the best choice is aVira. I really like it. It does have some FP's (and Stephan mentions that in the Wilders thread) but if you really want FP's get Fortinet or Escan which are being tested this coming AVComparatives go-round).

But, yeah, I can't see why all these users have AVG. If you don't like aVira (what is there to dislike?) then use Avast. It is a lot better than AVG.
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»www.msfirefox.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17742212 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:09:51 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17740813 Indy Sabre : Currently using AVAST free on a couple PCs and SAV 10.1 on a couple others. Both seem to do well for me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17740813 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:35:42 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17738729 rgillis70 : Using Trend Micro OfficeScan (part of the NeaTSuite) on my work laptop and work home PC. (As well as everyone else in the office). Trend ScanMail for Exchange, Server Protect for servers, and Sophos on the IronPort spam filter.

My second PC at home uses KAV.

Small business I support on the side uses Trend SMB product for SBS. (except one PC that still uses KAV - have a 2 year license on it)

I do not use any of the above software combo\ internet firewall products.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17738729 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:14:59 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17738528 Hutch : Nice Poll mers2 See Profile Voted For KAV. Been using KAV for a few years now. Very happy and comfortable with KAV 6.0 and its features. :D
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I went through most of the choices in your poll. I could not test a few of them because of known software incompatibilities with other apps I needed for work. Almost every one I tested had some kind of problem. Most were small interface issues (Mcafee and CA), but a few were large (KAV and the constant DEP errors). Thank you Trueimage for saving me from those! Only one finished the week-long test I gave each without problems: Norton Internet Security 2007. Add the high ratings & review scores and I was sold. Strange how something always seems to bring me back to Norton. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17737586 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:13:32 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17737475 buttoni : I've been with Avast4 Free Edition nearly a year. No complaints whatsoever. Very easily customized. Cohabitates nicely with Comodo 2.4 and CounterSpy 1.5. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17737475 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:55:41 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17736098 Bubba1 : Well, as the numbers continue mounting, two initial observations/questions.

1) In the '06 av-comparatives results, only 3 products obtained ADVANCED+ rank in all 4 main tests. Upon becoming aware of the testing, (blink - blink) GData AVK??, TrustPort?? along with NOD32, the declared winner. I'd never heard of GData or TrustPort prior, and still have never tested either. Both dual-engine scanners, GData used Kaspersky/Bitdefender and TrustPort used Bitdefender/Norman. GData, it is predicted, will not fair as well in '07, as they've replaced the BD engine with Avast. Anyway, as I type, not a single vote for GData and TrustPort missed this poll. Why?

2) I continue to be surprised by the popularity of the, clearly inferior, AVG product. Largest voting percentage probably using the free offering .. so, why do you that use AVG choose it over other, clearly superior, free offerings .. like AntiVir or the AOL, Kaspersky engine, offering?
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I also voted KAV. I use KAV 5.0 for on demand scanning, but recently the subscription ran out and it seems I am no longer able to purchase a new subscription for that particular version. KAV 6.0 is not an option on this machine because of Norton.

If I cannot get a new subscription for KAV 5.0, I won't run any AV on demand.

Thank you for the poll, mers2 See Profile. :)
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said by carinstaller See Profile :

AVG free. I'm starting to wonder if I should change to something else. It missed one of the newest trojans going around spam mail so I found a link to summit it [virus@grisoft.com] after confirming it was a trojan/virus [virusscan.jotti.org]. It showed up again in my mail a few days latter. AVG updates nightly. I have mail scanning on.
I just did my homework and switched to AntiVir Personal edition Classic. We'll see how it works.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17735588 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:55:37 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17735206 mongol : I threw a vote in for Panda 2007 since I have it on my work laptop computer. I'm quite impressed with it's new lightness and it really performs well. My other home computer has the kindly DrWEB.
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Surprisingly it's in 2nd place right now. Seems while others constantly defend their choice Norton users just go about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734521 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:03:09 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734517 La Luna : Avast (free)!! YAY!! :D

I love how customizable it is, modules can be turned on or off or "tweaked".

Resource usage is not even a blip on the radar.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734517 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:02:44 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734477 Toby983 : Avira Premium. Figured after using it for years I should support them. I really like the little A/V.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734477 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:56:45 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17734134 Dustyn : Windows XP Professional x64-bit SP1: ((( - NOD32 v2.7 - )))
Windows XP Home 32-bit SP2: ((( - Avast! Professional - ))) (latest version)
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Use KAV on my main computer. Been testing AVG, Avast and AntiVir/Avira on my old box. All free versions and all have been doing a terrific job. No major problems with any of them. Will decide on a permanent one shortly. ;)
I'll give you a hint. It starts with an A! LOL
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said by Kramer See Profile :

I use McAfee on our many household computers because Comcast provides it for free. They recently changed versions to a fairly robust version 7.1 which addressed all my complaints from the earlier version. I will probably have to revisit this at least on my own computer, which I plan to be running Vista on in the near future.
Besides bug fixes are there any real improvements in mcafee? I have them with comcast too but gave up when I had too many problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732533 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:02:06 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731996 Jrb2 : Great poll, Mary ! Thanks !

I use/voted NOD32 :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731996 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:43:57 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731838 StraitShoot : NOD32 on 3 'puters here.. (All with LEGAL Licenses :D)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731838 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:20:06 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731659 santy : Running AVG Free on 4 PC's, Avast Free on another PC, and I just started trying out AntiVir Personal Edition Free on my laptop.
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I tried NOD32 as well as Kaspersky before I tried AntiVir. I liked Kaspersky and AntiVir but AntiVir beat out Kaspersky @ av-comparitives by just a little bit. Avira doesn't update as quickly as Kaspersky did, but still several times a day.

One negative about Kaspersky, like dadkins said, was that it caused problems with my connection. On my Linksys WRT54G, if I had Kaspersky running and tried to save any settings on the router, Kaspersky would "block" it somehow. It took me 3 days with Linksys tech support, message boards, and just plain old tinkering before I finally figured out that Kaspersky was causing the issues.

So far, AntiVir is almost totally transparent (I had the update interval set to every hour and it would bog my machine down just a tad while I was playing BF2), and it doesn't have a bunch of extra bloat. It does have an email scanner that works very well, but nothing "extra".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731594 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:44:15 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731590 dadkins : Avast. Was using KAV, but found out that it was choking my connection speeds(Comcast, PowerBoost/PermaBoost @ 3.5MB/sec - 28mbps, choked down to 8.3mbps)... avast runs full tilt and doesn't slow anything down.
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Love it!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731204 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:28:34 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731189 carinstaller : AVG free. I'm starting to wonder if I should change to something else. It missed one of the newest trojans going around spam mail so I found a link to summit it [virus@grisoft.com] after confirming it was a trojan/virus [virusscan.jotti.org]. It showed up again in my mail a few days latter. AVG updates nightly. I have mail scanning on.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731189 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:26:52 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730603 Xantos : I gave my vote to Avast Free edition.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730603 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:49:04 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730559 hayc59 : Very proffesional poll!!
NOD32 here for ever!! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730559 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:40:10 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730537 jlhugh : Avast on all computers. Been using it for years. Never a problem.
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Ack ! Is it poll time already ? :p Actually I just made a change - on my Windows partition I finally abandoned CA once and for all and replaced it with AVG free resident, still using BitDefender free on-demand, although neither sees the light of day much anymore. They are, however, both up-to-date (as of yesterday).

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no,not just for kicks. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730083 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:09:27 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730055 Allnew : KAV on my main comp and AVG Anti Malware on another one :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730055 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:03:44 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17730003 delenn13 : We have used AVG (the free one) since '98 or '99. It has served us well and kept us clean. I always tell my husband....

"Don't fix what ain't broken." :)

Probably the only time he has ever paid attention to what I said.
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Ain't leaving this shielding for nothing.

Its like a friggin' forcefield.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729975 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:45:10 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729935 poppster : AntiVir PE Classic. Is there a free AV that uses HIPS?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729935 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:37:37 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729920 gugarci : I've been using using NOD32 for over a year now. I was a previous McAfee user.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729920 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:33:49 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729842 lilhurricane : Excellent job, Mary!

AVG free for same reasons mentioned above (lighter on resources) on notebooks & open TD blades..and McAfee v10 (I refuse to update to the v11 crud) on my primary machine

Looking forward to the new [polls] - they are a wonderful forum resource :)
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Nicely executed poll.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729829 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:14:28 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729820 nuftjedi : SAV @ work and 1 Work PC at home. NOD on my PC and my Laptop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729820 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:12:51 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729795 JTY : ZoneAlarm AV]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729795 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:06:14 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729793 Grail Knight : AVG on my notebook. Very low on resources and does its job.

PC-cillin Internet Security on the desktop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729793 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:06:04 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729780 inteller : what kind of memory usage does NOD32 have? I'm on Avast now and I would consider it. AVG is junk. The current majority is wrong on this one.
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I use AntiVir Personal Edition Classic. I've only been using it for a few weeks. So far, I really like it. It has the best GUI and default settings of any AV I have used. And it goes without saying that aVira catches a lot viruses! I love its simplicity and the fact that it has no email scanner, no firewall, no HIPS, no HTTP scanner. It is wonderful to find a real AV and not a suite full of stuff I don't need. So far, I have had no problems with it except for some puzzling FP's.
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»www.msfirefox.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729430 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:09:08 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729422 Alwill : I voted for both NOD32 and AVG the latter being the Free version.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729422 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:01:39 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729420 Buddel : Well done, mers2 See Profile. :) I've been using NOD32 for some time because it runs smoothly on my WinME machine. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729420 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:00:51 EDT AntiVirus Poll 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17729406 mers2 : [mpoll]Which AntiVirus program do you use?,AntiVir/Avira,ArcaVir, Avast!,AVG,BitDefender,CA EZ AV,CAT Quick Heal, ClamAV,Command/ESP AV, Comodo AV,Dr.Web,E-Scan,F-Prot,F-Secure, Fortinet,G DATA,IKARUS,KAV,McAfee,NAV/SAV,NOD32,Norman Virus Control,Online Armor,Panda,Sophos,TrendMicro,VBA32 AV,Virusbuster,WinCleaner,Windows Live OneCare,other,online scan only,none[/mpoll]

A couple of Notes: Some AVs have both freeware and commercial versions, some have suites. These are not broken out separately, please vote for the AV brand you use and then post which specific version that you use and why If you use an AV that is not listed above, please tell us about it.

Also, there are planned polls to come for Firewalls, Anti-Trojans, and Anti-Spyware after this one. Please be patient and wait for those to follow later
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