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2010 Anti Virus Poll

Multiple Choice Poll
Which AntiVirus program do you use?

AntiVir/Avira

Avast!

AVG

BitDefender

CA EZ AV

Clam AV

Dr.Web

F-Prot

F-Secure

KAV

McAfee

Microsoft Security Essentials

NOD32

Norman Virus Control

Norton/Symantec

Panda

Sophos

TrendMicro

other

online scan only

none


Participants:937




Hi folks, it's that time of year again... time for our annual polls. Coming polls include Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware and Firewall so please be patient as we roll them out one by one.

Thanks for your input, as valued members of the security community your contributions assist many people here at DSLReports and visitors from outside as well.

We welcome your comments on your particular set-up, multiple configurations and preference but let's keep it information based and not get into discussions that are better left for a separate thread.

*Please note: Some AVs have both freeware and commercial versions, some have suites. These are not broken down separately. Please vote for the AV brand you use and then post which specific version or bundle you use. If you use an AV that is not listed above we'd like to hear about it.

Its a Secret
Please speak into the microphone
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Its a Secret

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Still using Avast!

Edit - Yes, thanks for the poll, and Mark for reminding me of my manners...

MarkAW
Barry White
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Canada

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Nice job with the poll Kim.
My vote goes to Avast 5.

La Luna
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Thanks for the great poll kim See Profile

Using Avast on my XP Pro box and MSE on my new laptop. Happy with both.

DownTheShore
Pray for Ukraine
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Beautiful NJ

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Thanks for the poll! Can't tell you how useful BBR's polls have been to me over the years.

Using Norton Anti-Virus 2010 on one computer, and Norton Internet Security 2010 on the other.

lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
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Purple Zone

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Happy Avast user here

Great job on the poll lil polar bear!

siljaline
I'm lovin' that double wide
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Montreal, QC

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Thanks for another great AV poll, kim See Profile

NOD32 AV Business Ed.

jadinolf
I love you Fred
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Ojai, CA

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5 computers and avast!5 installed on all of them.

1 Pro and 4 FREE

Gizy
Have you thanked a soldier today?
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Midwest

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Nice poll kim See Profile

Avast 4 on one home machine
Avast 5 on the other (just reformatted and it was the download)

Kalford
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Ontario

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While it isn't technically av, I consider Filealyzer an "other". Handy little app.

KoRnGtL15
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Grants Pass, OR

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Was using MSE. But just switched to Avira Personal.

CajunTek
Insane Cajun
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Arlington, TX

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KAV still and still and still....

beck
MVM
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On The Road

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Thank you for the poll, Kim!

Using avast and MSE here (on different computers).

mers2
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USA

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Great poll Kim!

Still using Avast after many years - v4.8 on the older one and Avast 5 on the newer.

buttoni
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Temple, TX

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Using Avast 4 years now and love it! No problems installing, configuring, updating or using the new Avast5 Free AV on my Win7 x64 system.

Alwill
Lost time is never found again.
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Sydney, OZ

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Well done kim See Profile

Nod32 & Avast Free for online checks
Mele20
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Hilo, HI

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I voted for Avira as I still use Avira personal version 8 on my XP machine. That version goes unsupported at the end of March. I'm not sure what I will be using after that. Possibly Avira 10 (I am a beta tester for it) or Avast as I really like the new GUI and it was the GUI that always kept me from using Avast in the past. I would continue to use Avira 8 on XP if Avira would continue supporting it as I don't like how ver 9 runs on XP and ver 10, I want to see the gold version before deciding if I will be using it. I do like the latest iteration of Avira 10 GUI (GUI matters a lot to me because I frequently open my AV). The updating problem for the free version has been solved so that is no longer an issue when choosing a free AV but there is still Avira's nag screen and ver 10 has some major changes.
DarkSithPro (banned)
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Tempe, AZ

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The list of options seems a little lacking compared to last years poll.

Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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I'll add my thanks too for the poll, and to all the respondents. It's valuable because this stuff changes all the time -- last year's top performer might be this year's crap, or vice versa!

I tend to go with Norton/Symantec for most systems, but I still have faith in Kaspersky as having the best detection, only I've had performance issues with some apps with KAV installed. That's why my current answer to the question "what's the best anti-virus in 2010?" is another question, "Best for what? Who's the user? How knowledgeable are they? What are the risk exposures?"

A friend of mine recently got two computers infected with a new variant of the annoying "Internet Security 2010" malware, which can be tough to remove and I was the one stuck doing it, so I'm as appreciative of good AV's and safe computing practices as anyone!
DarkSithPro (banned)
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said by Wolfie00:

I'll add my thanks too for the poll, and to all the respondents. It's valuable because this stuff changes all the time -- last year's top performer might be this year's crap, or vice versa!

I tend to go with Norton/Symantec for most systems, but I still have faith in Kaspersky as having the best detection, only I've had performance issues with some apps with KAV installed. That's why my current answer to the question "what's the best anti-virus in 2010?" is another question, "Best for what? Who's the user? How knowledgeable are they? What are the risk exposures?"

A friend of mine recently got two computers infected with a new variant of the annoying "Internet Security 2010" malware, which can be tough to remove and I was the one stuck doing it, so I'm as appreciative of good AV's and safe computing practices as anyone!
I've been using KIS for years now, but recently I've been noticing Norton AV has been detecting quite a few critters KAV seemes to miss lately.

PeeWee
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Madera, CA

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MSE at the top already? I like it, but I didn't have any idea it caught on so well, so fast.

Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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said by DarkSithPro:

I've been using KIS for years now, but recently I've been noticing Norton AV has been detecting quite a few critters KAV seemes to miss lately.
That's always going to happen, since none of them are perfect. But I used KAV recently to find a rootkit that none of the other things I tried seemed to be able to find, including Norton and Malwarebytes. It couldn't remove it, but at least it told me where it was!

JTM1051
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Terrell, TX

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avast! Pro 5.0.418, with all browsers set to run in sandbox.

Grail Knight

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Valhalla

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Well done on the poll.

Still using Avast after 3 years.

Zero Gravity
Next to Arch Stanton
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Top Floor

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I'm still running Symantec Corporate edition on most of my machines. A couple are now using Microsoft Security Essentials though.

Mannus
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AVG Free and Threatfire on 2 machines.

kim
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said by DarkSithPro:

The list of options seems a little lacking compared to last years poll.
Did you vote for something that wasn't on the list? If so this is where to talk about it.

I deleted some that weren't getting any votes and didn't see a need to include them.

Discussion is encouraged and that's why there is an 'other' button as well. We're looking for new additions but can't include every AV as there are so many.

edited to add quote.

Smokey Bear
veritas odium parit
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Annie's Pub

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Atm F-Secure Client Security 9 and Norton 2010.

mudturtle74
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Killen, AL

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Avast 5 on two PC's. Loving the new version.

Willies13
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Montpelier, OH

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MSE on 4 computers not one hitch . Had used Nod . Loved Nod but Like MSE better ..