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Triple Helix
Go Blue Jays Go
Premium
join:2007-07-26
Oshawa, ON
kudos:7
Reviews:
·Rogers Hi-Speed

11 recommendations

2011 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

Prevx

Sophos

TrendMicro

VIPRE

Other - "Please Specify"

Online Scan Only

None


Participants:518




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.
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Triple Helix - VIP Member Of ASAP - (Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals™) - Official Prevx Support Forum Helper!


jadinolf
I love you Fred
Premium
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA
kudos:9

1 recommendation

avast!

3 AIS Licenses

2 FREE Licenses
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Printed on 100% recycled bytes



Triple Helix
Go Blue Jays Go
Premium
join:2007-07-26
Oshawa, ON
kudos:7

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

I mainly Run Prevx with SafeOnline but use NOD32 & VIPRE in VM's along with Prevx!

TH


computerman2
Premium
join:2002-04-20
Rockwood, MI

1 recommendation

avast on most of the home systems (Free)

Microsoft Security Essentials Free on my Personal Laptop and Desktop PC



ninn

join:2008-01-26
kudos:1

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

symantec



Ni3K

join:2002-04-25
Hartford, CT

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Recently installed F-secure security suite and very happy i did.



hayc59
Im Your Huckleberry
Premium
join:2001-02-26
David R.I.P.
kudos:21

2 recommendations

reply to Triple Helix

Very nice poll Trip!!
thank you
avast! all day



Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
Premium
join:2005-03-12
kudos:5

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Symantec for about as long as I can remember, on Win XP, Vista, and Win 7. Over the course of many years (and successively newer versions) it's protected me many times but let me down only once, when some kind of relatively stubborn but not really damaging malware did make it onto one system.

This was a few years ago, and I ended up having to install Kaspersky which was the only thing I could find capable of actually removing the infection. Ran that for a while and was very impressed, but went back to Symantec after I concluded that KAV was just too intrusive in the way it interfered with some programs, which always had to be put on an exceptions list. For me, Symantec is a better balance between effectiveness and intrusiveness.

Still, KAV at the time was so good overall that I'm surprised the poll is coming up with such low usage. Maybe it's the cost?
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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" -- a corollary of Murphy's Law
"A dog is like a child who never grows old ... always there to love and be loved" -- Aaron Katcher



poppster
Tell the truth and then run.
Premium
join:2003-12-23
Midwest
kudos:1

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

MSE on my desktop, Avast on my wife's laptop.

Both are excellent at what they do!



Siko
Premium
join:2006-11-27
Mechanicsburg, PA

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avast on 2 computers
MSE on the other 3



DaHen
Premium
join:2002-11-08
Brockton, MA

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Symantec Endpoint Protection on the desktop.
VIPRE on the laptop



Dustyn
Premium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10

3 edits

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

NIS 2011



geierr
Computer Nut
Premium
join:2001-07-07
Yakima, WA

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Norton Internet Security 2011.



MarkAW
Barry White
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
kudos:16

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avast 6 on all 4 of my Windows systems, my Linux i use avast 4.



sivran
Opera ex-pat
Premium
join:2003-09-15
Irving, TX
kudos:1

2 recommendations

reply to Triple Helix

Avast 6 free on all systems.


Kerodo

join:2004-05-08

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avira on the desktop, MSE on the laptop....



Trebonious
Premium
join:2001-06-29
Dallas, TX

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

MSE on Desktop, Avast on Laptop - both seem to get the job done. Had AntiVir Avira for a while, but it just got annoyingly intrusive and the popups when updating got old - very fast.



TearAbite
D'oh

join:2001-07-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
kudos:2

2 recommendations

reply to Triple Helix

I have no use for such silliness.. "none"..



Grail Knight
Qui audet adipiscitur
Premium
join:2003-05-31
Valhalla
kudos:6

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avast on my Win7 Pro 64 bit PCs.
Microsoft Security Essentials on my lone XP Pro PC.
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"Big Brother = Another way to say paranoia."



alamarco
Premium
join:2003-06-18
Windsor, ON

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Last two years I've been with Prevx 3 paid, but this year I've went with NOD32 4 paid.

I just wanted to test the waters. Depending on how NOD32 does I might be back to Prevx next year.



kim
Premium,Mod
join:2001-03-25
ON
kudos:6
Reviews:
·Cogeco Cable

2 recommendations

reply to Triple Helix

Nice poll Triple Helix See Profile

I voted for AVG again this year. It's always done well by me and I've never had a reason to change.
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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet. - Gandhi



lordpuffer
Comfortably Numb
Premium
join:2004-09-19
Rio Rancho, NM
kudos:1

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Thank you for the poll! I use Avast Pro Anti-Virus on my PC.


Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4

2 recommendations

reply to Triple Helix

Nice poll!

I have been using Avira for over four years now. I have beta tested versions 8, 9,10 (Suite) but I use version 8 free on my host machine and version 9 free on a virtual machine.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson


xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

I admit to a soft sport for Avast and still use it on several machines, but also have been giving Microsoft Security Essentials a shot. Not sure that I care for it, on my EeePC (AMD Based) it takes a lot of CPU and I mean a lot that Avast never did.
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Retaking our country one election at a time.



TransitMan
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-05
Dayton, OH
kudos:1
Reviews:
·Time Warner Cable

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

On my Windows machines I have Avast installed.
On my Linux machines, I have ClamAV installed.

When I need to check on a friends machine because they complain of problems, I use VIPRERescue.
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Perhaps TODAY is a GOOD day to die!
Lt. Cmdr. Worf on the U.S.S. Defiant
STAR TREK First Contact.



Varlik
Without Honor You Will Never Be Free
Premium
join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avast Free Verizon and Norton 2011


mens rea
Premium
join:2002-01-31
Canada

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avira free.



winchester73

join:2003-08-08
Chapel Hill, NC

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

NOD32



Spy
Premium
join:2001-09-22
NE

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Avast has been quite solid for me.



SIR TMG

join:2004-03-06
Lima, OH

1 recommendation

reply to Triple Helix

Left Norton Internet Security 2011 for Vipre . I never had one pc problem with Norton. Vipre is only one week old on my pc.
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NIS 2011 , DefenseWall does it all , set it and forget it , KeyScrambler Premium , Time Freeze , Clear Cloud DNS