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ferroequine fan
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AV Poll 2015

Poll
Which Anti Virus products do you use or prefer?

360 Total Security

Ad-Aware

AntiVir

Avira

Avast!

AVG

Baidu

BitDefender

Bullguard

Clam AV

Comando

Emsisoft

eScan

ESET

F Prot

F Secure

FortInet

G Data

K7

Kaspersky

McAfee

MSE Windows Defender

MyFreeAntivirus

NOD32

Norman Virus Control

Norton Symantec

Outpost Security Suite

Panda

PCKeeper

Preventon

Qihoo

Quick Heal

Sopho

Spybot

TrendMicro

UnThreat

VIPRE

Virusfighter

WebRoot

Other (please specify)

Online scan only

No AV


Votes:285




One last opportunity for folks to voice their opinions and vote for the AV product they use and/or recommend to others in 2015.

Share any and all comments/suggestions about protecting and safeguarding your devices from Viruses.

If you use "other" tell us what it is. If you only use "online scan" let us know where/what. If you don't use an AV product why not?

Trel
Good Evening
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Trel

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Why are Avira and Antivir two separate options?

vaxvms
ferroequine fan
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I made an err. Used a comma instead of a slash?
Vote for Avira not AntiVir.

therube
join:2004-11-11
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None.

jadinolf
I love you Fred
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Ojai, CA

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I just use the best one.

Cartel
Intel inside Your sensitive data outside
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Chilliwack, BC

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Click for full size
6 years...
PX Eliezer1
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I think you mean Comodo, not Comando.

Also ESET and NOD-32 is a duplicate listing.

Thanks.

Dustyn
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Ontario, CAN

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I voted for Comando... I hope this is Comodo?

Drunkula
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Currently only using Avast Free. Not exactly a fan as it bugs me incessantly for things I don't care about - and I have a damn near minimal install.

Triple Helix
DNA
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Oshawa, ON

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said by Dustyn:

I voted for Comando... I hope this is Comodo?

LOL don't tell Melih he might like that name better!

TH

geierr
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Yakima, WA

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Currently using Norton Security and voted for Norton Symantec.
DarkSithPro (banned)
join:2005-02-12
Tempe, AZ

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I remember there was a really good once called "Prevx" years back. Wilders even had a forum dedicated to it. I think webroot got it though. What happened to Wilders? it's like a ghost town now.

jadinolf
I love you Fred
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Like this?
PX Eliezer1
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said by DarkSithPro:

I remember there was a really good once called "Prevx" years back. Wilders even had a forum dedicated to it. I think webroot got it though.

Yes, Webroot took over Prevx and shafted everyone to their own product.
said by DarkSithPro:

What happened to Wilders? it's like a ghost town now.

This is a challenging time for the forum model. Look at DSLR for that matter.

People are doing other things.

They are twitting and fazebooking and radditing.

Even though those environments/platforms have a much less rigorous level of discussion.

dolphins
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Really Windows Defender getting the most votes?

Multiple independent lab tests have ranked Windows Defender as one of the worst since 2011. Every year since it has failed to improve.

I remember a few years ago Microsoft recommended that end users should install a 3rd party AV because of it's poor performance.

Mannus
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Been using AVG Free for at least 6 years and additionally, just started using Immunet 3 in the last 2 months. I had previously used PCTools' Threatfire along side AVG until it was killed off.

siljaline
I'm lovin' that double wide
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ESET +1
Thanks for this.
Expand your moderator at work

jeisenberg
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Re: AV Poll 2015

@Drunkula

Avast Free can be configured to be fairly quiet. Disabling the cleanup and browser cleanup options, as well as setting the popup times to a minimal amount will make your experience more acceptable.

hayc59
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Outpost Sweet!!
Mele20
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I appreciate the poll.

I can't vote though because you have combined two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AV's into one. I would NEVER use MSE. I have been using Windows Defender on Windows 8 for three years now and am quite happy with it. Windows Defender on Windows 8 and 10 is completely different from MSE or Windows Defender on OSes prior to Window 8.

CovMac
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MalwareBytes

Drunkula
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Yeah I don't have the cleaning options installed. Thanks for suggesting, though.

Bill_MI
Bill In Michigan
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I could have been the first to pick ClamAV since it's installed by default in my OwnCloud server. But I came to my senses for Linux desktops... none!

DownTheShore
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I could have used a multiple choice response.

McAfee came with the laptop so temporarily using that.

Norton's on the desktop.

ESET is on the Android devices (yes, I know that it's probably unnecessary).

And I have an unused Kaspersky license sitting around here somewhere...

Noah Vail
Oh God please no.
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said by DownTheShore:

I could have used a multiple choice response.

Same.

After some recent positive reviews, I tried Panda on a Win7 and a Win10.
After a week, I took it off again

I was getting strong CPU spikes on both, 3 or 4 a day. I only dug deep enough to confirm it wasn't tied to a sched scan.
They always occurred while I was away so maybe Panda was trying to scan through my OpenVPN connection.

I put MSAV on the Win7 and am trying out Fortinet on the Win10

VikingBob
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Norton (NIS).

The results thus far aren't surprising to me. The freebies are in the lead.

TopShelf
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NIS on three machines.
I've been using it for 15 years.

Littlem129
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Kaspersky Internet Security for 10 years now.

camper
just visiting this planet
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said by jeisenberg:

Avast Free can be configured to be fairly quiet. Disabling the cleanup and browser cleanup options, as well as setting the popup times to a minimal amount will make your experience more acceptable.

 

I never enabled the browser or cleanup modules in Avast Free. I only enable the real-time file scanning modules. I also turned down the pop-times to low values.

I gave up on Avast Free when I started getting multiple [had to be dismissed manually] pop-up advertisements per day.

I use Avira Free now. The once-a-day pop-up ad is within my acceptable range. Plus it seems like a pretty good a/v.