MapleLeaf Premium Member join:2001-09-04 Burnaby, BC
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[Poll] Antivirus Poll 2005As you may know, we have links at the top of Security Forum, pointing to our AT/AV/Firewall/AS Polls. It is summer of 2005 now, and we feel it is time to refresh things a little bit - we often refer people to those links, it will be nice to have them up to date. If you use more than one AV, please vote for the product you really depend on. Information concerning your experience with particular product and anything else that may be relevant is most welcome. Tell us what you like and why do you use your AV. Please be polite and helpful toward one another, refrain from starting AV flames and "my daddy can beat your daddy" type of comments. In preparation for this AV poll previous polls and preambles, compiled by StraitShoot and jabarnut , are being used - kudos to them for the work well done. Poll What Antivirus Software do you presently use? |
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HAL 90001 Premium Member join:2002-08-01 Phoenix, AZ 1 edit
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KAV Personal Pro 4.5 here. I find 4.5 to be more configurable than 5.x, which is why I've stayed with it. |
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hgratt join:2003-12-09 Plano, TX
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I am using Avast (free version).
What has impressed me the most is the Avast team's support in fixing an issue that I had noted. Over the course of a few days, they confirmed the issue and gave me a custom fix for the problem (outbound email scanning upload speed degradation). Furthermore, they have also incorporated the fixed code into their product.
Even though I am using the free version, I was getting responses from their technical staff (via their forum) within minutes of posting. Impressive.
Harvey |
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boognish Premium Member join:2001-09-26 Baton Rouge, LA
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Symantec AntiVirus 9.0 I will be putting Symantec AntiVirus 10.0 on in a couple of weeks. |
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boog Premium Member join:2000-07-24 Trenton, OH
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I got Norton System Works Premier for a steal ($30) So, I am using my years worth of NAV on my desktop. My laptop has AVG, but I am thinking about trying avast, or looking for a bit more "aggressive" antivirus. |
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said by MapleLeaf:If you use more than one AV, please vote for the product you really depend on see, that's the problem... most people running more than one really depend on them both! i run NAV as my resident AV, so i voted for it in the poll, but in running KAV (with extended bases) as on-demand scanner, i like to think i really depend on that, too! another way of saying it is.... i feel real good about NAV because of KAV but i do appreciate the poll, MapleLeaf |
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ChrisJT Premium Member join:2001-12-20 Torrance, CA
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KAV Personal for my PC (AVG Free as backup on-demand scanner). NAV 2005 on wife's PC (AVG Free as backup on-demand scanner). PC-cillin for wireless on my PDA (the only free AV I could find for my PPC PDA). |
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MapleLeaf Premium Member join:2001-09-04 Burnaby, BC 2 edits
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said by boblandy2 i run NAV as my resident AV, so i voted for it in the poll, but in running KAV (with extended bases) as on-demand scanner, i like to think i really depend on that, too!
You voted exactly the way a thoughtful respondent should do: in your situation you chose your resident scanner. Plus, and this is important, you posted comment that extends your voting choice, limited by board's design. Since we don't have luxury of multi-choice polls, your comment is most helpful, thank you |
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AVG,at this point in time. |
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BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it. Premium Member join:2004-03-06 EU
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NOD32
I would love to use KAV, but this AV refuses to run properly and smoothly on my "ancient" Windows ME computer. |
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Pole883 Premium Member join:2004-01-27 Schenectady, NY
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Avast Pro...........I'm lovin' it!! |
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anthrorules Premium Member join:2003-09-14 Rollinsville, CO 2 edits
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AVG Professional - Home Desktop (Resident Shield) BitDefender - Home Desktop (Backup - on-demand) AVG Free Edition - Home Laptop (Resident Shield) Symantec Corporate AV Client - Work Desktop (Resident Shield) |
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fatdcuk Premium Member join:2005-02-20 England
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Formely a contented free AVG user until updating became an issue, Now using Avast 4.6 home without any hitch's |
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Allnew MVM join:2003-02-01 Denmark- EU.
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KAV 5.0 Personal on my main box, and that's what I voted. NAV 2004 on my old compaq workhorse:) |
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MarkAWBarry White Premium Member join:2001-08-27 Canada
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I voted for and use Avast(free version). I have notice ever since the new build (4.6.691) my Avast scans have been faster, i don't know if this is just me but i am grateful for the hard work these guys have put into their product. |
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juilinsandarTexas Gooner Premium Member join:2000-07-17 San Benito, TX
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I use Mcafee's ISS 2005 on both my PC's. In addition, I use a couple of online virus scanners: Housecall and Panda.
My only complaint is that Mcafee doesn't release daily virus definition updates for home users. |
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sashwa Mod join:2001-01-29 Alcatraz
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Using NAV 2004. |
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Sikki join:2000-09-19 Moosup, CT
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I currently use BitDefender 8 standard. It replaced KAV when KAV didn't find a virus that slowed the computer to a crawl. I switched to BitDefender which found the virus and have had no problems since. I don't recall the virus that was found but after the switch the speed is back to where it was a long time ago.
I am about to run out of virus definition updates on my laptop with Trend Micro and will be switching to BitDefender at that time. |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu? MVM join:2003-09-26 Hercules, CA
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I voted Other, as I use KAV on this machine and avast on the other machine. |
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richter35 Premium Member join:2004-01-03 Croatia
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Symantec AntiVirus 10 |
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MSaukMSauk Premium Member join:2002-01-17 Sandy, UT
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NIS on my desktop. Love it |
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Dee Bee Premium Member join:2005-05-08 St Catharines, ON
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I currently use Norton Antivirus 2005.
I had the same problem as Buddel. KAV simply would not run on my Windows ME machine and I ended up buying Norton again.
Norton's detection rate is good and it's easy to use but I found it does slow down things a bit and is temperamental occasionally (i.e. crashes or locks up when scanning my hard drive).
But in the end I guess detection is one of the more important aspects of an antivirus software, since if it doesn't detect a potential problem the other aspects of the software doesn't make up for the damage done to ones' computer.
Just my 2 cents.:) |
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f-prot..........nice and lite and easy, and works very well. kaspersky 4.5 failed, allowed infection, and couldnt clean it., same with avg. I learned NO av can protect against everything, and it almost ALWAYS takes several proggies to clean any infection. It seems 99% of time malware puts trojans as well as viruses on any infected computer, so a good anti-trojan is 100% neccessary to go with ANY anti-virus.(imho)(best anti-trojan I've tried is TDS-3 and a2..(trojan-hunter always screwed something up.):) |
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I use Vba32 Personal on my computer. Ran the beta for 3 months and bought a two year license after the program became available for purchase in the U.S.
I trust Vba32 and like it better than anything I have used or trialed. The support is excellent also and that goes a long ways for me. |
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dom424 Premium Member join:2001-07-14 Enid, OK
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KAV Personal 5 for me. Getting ready to renew I like it so well. |
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Jrb2 Premium Member join:2001-08-31
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I voted for NOD32. That's my resident AV on my W98SE machine. However I would not want to be without KAV (4.5 on demand). The following is not about AV's, but I consider it also as important: File Integrity Checker: ADinf32 Pro. By using that I know at least which files were changed, added, deleted. And RegRun for controling important start-up entries in the registry. Thanks MapleLeaf for the poll ! |
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dchrsfDD join:2003-08-28 Palm Harbor, FL
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NOD32 hits the spot for me. |
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chia join:2003-12-20 Fort Lauderdale, FL
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GData AVK Pro 2005 and lovin' it.:) |
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dchrsfDD join:2003-08-28 Palm Harbor, FL |
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2005-Jul-10 8:31 pm
said by chia:GData AVK Pro 2005 and lovin' it.:) chia, If you wouldn't mind..could you post a screenshot of this program here for me (and for everyone else) to see? I've heard of this program but don't know too much about it or what it looks like in action. I'm open for changes in my day-to-day software usage. I'm interested! Hope this isn't too much to ask . Thanks, Dave. |
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heelyeah Premium Member join:2004-02-11 Raleigh, NC |
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