amark
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94045 | Best Antivirus Program Other Than Norton?
Just saw a post about increase for renewals. Looking to make a change. Which is the best program along with best for updates? Advice appreciated, thanks.
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winchester73
join:2003-08-08
Chapel Hill, NC | I use NOD32 on my primary box. Kaspersky is on another one. |
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Kav Rules
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| Kav is the best for the naughty user(Goes to XXX, crack, warez sites, or uses P2P networks) also has the largest database of viruses. Nod 32 which i have not used has great heuristic scanning, and detect alot of viruses but not as many as KAV. Look at: www.av-comparatives.org for results. |
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Razgriz
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I'm using NOD32, it's fast, light on resources and it's heuristics are great. They update once a day most of the time. Sometimes they might update more than once during the day if need be. It's a solid choice for an AV.
Info here: »www.eset.com/products/products.htm
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MSauk
MSauk
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Sandy, UT | reply to amark
I enjoy pc-cillin. Solid and fast |
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stevie
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Grapevine, TX | reply to amark
Another vote for NOD32  |
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Inernetjunky
join:2003-11-07
USA
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I know NOD32 is a very good AV, but don't you think it's a hassle to configure if you want to tighten it up a bit. Command line switches, changing from high compatibility to high efficiency, etc. I know Blackspear over at Wilders has a detailed thread on how to tighten NOD32's settings, but even that could be a daunting task for someone unfamiliar with that sort of thing. Maybe if ESET made NOD32 easier to configure, it would be more popular. JMHO |
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marti
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I use NOD32 and love it. The official support forum is just across the street at the Wilder's security forum. Folks that are NOD32 experts hang out there, and the NOD32 company folks show up often and are always in the background to assist users. Many security products seem hard to configure, but a thread in a security forum can quickly resolve those minor details. |
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VaMPiRiCCRoW
join:2004-06-24
Portugal | reply to amark
Try the excellent NOD32, and if you are not satisfied try Kaspersky...  |
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SvS
join:2001-04-15
Germany
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said by amark  :Just saw a post about increase for renewals. Looking to make a change. You're looking for a change because of the increase in prices for NAV subscription renewal? You'll be disappointed I think, all the products recommended so far cost even more (KAV) or the product/renewal prices are almost the same (NOD32). |
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Don Pelotas
join:2004-12-10
| said by SvS :said by amark :Just saw a post about increase for renewals. Looking to make a change. You're looking for a change because of the increase in prices for NAV subscription renewal? You'll be disappointed I think, all the products recommended so far cost even more (KAV) or the product/renewal prices are almost the same (NOD32). Kaspersky cost the same as Norton in the US:»www.kaspersky.com/store?ipcountry=US, the renewal price is a 30% discount, this includes both signatures & productupgrades (eg version 5.0 to Kaspersky 2006).:) |
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Mele20
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Hilo, HI
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I had NOD32 for two years. I currently am beta testing Kaspersky Internet Security 2006. My vote is for Kaspersky Anti virus 2006 which will go gold before KIS 2006. You can buy KAV 2005 and then use the key to upgrade for free to 2006 which is going to be very different from 2005. If you want a security suite then KIS 2006 is going to be great but it won't be released until January 2006. It has a process guard among other goodies.
I also suggest you look at Bit Defender. It is excellent also. Bit Defender updates several times daily and KAV updates many times daily.
If, however, you want a really good (not quite as good as KAV, BitDefender or NOD32 but quite adequate unless you are a high risk user), AV that has a GUI a lot like Norton so you feel right at home immediately then go with Trend Micro. I had PC-Cillin (Trend Micro) 2003 and it has the best GUI of them of all outside of Norton and was at that time quite similar to NAV's GUI and I think it still is. The one thing Norton excels in is a great GUI. NOD32's GUI is going to be quite foreign to you after Norton. It's much better than it was when I first got it afterhaving used NAV for two years, but it still is not easy to use IMO.
One of the best things about Trend Micro, aside from their great GUIs and fine AV, is that you get FREE phone support and that support is located in California. I thought their phone support was excellent but their email support was poor. Kaspersky also offers free phone support but I have not tried it so I don't know what it is like. If you are interested in Kaspersky, you should buy not from Kaspersky but from their US distributor ICE Systems as you will then get free support from ICE as well as support from Kaspersky (and ICE has the best prices). If you are interested in any AV other than KAV?KIS, you should also purchase an anti trojan application.
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SvS
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1 edit | reply to Don Pelotas
said by Don Pelotas :Kaspersky cost the same as Norton in the US:» www.kaspersky.com/store?ipcountry=US, the renewal price is a 30% discount, this includes both signatures & productupgrades Renewal for NAV costs 29,99 an upgrade to or a new license for NAV 2006 39,99 (supposed to include signature and product updates too).
So given the prices of the products most user here would call "competitor", I don't see what the problem with the prices Symantec charges is... |
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Mele20
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Hilo, HI
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said by Don Pelotas :said by SvS :said by amark :Just saw a post about increase for renewals. Looking to make a change. You're looking for a change because of the increase in prices for NAV subscription renewal? You'll be disappointed I think, all the products recommended so far cost even more (KAV) or the product/renewal prices are almost the same (NOD32). Kaspersky cost the same as Norton in the US:» www.kaspersky.com/store?ipcountry=US, the renewal price is a 30% discount, this includes both signatures & productupgrades (eg version 5.0 to Kaspersky 2006).:) You can get Kaspersky cheaper from ICE Systems, the USA official distributor. Plus, you get ICE support as well as Kaspersky support. ICE is the way to go! $37.42 for KAV 2005 and you can upgrade for free to 2006. I am no fan at all of KAV 2005 and would be recommending the older, but superior, KAV 4.5 (which is still available for purchase from ICE Systems) except for the fact that KAV 2006 will be out soon so you won't have 2005 very long and it has been improved since I had it when it first came out.
»www.ice-kav.com/
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Mele20
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said by SvS :said by Don Pelotas :Kaspersky cost the same as Norton in the US:» www.kaspersky.com/store?ipcountry=US, the renewal price is a 30% discount, this includes both signatures & productupgrades Renewal for NAV costs 29,99 an upgrade to or a new license for NAV 2006 39,99 (supposed to include signature and product updates too). So given the prices of the products most user here would call "competitor", I don't see what the problem with the prices Symantec charges is... Well, one glaring difference is that Symantec has no support basically. KAV has excellent support both from ICE Systems for USA customers and from KAV itself ...phone and email and no charge like the outrageous charge Symantec has for phone support and Symantec's email support is so poor that there is really no support. (However, Symantec does have an excellent knowledge base on their redesigned web site and for the first time it is easy to use. So, if you like self help then finally now Symantec's self help is excellent which was never the case until this overhaul of the knowledge base). Not to mention Symantec's DRM. Kaspersky, NOD32 and Bit Defender, all outstanding and none of them have DRM.
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Shootist
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Decatur, GA
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said by SvS :said by Don Pelotas :Kaspersky cost the same as Norton in the US:» www.kaspersky.com/store?ipcountry=US, the renewal price is a 30% discount, this includes both signatures & productupgrades Renewal for NAV costs 29,99 an upgrade to or a new license for NAV 2006 39,99 (supposed to include signature and product updates too). So given the prices of the products most user here would call "competitor", I don't see what the problem with the prices Symantec charges is... In my option the last AV program I would buy is NAV. Bloated (resource HOG), slow and when the subscription is about to run out, 1 month before it really runs out, it pops up the Renew Now box ALL THE F-ING TIME. That box alone made me switch to AVG.
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danny9
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Just bought the Kav security suite. Price was 49.99 and only 10.00 more for the 2nd year.
That's 30.00 a year. Very comparable to and lower in price then alot of the av and suite programs out there.
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FF again
join:2003-06-13
Finland
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If you still want to pay for an av, DrWeb 4.33 is a very reasonable choice. TWO YEARS license only 49.95 US $,
»https://secure.element5.com/esales/produ···5d296ced
but if you already have a license to some other av, they can offer a 50 % discount to DrWeb license and it's renewal.
»buy.drweb.com/togreen/
The new DrWeb 4.33 engine has now about the same level heuristics than NOD with Advanced Heuristics, but it's even capable to scan your hard drive in real time too, not only the web. The update frequency is the second best ever just after Kaspersky. The unpacking capabilities are even better with this new engine, maybe only Kaspersky engined av:s and McAfee are able to beat it just now. It's very hard to find an av which has lower inpact on CPU than DrWeb has with these capabilities on. I have not found a one but if you'll find one, inform me.
PS. I just found the cost to one year license of DrWeb, 29 US $.
»https://sshop.element5.com/esales/checko···ickbuy=1
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SvS
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Germany
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said by danny9 :Very comparable to and lower in price then alot of the av and suite programs out there. And the same as a 2-year subscription for NAV2006. So, one may choose a different AV for various reasons, maybe NAV is bloated, hard to uninstall, does not detect every and all threats out there, Symantecs support is lousy (it indeed is) or one does not like the fact that the serial number has to be validated online etc. All valid reasons to change but I seriously don't understand the discussions about the price  |
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danny9
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| I agree with you about Nav. as to what you were saying. Gave it up myself several yrs. ago for those very reasons.
You have a point though about the discussions on price. Maybe we were just trying to show that the main av's are comparable in price.
There are many misconceptions that certain products are alot more expensive then others which has been shown to be untrue.
Back to the topic at hand.
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