Security → NOD32 stand alone AV?

Is NOD32 a good stand alone AV, from what i have read it is known for its light footprints and low CPU usage, but can it hold up on its own, or should it be used in syncwith another AV or firewall?

To bigyeah from FF again!

In my mind ANY av isn't enough with alone. Use F-Prot as your backup av if you want a low resource av with wider detecting rate than NOD has.

DrWeb is also a low impacted av, but after that I don't recommed NOD at all, best backup is eXtendia if that has no conflicts with DrWeb in your PC. Overall detecting rate with DrWeb is larger than NOD's and it has a bit better unpacking capabilities.

Best regards,
FF again!

Although trojan detection has improved dramatically of late, most people would recommend using an Antitrojan program alongside NOD as part of a layered defense. One of the big 3- BOClean, Trojan Hunter, TDS-3- would be the best choice.

Perfectly adequate as the only AV on your computer if you practise safe-hex and safe-surfing.

I think running a firewall is a must. Many advocate the layered approach and would run an AT program along with NOD32. Also, may use an on-demand AV scanner as a supplement to their AV Resident scanner. It comes down to personal choice, whatever you feel comfortable with is the way you should go

Well im not worried about myself im worried about my parents who have no clue what there doing and if something gets too complicated i get yelled at , so i got them NOD32 cuz they dont have the greatest box in the world and setup everything for them and was just wondering if i can leave it now and not worry about it with too many programs running, so if another AV would be better for someone who will never touch it and forget it then please tell me.

I use NOD32 v2.0 with ZoneAlarm Pro and have TrojanHunter running in the background. Aside from one recent false positive (recent Nero update), I've been very impressed by NOD32. My Windows XP Pro system has a very nimble feel that was missing when using more complex antivirus applications.

One caution regarding NOD32 is that filtering software such as Cyber Patrol cannot be used while NOD32's IMON module is running. Both apps compete for WinSock control.

I only use a AV, is this bad, ive never had a problem with virus's/trojans before, should ii consider getting trojan protection or only get it under a certain circumstance?

So long as you're a safe internet browser and don't just download anything and everything having one AV shouldn't be too big of a problem. It is still good to have a backup however, use only one as real-time though and the other as on-demand. You can get a free on-demand scanner from here »www.mwti.net/antivirus/f ··· ties.asp it uses the Kaspersky engine (4.5 I believe) and has a great database, also no installation required just unsip to a folder and run it.

An anti-trojan is always a good investment as many of the AV's don't always have as wide a range of trojan detection as dedicated anti-trojans. I personally don't use any real-time AT programs, I run them all on-demand. If you're looking to get one then you should check out something like TrojanHunter, TDS-3, BOClean all of which are good AT's. Here is a free on-demand one you can get also »www.emsisoft.com/en/ it's good to scan with in additino to your AV scans.

Might want to have your folks read this FAQ:

»Security »How to Secure (and Keep Secure) My (New) Computer(s): A Layered Approach:

Depends upon a number of factors;

1. Your AV - some AV's, e.g. KAV, McAfee and Dr Web are very good detectors of viruses AND trojans, so if using one of these programs, together with a firewall, an AT probably is not needed for additional protection.

2. Your surfing habits - if you do not use P2P or visit porno sites etc, your chances of picking up a trojan are slim. If however, you do not practise safe surfing, an additional AT is highly recommended.

However, irrespective of your AV or surfing habits some people would suggest an additional AT as part of a layered defense. Overall the choice is up to you.

thnx guys, ill give those free scanners a try.

f-prot is a terrible scanner imho. for a backup use kaspersky.

does KAV have a free on-demand scanner?

I don't believe KAV themselves offer a free scanner but the on-demand scanner from Microworld uses the same engine as KAV and database. I have a program a member here wrote a while back to update it daily from the Kaspersky website so it could be updated with the newest files without having to redownload the entire program, it would also update the program from Microworld if there was an update.

said by habya:

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You can get a free on-demand scanner from here »www.mwti.net/antivirus/f ··· ties.asp it uses the Kaspersky engine (4.5 I believe) and has a great database, also no installation required just unsip to a folder and run it.

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I just searched the previous posts, and it sounds good. The only drawback I saw was that it has no selectable options for what to do when it finds a virus, so it seems to either delete it or rename it. I would backup first (if it had a FP on a file it could delete it). Here was the info on doing a daily update: »forum.avast.com/index.ph ··· did=1349.

So, off I go to backup before trying it.

I had NOD for awhile on my system. I could never get it to work correctly. I guess conflicts with other software or something. I removed it and went with PC-Cillin Internet security. Works great for me.

I use NOD32,it seems to do the job..I always get a second opinion no matter what one I use..None are perfect,but I have no slows downs with NOD32...There are better,but sometimes better means slowing your machine down..Whatever you do,don't get this eXtendia ,you will think your on dial-up..

I dropped NOD32 a couple months ago because it let several trojans into my machines. Frankly, I don't trust the product anymore. I removed it, and moved to eXtendia AVK which only uses 9,000k of ram and gives me double engine protection. (KAV+RAV)

If you HAVE to use NOD32, I'd back it up with PrevX, which is extremely light, to shore up your Worm/Trojan backend. NOD32 just doesn't cut it in that territory.

I have used NOD32 for 3 years on an active machine without a problem. I check with some of the online scanners from time to time and also F-Secure which is provided free by my ISP. So far NOD32 has provided good protection, YMMV.

The reason I don't use F-Secure all the time is because it is a bit intensive and can bog things down especially on an older machine or if you don't disable it when gaming. I leave NOD32 enabled when gaming with no noticable effect.

Stan Gunn

How do i update the data base from kaspersky for the mwav free on-demand scanner, if i extract it into a seperate folder there is an .exe for kavupd......when i double click that it opens up a cmd and starts downloading an update from kavs ftp, is this all i have to do to update the database instead of downloading the entire program again?

Also is there another free on demand scanner, because this one found a virus but didn't do anything with it, not even delete it, so if there are others out there please let me know. ALso i scanned with my primary AV nod32 and it found nothing. Think my settings are wrong for NOd32 or the mwav scanner found a false positive.

If you ran the Kavupd.exe then the database should be updated. Just check the number of signatures to be sure it is updating properly.

Which virus did it find? Sometimes it finds stuff with the extended base that isn't really a "virus" or "trojan" and will just let you know about it so you can choose what to do with it. Did it have anything beside it like "tagged as not a virus" or something like that? Everytime mine has found something with it, it either renamed it or deleted it.

Kobra007_, when you were using NOD32, did you have it set to default settings or were you using higher scan settings?

I'm asking because I'm currently in the trial period with NOD32, which I have set up following a guide at Wilderssecurity (where the official support forum is):
»www.wilderssecurity.com/ ··· ?t=37509

I think these higher settings should be the defaults. I'd be interested to know if you'd changed the settings at all when you had problems.

So far NOD32 seems pretty good to me - it's caught things, anyway - but that doesn't mean it'll catch everything. (Well, nothing will...)

pollux44

Is there any other free on-demand scanners out there besides the one listed above?

said by bigyeah:

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Is there any other free on-demand scanners out there besides the one listed above?

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You can of course try some online scanners:

BitDefender scan
McAfee.com - FreeScan
Panda ActiveScan
PC Pitstop scan
RAV AntiVirus - Scan Online
Symantec Online Scan
Trend Micro HouseCall
eTrust AV Web Scanner

But those don't install on your box in the usual sense; they use ActiveX Controls to run locally on your system -- Except, at least one of them, Trend HouseCall, has an experimental Java implementation which will run without ActiveX. You can also try evaluation versions of NOD32, Dr. Web, KAV, etc. I believe the one you refer to above is KAV-Based. HTH

This is a good on demand scanner.

»www.bitdefender.com/bd/s ··· ?p_id=24