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best antivirus acc. to u???

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Tech Geek
Tech Geek Original post #1
Oct 7, 2006 at 8:41 PM
so which one do u think is da best according to u.

vote now.
1. Norton antivirus
2. McAfee VirusScan Plus
3. Platinum Internet Security
4. PC-cillin Internet Security Suite
5. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
nithinks
Oct 7, 2006 at 9:07 PM
Avast! No option at all!!!
azzu
azzu #3
Oct 7, 2006 at 9:18 PM
HEY weres AVG?
ssk_the_gr8
Oct 7, 2006 at 9:26 PM
ya man wheres AVG
& yaar this antivirus thing has been done a number of times
prasad_den
Oct 7, 2006 at 11:42 PM
KAV..at least for now..!! :D :D
Kiran.dks
Oct 7, 2006 at 11:49 PM
I rate avast! most. But no option in the poll?? Strange..
Norton in the poll...pure crap!!!
adit_sen
Oct 7, 2006 at 11:58 PM
Havent we had this same discussion over and over and over again in the forum?
shivkumar
Oct 8, 2006 at 12:50 AM
Where is Active Virus Shield?
Well, I' ll go 4 KAV in the poll
anandk
anandk #9
Oct 8, 2006 at 10:36 AM
kav.
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #10
Oct 8, 2006 at 11:20 AM
ssk429 said:
ya man wheres AVG
& yaar this antivirus thing has been done a number of times

Hey! AVG is not efficient against Trojans! I was using it before. I installed avast! now. During scan, many Trojans were found! AVG has got one more big bug. During a full scan, if it comes across any corrupted file, it stops at that point and says 'Scan Complete!'. This is a major flaw. It becomes easy for hackers. Just use a corrupted file and inject a virus!
royal
royal #11
Oct 8, 2006 at 1:47 PM
Should have included AVG, Avast, Nod32 as well...:)
ssk_the_gr8
Oct 8, 2006 at 6:48 PM
kiran.rkk said:
Hey! AVG is not efficient against Trojans! I was using it before. I installed avast! now. During scan, many Trojans were found! AVG has got one more big bug. During a full scan, if it comes across any corrupted file, it stops at that point and says 'Scan Complete!'. This is a major flaw. It becomes easy for hackers. Just use a corrupted file and inject a virus!
use avg 7.5 beta all these problems are solved
it even scans for spyware
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #13
Oct 9, 2006 at 2:35 PM
ssk429 said:
use avg 7.5 beta all these problems are solved
it even scans for spyware

If you have a free full functional avast!, then why should one go for a beta version? avast! is much better than AVG in detection rates. It's VRBD is simply great. On-Access scanner is very strong which includes Network shield and Web shield too. Regarding AVG's Spware scanning abilities, I am not sure how efficient it is. I would still consider a full fledge spware software like Counter Spy or Windows Defender than taking risk with combined version AVG 7.5 which you are recommending.
satyamy
satyamy #14
Oct 9, 2006 at 3:53 PM
which one is good
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0
Kaspersky Personal Security Suite............?
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #15
Oct 9, 2006 at 8:05 PM
satyamy said:
which one is good
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0
Kaspersky Personal Security Suite............?

Kaspersky Personal Security Suite i think so.
R
Oct 9, 2006 at 10:14 PM
kaspersky rox... its just the best
M
magnet #17
Oct 9, 2006 at 10:38 PM
avg /avast any time...kaspersky sometimes cause lot of intereference with firewalls
busyanuj
busyanuj #18
Oct 10, 2006 at 12:24 PM
Kaspersky 6, anytime.
samrulez
samrulez #19
Oct 10, 2006 at 1:10 PM
Kaspersky is good....but NOD32 is better coz its much resource friendly....and i feel the protection offered by NOD32 is more than enough! ;)
ssk_the_gr8
Oct 10, 2006 at 2:49 PM
kiran.rkk said:
If you have a free full functional avast!, then why should one go for a beta version? avast! is much better than AVG in detection rates. It's VRBD is simply great. On-Access scanner is very strong which includes Network shield and Web shield too. Regarding AVG's Spware scanning abilities, I am not sure how efficient it is. I would still consider a full fledge spware software like Counter Spy or Windows Defender than taking risk with combined version AVG 7.5 which you are recommending.

hey kiran
im not talking only abt avg free(antivirus) ,im talkin abt grisoft's avg 7.5 internet security suite
avg 7.5 has been released officially
its no more a beta & it is a complete product
grisoft has bought ewido therefore it is usin ewido's expertise in its
anti-spyware & it is very good
so now it can be bought
i liked the beta though
__________
heres a link kiran
it is a comparison of antivirus products by pc world in jan
all free antivirus avg,avast were compared(even paid antivirus)
i think if u can get past avg's quirky interface it
has better detection than avast

*www.pcworld.com/article/id,124490-page,1/article.html

avast came in last
read the last para abt performance tests
avg came in second last
as there were many paid antivirus
sysfilez
sysfilez #21
Oct 10, 2006 at 3:10 PM
IMO Bitdefender is the best, next in line is Kaspersky. I personally use Kaspersky.I too good and its very light on the system.
S
spiderman #22
Oct 19, 2006 at 5:28 AM
i like Avast anti virus software it is best to use and feel free all of you try once
dIgItaL_BrAt
Oct 19, 2006 at 11:40 AM
currently using the Windows OneCare pack,it's pretty good actually.
Cool G5
Cool G5 #24
Oct 19, 2006 at 11:48 AM
Avast Antivirus.Forget everything else.
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #25
Oct 19, 2006 at 5:16 PM
@ssk429: I really don't trust the reviews made by websites. There is a lot of variation in review reports of various websites. It is left for individuals to decide which is best for them. Think digit forum is the best way to discuss.
VD17
VD17 #26
Oct 19, 2006 at 5:51 PM
BitDefender
shaunak
shaunak #27
Oct 19, 2006 at 6:02 PM
I have personaly used:
>Norton 03/04
>Pc-cilin
>quickheal
>avast
>Avg
>McAfee VirusScan
>zonealarm

My rankings:
1> avast
why?: Its light, fast. Its updated regularly, Skinable neat interface. To top it all its free.
cons: Box set not available in stores. [shopkeepers keep recomending nav].

2> Norton
Pros: Powerfull. Advanced blood hound detection. Easily available. available as an entire suite.
Cons: Resource gulper, large infrequent updates.
-tie-
3>McAfee VirusScan Plus
Pros:powerfull
Cons: thinks it knows more than you. More bossy than your boss.

3>Avg
Pros: Decent with resources. Frequent updates. FREE!
Cons: Gaudy interface.

4>Zone alarm
Pros: comes bundled with probably the best firewall and a good antispyware.
Cons: irregular updates, somehow dosnt feel safe.

Pc-cilin
Use really an old version a long time ago so would be unfair to review it.

not calssified> Quickheal
One word. USELESS
M
mehulved #28
Oct 19, 2006 at 6:29 PM
This has been repeated time and over