wana purchase antivirus (Kaspersky or Bit Defender)

I want to purchase antivirus, shortlisted bitdefender and kaspersky.Which one is the the best among two.Also should i buy it online or through retailer.
Where to get in Nehru Place(give me address if possible)

Go for kaspersky, It's highly configurable, very advanced, and will be worth the money, and just purchase it online you'll get the right price.

If u r a home user I will suggest u to opt free Avast. For corporate PC Kaspersky is better

nishant_nms said:
If u r a home user I will suggest u to opt free Avast. For corporate PC Kaspersky is better

I want it for my home pc but i do t think avast is a good av

I have been using it for 3 years and never got any infection and my pc is 24x7 on net and I use Comodo firewall too.

nishant_nms said:
I have been using it for 3 years and never got any infection and my pc is 24x7 on net and I use Comodo firewall too.

Viruses are over hyped. Each & every virus out there requirs a user's action to install. Just use something like noScript for firefox if thats your default browser or Ad muncher with some common sence on what you are clicking & you don't need an AV.

Still, if you want one anyway, then here are two options to buy.

1) No nsence & idiot proof AV with 512MB RAM or more - NAV 2007. Just install & forget it.

2) Kaspersky - A light on CPU & RAM AV, but requires frequent user interaction. Sometimes it will slow your computer like hell just cos it is scaning something in the background even when you don't want it to scan

I had got many virsues in emails and even from sites but they were detected and sucessfully deleted by avast

gx_saurav said:
2) Kaspersky - A light on CPU & RAM AV, but requires frequent user interaction. Sometimes it will slow your computer like hell just cos it is scaning something in the background even when you don't want it to scan

I'd like to interrupt u here, but it's highly configurable , and If u configure it properly, it will not trouble u, and definitely not scan when u dont want it to, the level of security it provides is astounding.

If you are going to buy it I suggest NOD32. Its extremely light on resources and very good detection rate and has the best heuristic scanner available (according to tests). Use the trial version for 30 days and then decide.

ya why don't u test all these av for a month and then decide what's best for u

go for kaspersky.... if is simple and effective...very well for anti-piracy...

also scan some virus files through virustotal.com

and get idea....

Buy It online
And before u make any final decision see this page
*anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

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I will say you use quick heal (if you install windows frequently). It is good and very effective. It's your choice what you want to buy but qh is best. Other av's are also good. Buy through retailer as on online anyone could track your credit card number.

when testing Kaspersky AV, dont just un-install it as usual as you'd with other AV's (NAV too an exception),

, download the "KAV/KIS Remove" tool from kaspersky labs website :wink:

, or be ready with Windows Install Disk

IMO get KAV or KIS & use ZoneAlarm Free (as firewall).

as Kniwor said, KIS/KAV are highly configurable.

just a example
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Office Guard = = = = Application Activity Analyser

i used to keep the "Auto Scan Critical Areas" enabled, (GX's case), but disabled it as dont visit much of crack sites nowadays

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cheaper method Online or offline ?????

Kaspersky is the best antivirus..I have ever used !!!

No slow up of the computer ..and EXCELLENT ..virus scan technology...install it and sit back and surf net..without any worry..

gx_saurav said:
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2) Kaspersky - A light on CPU & RAM AV, but requires frequent user interaction. Sometimes it will slow your computer like hell just cos it is scaning something in the background even when you don't want it to scan

this is one reason why I don't like Kaspersky. It has a mind of its own. And often in the startup, it interferes with other Programs. But, once loaded, it works great. Another reason I didn't like it was the uninstallation problem. I didn't know about the problem. I simply uninstalled it and with it my 80 GB of data said bye-bye to me and went away

Since then, I am using Bitdefender. And I have found that.its pretty better than Kaspersky and cleans viruses much faster than KAV. Only one con I found is that it use a bit more Ram than KAV.

See the review from Topten reviews.com

^in post#14, i've mentioned that one should'nt just remove it from "add/remove prog" menu/ progm. menu ->uninstall.

while removing they should use the ".KIS/KAV remove tool"

so guys having KIS/KAV please take note of this problem.
the unisnstalling is very messy in KAV/KIS

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us e bitdefender--the best--i dont why u people dont give a try to bitdefender-

abhijangda said:
I will say you use quick heal (if you install windows frequently). It is good and very effective. It's your choice what you want to buy but qh is best. Other av's are also good. Buy through retailer as on online anyone could track your credit card number.

I presonally would discourage anyone from buying quick heal. I wouldnt install it even if they were dishing it out free!

Better use avast, avg, winclam instead and save a few bucks.

A good or rather better option is Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite...*www.zonealarm.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US〈=en&lid=db_trial
OR Try all the antivirus softwares within its trial period and better judge urself dude

TRY the trials first

Go for Kasperasky

I am happy with my ZOne alarm security...top notch...no problems from it till now...

Zone alarm is gud tooo....but on many occasion I have found that its realtime scanning is not up to the mark...many spywares and viruses creep in and carry on their activitis when Zone Alarm is in the background.... But, it has got one of the best firewalls

kirangp said:
I am happy with my ZOne alarm security...top notch...no problems from it till now...

Z|A has good security, I used it for a long time, but it's configuration options suck, and it has conflicts too very often.

kaspersky....
my vote goes with it ..

well some one with avg ???

AVG free? then i support it fully.

i just un-installed AVG & installed KAV in my cousin bro's lappy, guess what, KAV found NOTHING in full system scan.

but when i had installed AVG (as a replacement for AVAST), it had found 100+ virus/trojan...(my cousin doesnt browse warez sites, all these came frm cell phone, mail(thunderbird)., which Avast didnt detect))

s18000rpm said:
AVG free? then i support it fully.

i just un-installed AVG & installed KAV in my cousin bro's lappy, guess what, KAV found NOTHING in full system scan.

but when i had installed AVG (as a replacement for AVAST), it had found 100+ virus/trojan...(my cousin doesnt browse warez sites, all these came frm cell phone, mail(thunderbird)., which Avast didnt detect))

I didn't get the point here, this only proves that avast was not doing the job, why should a AV find virus first time it is installed after another is uninstalled?

Go for avast pro. its good. u can also use the free one

Kniwor said:
I didn't get the point here, this only proves that avast was not doing the job,

yes, Avast didnt match the performance AVG gives, ( my cousin used the Avast for nearly 1month, AVG for more than 1.5 years, so...)

why should a AV find virus first time it is installed after another is uninstalled?

btw if i (we) dont scan the whole system after a fresh install of any AV, then the "File Access" time increases (b'coz for the AV every file is a new file, which it scans while opening). so in the process of Full System scan Virus/trojan may/maynot be found. (in my case, AVG found a lots of 'em)

The Unknown said:
Go for avast pro. its good. u can also use the free one

why waste money on avast pro go for kasperasky way better than avast
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s18000rpm said:
yes, Avast didnt match the performance AVG gives, ( my cousin used the Avast for nearly 1month, AVG for more than 1.5 years, so...)

btw if i (we) dont scan the whole system after a fresh install of any AV, then the "File Access" time increases (b'coz for the AV every file is a new file, which it scans while opening). so in the process of Full System scan Virus/trojan may/maynot be found. (in my case, AVG found a lots of 'em)

i've been using AVG for 6 years & never had problems
& people still keep recommending avast.i dont get it.
now i have been proved right again!!! *img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/sealx/icons_smilies/face-laugh.png

yeah, AVG is way better than Avast. (atleast in my case

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Avast is a "All Show - No Go" (its funky skins...) but AVG is "NO Show - All Go" AV

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shaunak said:
I presonally would discourage anyone from buying quick heal. I wouldnt install it even if they were dishing it out free!

Better use avast, avg, winclam instead and save a few bucks.

I Agree.....
QuickHeal Sux....

Anyways, what do you think about McAfee?? I think it is the best one out there and its price is also resonable, isnt it??

Anyways hope these links help:
*www.pricegrabber.com/p__Kaspersky_Lab_Anti_Virus_6_0,__9126300/
*www.pricegrabber.com/search.php?form_keyword=McAfee&topcat_id=6&Search=Search

I personally think you shud waste no money in AVs for home use.... use Anti-vir or some other free AVs with a good firewall like Kerio or ZoneAlarm free edition... You'd want to check this out too:

*news.softpedia.com/news/Stop-Viruses-For-Free-37956.shtml

i cant understand how can ppl say kav or kis is nt gud, well i use net like hell n i nvr get infectd,im using kaspersky internet security 6.its much above the rest.
in my opinion, kaspersky>nod32>bitdefender

kaspersky n nod32 have uncomparable detection rates while scanning is gud in bit def(btr heuristics)

n did sum1 suggested quick heal n mcafee.....!!!!!

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better go for nod32

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well i'll say that the author of this thread has made a pretty wise narrow down to two AV packages.: Kaspersky and bitdefender.

i have tried many AV packages over the yrs.. till date.....AVG, avast, norton, bitdefender,kaspersky,zonealarm.

in decreasing order of my preference.
bitdefender=kaspersky
zonealarm=norton
avast
avg

if you want to go with a free package then avast would be a good choice.
but in comparison with paid AV packages they are far behind.

someone said in this forum "dont buy Quickheal even if you get it free" is totally valid.

well i 've rated zonealarm=norton , but there's a huge diff bet the two....as zonealarm requires lots of user interaction and highly configurable while noton is no nonsense no interaction (less configurable), but the over all performance in detecting and treating visures and trojans and all is equal. and both perform pretty well....only jus that noton takes up much more of RAM as compared to others.

till date kaspersky and bit defender were the best in performance very less system load. one major advantage of kaspersky is very frequent updates almost every 2 hrs. which is really commendable. because a new virus(based on new algorithm) on the block will be detected only using the heuristic capabilities of the AV suite....with frequent updates, the AV package knows of the new virus in advance ....

i'll recomend using a complete suite having antivirus and a firewall....because using an antivirus and firewall and maybe spyware separately is jus adding on to the load of the system in terms of RAM.
and also disable the windows firewall if you plan to use another firewall.

never install two antivirus or 2 firewall in the system....it will slow down the system and take up lots of processing and memory resources.

well i must thank s18000RPM for informing me abt the uninstalling problem in kaspersky.....never uninstalled it since installing ..... have only been installing it jusa fter a format....lol.

hope this info helps you...

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CadCrazy said:
I want to purchase antivirus, shortlisted bitdefender and kaspersky.Which one is the the best among two.Also should i buy it online or through retailer.
Where to get in Nehru Place(give me address if possible)

contact me i can get bit defender and kaspersky for you (3 PC/1 Year)