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| Thread ID: 103786 | 2009-10-06 09:17:00 | Microsofts new Security Suited tested against Nod and Avast (shock results) | wainuitech (129) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 817464 | 2009-10-06 09:17:00 | As the title says. The test - Infected drive, cloned 3 times from the original so each drive is identical. Original drive had AVG 8.5 - totally destroyed by infections, and not working (no surprise there). Each drive attached one at a time, AVG removed, Ccleaner run, and System restore disabled, rebooted. Installed Nod32 on one drive, Microsofts New Security on another, Avast on the third, run updates, set to max scanning on all AV's and run. While installing detected and removed: Nod32 , 4 Active MS , 2 Active Avast :groan: 0 (zero / Nothing) Infections found: 1st drive - Nod32 = 48 2nd Drive - MS = 31 3rd Drive - Avast = 8 Then installed Malware bytes, and spybot S & D updated, run full scans. ( 1st MB, then Spybot) Malware bytes: 1st Drive 174 2nd Drive 176 3rd Drive 170 Spybot: 1D - 6 2D -5 3D -12 Conclusions: Clearly Nod detected the most and cleaned. MS not a bad job for a new product. Avast -- Time to play catch up. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 817465 | 2009-10-06 09:26:00 | Well it's a good start alright for ms Iam a fan of Nod 32 myself, it's what I use and try and sell to customers with a new pc. Avast - disappointing. Would have been good if you did a scan with norton as well, (can't stand it) but would like to have seen the results. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 817466 | 2009-10-06 09:26:00 | so you would prefer Nod to the MS AV at this point? | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 817467 | 2009-10-06 09:27:00 | Had MSE installed on the other PC. It slowed the system down. And it looked like it was conflicting or stuffing rocketdock up (rocketdock had trouble/probs loading, and it took longer to boot, when MSE was installed). There were no other AV / or antispyware program running on startup. So removed it, and the boot time is back to normal (with Avast reinstalled) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 817468 | 2009-10-06 09:35:00 | so would you say its your new choice for free AV? | plod (107) | ||
| 817469 | 2009-10-06 09:42:00 | so would you say its your new choice for free AV? Well to say I was shocked:eek: at what avast didn't detect is an understatement. I'm going to remove avast , and put Nod onto the drive, and see what it picks up - ( tomorrow if I have the time) As soon as I get another infected drive, and have the time, I'll retest again. BUT I must admit, Microsoft appear to have a good product this time considering its free. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 817470 | 2009-10-06 17:57:00 | :thanks for taking the time to do a real world test and posting the result here, might look at putting the MS on on my Win7 box as its still running the RC at the moment and give it a try out | gary67 (56) | ||
| 817471 | 2009-10-06 18:37:00 | Then installed Malware bytes, and spybot S & D updated, run full scans. ( 1st MB, then Spybot) Malware bytes: 1st Drive 174 2nd Drive 176 3rd Drive 170 Spybot: 1D - 6 2D -5 3D -12 Hmmm. Now why the variation with 3 identical drives??? So replacing Avast with MS huh. Does it co-exist happily with Spybot and MB? Guess so, you had them all on at the same time right? What else does it want? SP2 or SP3 on XP? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 817472 | 2009-10-06 18:58:00 | I'm assuming the difference with Malware bytes / Spybot is because the Antivirus took out objects while doing its scan. The original OS was XP home with SP2. The person didn't want to pay for Nod32 - so The fresh install (the infections really screwed up the OS) Now has XP Home SP3, Spyware terminator, Malware Bytes and Spybot & MS Security, all appear to "Play Nice together". That was only 1 test - if any one else has done tests it will be good to see what results they have. Keeping in mind -the question is -- Will MS Security STOP the infections in the first place from getting there - only time will tell. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 817473 | 2009-10-06 19:38:00 | Not bas for M$ out of the box. They will probably improve. We currently use "Symantec 11.0" at work and it is a dog. And it does not play nice with Win 7, so I used Avast on the test machines. Symantec also disables "Windows Defender". Did your test have Windows Defender ? I am considering replacing Symantec 11, with Windows Defender and MSE in the future. |
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