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| Thread ID: 87525 | 2008-02-25 02:07:00 | Which Antivirus App?? | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 643288 | 2008-02-25 02:07:00 | What's the latest & greatest guys? I'm running Kaspersky, and really like it, but I see in the new PC World tests, Norton took 1st place overall. I'm on XP Pro, but Vista compatibility is a biggie for a lot of people, especially with SP1 coming out! What do you use? :) |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 643289 | 2008-02-25 02:12:00 | Eset/Nod32 kicks all other A/V software's arses. I love it. Nortons, McAffee and PC-Cillin are probably the worst. Haven't used Kaspersky, it got good reviews, but so did nortons, so I don't trust any A/V reviews anymore. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 643290 | 2008-02-25 02:27:00 | Norton does the job that it is intended for (that's probably why it does well in AV tests) !!BUT!! it also slows your machine down to 386 speed and usually causea all sorts of other problems like crashing, PC not shuting down etc etc. NOD32 FTW! |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 643291 | 2008-02-25 02:28:00 | Norton does the job that it is intended for (that's probably why it does well in AV tests) !!BUT!! it also slows your machine down to 386 speed and usually causea all sorts of other problems like crashing, PC not shuting down etc etc. NOD32 FTW! And it takes over Windows Update and tells you your PC is at risk if you haven't got the latest updates. AT RISK!!!!!!! ******s. :lol: :lol: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 643292 | 2008-02-25 02:41:00 | Eset/Nod32 kicks all other A/V software's arses . I love it . It must be hard to judge the effectiveness of these apps, because I recall an Antivirus 'shootout' late last year (I think) in PC User that placed NOD32 near the bottom of the list in terms of detection and removal . . . . . yet I've heard really good things about it from a few other guys in the industry, as well as your good selves! I always steered away from NAV, because it was so bloaty, but I hear the latest version runs pretty lean? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 643293 | 2008-02-25 02:44:00 | I always steered away from NAV, because it was so bloaty, but I hear the latest version runs pretty lean? To be fair, it is a lot better that 2006 and 2007, but compared to Nod32, AVG, Kaspersky, etc, it is still extremely bloated. I was under the impression Nod32 has one of the best detection ratings of any AV software, I use it on a daily basis, and it is constantly picking up viruses etc that other AV software leaves behind or doesn't pick up at all, mainly Norton, AVG and Avast, although Avast is the better of the three. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 643294 | 2008-02-25 02:44:00 | Avast Home Edition. It's free and does a great job. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 643295 | 2008-02-25 03:15:00 | I run Nortons AV 2008 without any of the above mentioned problems. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 643296 | 2008-02-25 03:18:00 | I run Nortons AV 2008 without any of the above mentioned problems. :) How new is your computer? :lol: |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 643297 | 2008-02-25 03:32:00 | NOD32 is good, I use it. Kapersky is good too though. Nortons is a resource hog and some nasty habits, like taking Windows with it if/when it crashes. And it can resist uninstalling which is why Symantec had to provide a special removal tool. Trev is one of those that hasn't come across these features yet. |
pctek (84) | ||
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