best antivirus software?

wiwazevedo

wiwazevedo

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im SO sick of norton. but thats all i have used so i need some suggestions

ive heard of avast, avg, and kaspersky. suggestions?
 
Avast is great, but has multiple bugs and it's kinda too sensible on copies you know , I would get Nod32, U have it and my friends and it's far the best.
 
Why are you sick of Norton? I tried others, including AVG, I went back with norton, I like it alot. I know some internet providers use Norton, I (as well as a few others I know) was'nt happy with it at all because boot up took FOREVER and overall performance suffered as well. I'm useing norton 08 now and I can't even tell its there, everything seems as fast as running no anti-virus at all.
 
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whatthehuh said:
Why are you sick of Norton? I tried others, including AVG, I went back with norton, I like it alot. I know some internet providers use Norton, I (as well as a few others I know) was'nt happy with it at all because boot up took FOREVER and overall performance suffered as well. I'm useing norton 08 now and I can't even tell its there, everything seems as fast as running no anti-virus at all.
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Lol! I know a few people, they used Norton Antivirus, they have never found any virus, or they found 1-2. Then some problems began, they were slightly concirned, and they got Nod32 or AVG and boom!! damn they found 40 viruses!!
The best antivirus IS NOT the one which doesn't find any virus; the one which finds them all.
Nod32!​
 
GameMaster said:
Lol! I know a few people, they used Norton Antivirus, they have never found any virus, or they found 1-2. Then some problems began, they were slightly concirned, and they got Nod32 or AVG and boom!! damn they found 40 viruses!!
The best antivirus IS NOT the one which doesn't find any virus; the one which finds them all.
Nod32!​
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Ditto for me when I was useing AVG. AVG missed viruses Norton later picked up and cured my systems ales. Not to mention AVG made my system come to a crawl. Search out my slow performance thread.
 
Nod-32. Hands down is the best IMO. Really easy on the system, picks up everything. Oh yeah and I hate Norton's.
 
I use Avast and I've never had an issue with my PC... it finds more than other AVs I have used in the past; i.e. Norton, AVG and PC Cillin... AVG was good but I prefer Avast because it tends to pick up more

For those of you who say Norton is the best, you must be insane. I think Norton is a virus in itself and I was stupid enough to once unleash it upon my own PC. Avast is by far the best one I have used in terms of how much it picks up and its quite user friendly

I have heard Kaspersky, BitDefender and Nod32 are all quality AVs but I've never had a problem with my PC and until or if I ever do, I'll then consider a change but for now I'm happy with Avast
 
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I think alot of people hate Norton cause you actually have to pay for it. The freebies always seem to get the nod :rolleyes: Of the 4-5 free ones I've tried sucked a$$ and I got fed up with trying them. To each is own I guess.
 
I think a lot of people hate norton because they make waayyy too much money for what they deserve.......

In my opinion, the best paid AV's: NOD32 (better for advanced users), Kaspersky, Bitdefender (careful with the last one, trial gave me a few false positives)

Best free: Avast, AVG, Avira Antivir, Clamwin

Each category is roughly in order from best to less good (but still better than the ones not named at all).

I stay away from complete security suites, they just hog resources. And I don't like the really big mainstream ones, I've had bad experiences with McAfee and Norton (for example) not detecting a lot of stuff, which most free ones did detect...

But really there's no easy black/white answer: some are better at detecting by signature, others make up for it in heuristic scanning, yet others are better at scanning inside compressed files, others yet again are better at detecting stuff that's not active (ie in hiding, not running), some don't pick up on rootkits at all, some take up lots of your pc's resources etc, etc, etc....

Best tip is to read lots of reviews!

http://www.pcmag.com/
http://www.pcworld.com/

but even better: http://www.av-test.org/ (An independent organization which tests antivirus programs. This is where most AV reviews get their info from!)
 
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