Going to try some different AV software

[daniel49]

Am presently using Kapersky and am not unhappy with it.
But a high renewel fee has me thinking about trying a couple others, I have not tried yet.
If you own these two standalone AV tell me what you think of them.

 

[balloonshark]

May I suggest you give Avira AntiVir Premium a try. It has excellent detection rates.

Why aren't you happy with Kaspersky?

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: balloonshark
May I suggest you give Avira AntiVir Premium a try. It has excellent detection rates.

Why aren't you happy with Kaspersky?

Its ok.


pros:

>Good detection rate overall although one malware got by and several false posatives.
>footprint moderate wouldn't say light but better then some others I have tried.
cons:

>high renewal rate, they just sent me a notice with a 45.00 pricetag which is higher then the 40.00 brand new tag.
>updating it seems to always sit there trying to connect to server for 2-3 minutes on startup then finally updates really slowly. while its doing that everything else is static.
>scan is slow

 

[UsandThem]

I've never used Nod, however I tried Bitdefender around a year ago after reading positive reviews about its detection rate. I installed it on my desktop and laptop (both run Vista).
I noticed it really slowed down both machines, and had many little bugs (maybe they have been patched by now). The support was the worst thing about Bitdefender as their forums were not really helpful and it seemed that many people were having the same problem.

I have been using Norton IS now for the past six months and I have been happy with it. I switched from Kaspersky, and I have liked Norton's latest offering better than Kaspersky (which I was happy with as well).

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: UsandThem
I've never used Nod, however I tried Bitdefender around a year ago after reading positive reviews about its detection rate. I installed it on my desktop and laptop (both run Vista).
I noticed it really slowed down both machines, and had many little bugs (maybe they have been patched by now). The support was the worst thing about Bitdefender as their forums were not really helpful and it seemed that many people were having the same problem.

I have been using Norton IS now for the past six months and I have been happy with it. I switched from Kaspersky, and I have liked Norton's latest offering better than Kaspersky (which I was happy with as well).

yeah read some reviews about vist and nod not getting along. still running xp though.Sounds like windows 7 will come out before I get around to vista.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Nod32 is really good. I also like Kaspersky and Avira

 

[balloonshark]

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: balloonshark
May I suggest you give Avira AntiVir Premium a try. It has excellent detection rates.

Why aren't you happy with Kaspersky?

Its ok.

pros:

>Good detection rate overall although one malware got by and several false posatives.
>footprint moderate wouldn't say light but better then some others I have tried.
cons:

>high renewal rate, they just sent me a notice with a 45.00 pricetag which is higher then the 40.00 brand new tag.
>updating it seems to always sit there trying to connect to server for 2-3 minutes on startup then finally updates really slowly. while its doing that everything else is static.
>scan is slow

Thanks. I was curious as Kaspersky seems popular. As far as your AV missing something, it's going to happen from time to time. False positives are also fun but now I assume anything detected is a FP.

It's best not to rely only on a black list scanner like an anti-virus or anti-spyware. There are other ways to protect yourself but it all depends on your habits and your willingness to learn/adapt.

FWIW, I think Avira Antivir Premium is $27. It also has a free version with a little spyware detection included. I've used both versions. I also like Avast as a free version as it's the most complete free version and is stable as a rock.

 

[Sam25]

I was using McAfee before and switched to Nod32 recently. Been totally happy with it, McAfee was slowing down my system a lot but with this it's been great so far. Also, I believe detection rates are better with Nod32 than McAfee...not sure though.

 

[Net]

why not just use the free version of Avira

 

[pugh]

vista64 and nod32 for the 64bit has been running flawless on my systems for quite a while now.

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: net
why not just use the free version of Avira

I suppose because I half believe that you get what you pay for. And although I haven't tried Avira I have spent some time cleaning up other peoples machines that had free AV software on it.
Although I would use it in a pinch as opposed to nothing.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: net
why not just use the free version of Avira

I suppose because I half believe that you get what you pay for. And although I haven't tried Avira I have spent some time cleaning up other peoples machines that had free AV software on it.
Although I would use it in a pinch as opposed to nothing.

It has some of the highest detection rates in the industry. There aren't too many you can pay for that are better, and they aren't better by much.

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: net
why not just use the free version of Avira

I suppose because I half believe that you get what you pay for. And although I haven't tried Avira I have spent some time cleaning up other peoples machines that had free AV software on it.
Although I would use it in a pinch as opposed to nothing.

It has some of the highest detection rates in the industry. There aren't too many you can pay for that are better, and they aren't better by much.

reviews , peoples main gripes seem to be lack of good email protection (ie.. doesn't scan at retrivial but once on your harddrive) , slow and sometimes broken updates for a couple of days, and a nagscrren everytime you update.
I know, I would hate the nagscreen.
shrug... sounds better then AVG though.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: daniel49

reviews , peoples main gripes seem to be lack of good email protection (ie.. doesn't scan at retrivial but once on your harddrive) , slow and sometimes broken updates for a couple of days, and a nagscrren everytime you update.
I know, I would hate the nagscreen.
shrug... sounds better then AVG though.

Email I don't consider a problem, as long as it catches the virus.

Update is a little pokey. I've never had it outright fail, but it can take a little time to connect(sub minute). The pay for version is supposed to use better update servers. I don't know, as I haven't used the pay for product.

The nagscreen can be disabled. It depends on your point of view about the whole thing. One school of thought says to leave it, as you're getting a free A/V, and the manufacturer wants it there(I lean towards this thinking). The other school says I already know about your products, and I don't have any intention of buying them(reasonable thinking imo)

 

[videogames101]

Nod32 has excellent detection rates, and it has no noticeable slowdown on my system. It's actually written in assembly, making it pretty much the fastest and most lightweight AV software you can buy.

 

[BriGy86]

I use AVG right now. but in the past I've tried Norton, Trend Micro, and Kaspersky. Out of all the 3 I liked trend micro the best. it was cheaper than most, less bloated, and sat in the system tray and did it's job and didn't bug you about trivial things. I should also mention that the rebate in the box also applies if you're switching from Norton or McAfee to Trend Micro. And the one time I got a rebate rejection from them I called and it was cleared up in 5 min.

Trend micro also has a free online scanner called housecall.

I would also suggest using Firefox as your main browser with the noscript add-on, as well as making your main account a simple user account rather than doing everything under an admin account.