witch anti virus?

[thecrecarc]

i decided to figure out witch antivirus to use. i made a poll. first to 12. if there is a great av that i missed just post and i will add it. the ones the poll started with are just from the top of my head. note it has to be free other than mcafee 7.0 witch i bought

 

[Schadenfroh]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...amp;keyword1=antivirus

 

[BW86]

I've been using AVG with Sygate for quite a while now and they have been great.

 

[mechBgon]

McAfee 7.0 is two generations old. Don't expect state-of-the-art protection from it, even with current antivirus definitions (if they even support it anymore).

 

[Slogun]

witch antivirus..., sounds scary.
Oh, you mean which

 

[thecrecarc]

any suggestions?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: thecrecarc
any suggestions?

use the freeware antivir, much better detection rate than AVG according to spywareinfo's trilobite's detection tests

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: thecrecarc
any suggestions?

use the freeware antivir, much better detection rate than AVG according to spywareinfo's trilobite's detection tests

I tried both antivir and avg, antivir found 6 trojans norton missed, though I couldn't stand the interface, then I tried avg, it found 2 more trojans and the interface is much more intuitive. my suggestion would be to dowload both and try them out one at a time and choose "witch" one works best for you.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Slogun
witch antivirus..., sounds scary.

:laugh:

 

[mechBgon]

by the pricking of my thumbs
something wicked this way comes...

 

[madthumbs]

What about Kaspersky, Nod32, BitDefender?

What do you want in best? All three I mention have excellent detection.

Kaspersky -Most thorough in scanning archives, but not the most stable on some machines
Nod32 -Very light footprint, but horrible gui
BitDefender - Excellent gui, large footprint, integrated firewall/spam blocker

I wasn't impressed with AVG, still trying Avast, won't touch anything from McAfee, and haven't tried Anti-vir yet.