Anti-Virus

[Papi Chulo]

Which one is the best??

Norton360

Kaspersky

or

NOD32

I currently use Norton SystemWorks Premiere 2005 & am considering updating, but am not sure which would provide the best protection

 

[Gentle Ben]

I like Trend Micros PC Cillan myself, been using it for 7 yrs and no problem
Its been recently highly rated by Consumer reports I think it was

 

[WoodPeckr]

Trend Micro PC Cillin, Number 1 This Year

Correct, Trend Micro PC Cillin was rated #1 this year by Consumer Reports.
After reading the reviews they all rank good only being separated by a few points.
Used to use Norton.
Now I use Avast and it does the job. Have had no problems using either McAfee, Norton or now Avast over the years.

 

[Grind]

NOD32 is very good.. not resource hungry.. straightforward protection.

 

[calloway]

Had them all.. but Avast is the best and there's a free version to boot.

 

[basketcase]

I run Avast (free version), Norton 2006 and Kaspersky. ...

All on the same computer?

 

[WoodPeckr]

Can you seamlessly run more than one AV program on a PC without problems? I've never tried.

Not recommended as they may conflict with each other.

 

[basketcase]

...
Actually I have bit of a museum in the basement; Commodore 64, Atari, Sinclair, Apple II (clone), Apple Lisa, Apple MAC, an old Tandy TRS-80 and a bunch of clones. I think they may all still work. Not to mention virtually every generation of processor 8080, 8088, 80386, P2, P3, P4 .....

What, no 486? Are you a pack rat or is this your retirement plan?

 

[speedball]

I been using AVG for several years. It works great and it is free.

 

[basketcase]

Give it another 30 years, who knows.

 

[Horney_Senior]

Trend-Micro

I've been using Trend Micro's PC-Cillin product for years. No problems at all and never had a virus it couldn't detect. The new version comes in a three pack (you can use it on 3 computers) and you can get 1, 2 or 3 year subscriptions.

 

[osanowo]

PC-Cillin looks good indeed.

I have been using kaspersky for years as it has always been among if not the best anti-virus. Is still remains on the podium imho.

As for Norton it is by far the one I'd avoid. It takes too much memory, has a very low interception rate, and is a nightmare to uninstall.

 

[pjoe43]

I have been using AVG for years also with no problems.

 

[xdog]

I've always been a fan of pc-cillin. Bought a new system and tried System Mechanic. no probs yet and its simple to use. In the past, I had too many probs with Norton and Mcafee so I avoid them.

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[Incall]

never mind looking for just an antivirus. Get a good total security product that does it all.

 

[Horney_Senior]

never mind looking for just an antivirus. Get a good total security product that does it all.

Yes, but ---

Most of the new products like PC-Cillin offer full security, including scanning for phishing, spyware, etc.

However, it seems that all products do not catch all problems. Alongside PC-Cillin I'm also running AdAware Alert. Each product catches something the other one missed.

 

[Meister]

Who thinks that some viruses are created by the AV progam creators themselves? That would be terribly evil.

 

[Gentle Ben]

Who thinks that some viruses are created by the AV progam creators themselves? That would be terribly evil.

Not likely, but I wouldnt be suprised that some of the free adware programs do that, to get you thinking the product is so good, you should by the damn thing!