before this i'd used Norton for almost 3 years, switched to Kaspersky in August 04 and haven't looked back...

i use NOD32. quite light and very fast in scanning. and the detection rate is quite good too.

i use McAfee, overall a good antivirus software.......

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This post has been edited by samuraiKidz: Jun 13 2005, 08:35 PM

i have used many av before..my office use avg, me before norton now BitDefender

BitDefender
- Detection rate 9/10
- Scanning/protection efficiency 9/10
- Impact on performance/resource usage 10/10
- Cost 8/10
- User Friendliness 8/10
- User Interface 9/10

The topic title is 'Your favourite antivirus'. As such, we are not interested in the multitude of ways you can get infected by a virus and neither does the topic title suggest replies on why you don't need an antivirus or your heroics of not requiring an antivirus. Whether you would like to have an antivirus is your own preference, but this thread is to help those who have sleepless, restless, worrisome nights thinking which antivirus is the best for them to use and to prevent more new threads with regards to this matter.

That aside, my vote goes to NOD32. Previously used Norton Antivirus but performance takes too much of a hit and that made me switch. NOD32 seems to be much more efficient in that respect, so I've stuck to it since switching over.

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me from pc-cilin switched to norton but after tht switched to kaspersky coz norton eats up ram. after a few months using kaspersky, i switched again to NOD32. very light program! doesnt take much ram and scanning rate is very impressive ^^

i vote for NOD32

i use AVG7 for windows n AntiVir for Linux..
so far both r great, even sometime i do need stinger.exe
i use this 2 coz i feel its easy to use n config..n not memory hungry


i vote for AVG7

This post has been edited by e-jump: Jun 13 2005, 01:53 PM

AVG 7 free edition - lite & ez
AVG Pro version - with pop3 etc
Norton AV Corporate Edition 9.1 - most effective imho

Well, I using Norton Antivirus as far as I can remember. I'm not saying it the best but to be true I'm using because I use Norton Systemwork. I doesn't really care how it work. Installed and leave it.

That remind me it been a month since I updated my virus definition. Oh well, what the point since I don't have internet connection on my personal pc.

im really miss thunderbyte antivirus..very lite and better than norton(zaman tu lar)..but now TB tinggal kenangan huhuhuh

For me, i'm using clamwin coz it's free no money although it's free but it is the longest antivirus scanner that scan antivirus... but it's free "open source"

Norton antivirus 2005 comes with Internet worm protection is quite good for me...

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This post has been edited by samuraiKidz: Jun 13 2005, 08:21 PM

avast the best for me!

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This post has been edited by samuraiKidz: Jun 13 2005, 08:21 PM

Hands up everyone who actually BUYS their antivirus program? For home use I mean, not office use...

Anyone?

Hehehe anyways I have switched to AVG Free... it's free, legal and updates are quite frequent. More frequent than Symantec in fact.

not onlyfrequent.. the update file is small..
so its 56kbps dial-up friendly

AVG 7 Free!
No cost + auto-update + low resource usage.
Best for those company who is NOT willing to spend!

This post has been edited by vwsung: Jun 13 2005, 06:03 PM

been using Norton for the past, 5 years? switched to Kaspersky.. much better than more stable than Norton.

Norton have a nice packaging..and thats it.. Kaspersky is much much more functional.

I'm currently using Kaspersky.

- Detection rate
This is the most powerful i've ever use so far.

- Scanning/protection efficiency
Very eager to scan everything.

- Impact on performance/resource usage
Quite heavy on RAM.

- Cost
Umm ..

- User Friendliness/User Interface
Clean and simple. A lot of customizable settings.

Kaspersky will be the best.. For me.

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This post has been edited by samuraiKidz: Jun 13 2005, 08:22 PM

I would vote for McAfee !

currently i'm using McAfee Home edition V9 + McAfee Personal Firewall 2005 , works great for my PC