is ur antivirus listed in top 20??

The latest test from virus.gr includes 52 different antivirus applications. They were rigorously tested using 174,770 virus samples, and the settings of each application were tweaked to ensure that they all caught maximum number of viruses (despite increasing the possibility that the the software would be more likely to return a false positive).

This is the list of the top 20 antivirus applications

01. Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta - 99.23%
02. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 - 99.13%
03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13%
04. ZoneAlarm with KAV Antivirus version 7.0.337.000 - 99.13%
05. F-Secure 2007 version 7.01.128 - 98.56%
06. BitDefender Professional version 10 - 97.70%
07. BullGuard version 7.0.0.23 - 96.59%
08. Ashampoo version 1.30 - 95.80%
09. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 94.43%
10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 - 94.00%
11. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 93.27%
12. Avast Professional version 4.7.986 - 92.82%
13. AVG Anti-Malware version 7.5.465 - 92.14%
14. F-Prot version 6.0.6.4 - 91.35%
15. McAfee Enterprise version 8.5.0i+AntiSpyware module - 90.65%
16. Panda 2007 version 2.01.00 - 90.06%
17. Norman version 5.90.37 - 88.47%
18. ArcaVir 2007 - 88.24%
19. McAfee version 11.0.213 - 86.13%
20. Norton Professional 2007 - 86.08%


ya, i am using Kaspersky version 7.0


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03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13% << no 3 i am.. free oni maaa...

10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 - 94.00%

(despite increasing the possibility that the the software would be more likely to return a false positive) which i believe is really irritating.

how about comparison between free versions of AV??



OT// and y norton is last??? coz of patchguard?

i am using AVG .. don't know the version as i am now in the office .. seems pretty good for me .. and the best part is the AVG software is free with constant updates ..

i using AVG email server edition 7.5.
longtime ago used norton, it cause my comp slow.

AVG on no 13...damn
never thought Kaspersky was that good....

I am using AVG free edition for normal web browsing + download site. Haven't encounter 'serious' problem so far. My friend told me THUMBSUP for Kaspersky but the only problem for him is insufficient memory sometimes.

yess...NOD32 is in the list

used kaspersky before, but later version became bloated so changed to avg
now considering changing to antivir

btw, another site which does antivirus testing
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

using active virus shield coz free and good compare to avg i used before.is ranking no 3..wa!

AVG user too

i guess i am one of the rare user of norman

mine no.12 avast anti virus.

currently kaspersky version 7 is at beta stage and still can claim no.1 best antivirus.....

not bad....

Norton SUX....

Me using AVG and F-Secure.... somehow my colleague changed mine to Active Virus Shield... still testing out

Norton sau pei lah

where is TrendMicro?

im using Trendmicro Worry Free Security Solution~~

and AVG Free Edition~~

thank god got a nice backup here~

AVG is an inadequate AV software. (Don't flame me, just telling from my experiences with a lot AV software)
F-Secure uses Kaspersky & BitDefender real-time scanning engine (yes 2 engines) so it's very secure, but resource hugging.
Kaspersky is one of the best, but also the one with biggest memory footprint (uses most RAM as compared to others)
Norton 360 has vastly improved as compared to previous Norton AV series. Footprint is much smaller, updates are more frequent and very reliable too, when compared to when it was Norton 2005/2006.
NOD32 from Eset is also the best, especially if you have little RAM to spare, best for gamers and graphic designers/video editors.

There has been flaming war between NOD32 and Kaspersky fanboys, but my humble advice is, use Kaspersky if you have a generous amount of RAM (say 2GB with good proc), else still with NOD32 (512~1GB RAM).

Just my 2 cents.

Avast user here!!...Home Edition..huahuahua!

'm so grateful with AOL AVS... go AVS... go, after all, it's free...

IMHO for a free Antivirus, Avast & AVG didn't do too bad against KAV, the difference is only 7%.

This post has been edited by havuk: Jun 15 2007, 03:13 PM

Not quite true. Imagine if AVG/Avast missed that 7% of that 174,770 virus. that's around 12,000+ of virus. Think about it, then tell me if it is still "not bad".
I'm not using KAV btw, hate the huge footprint. Slows down explorer's seek/load time. Eset supporter. (Infinite trial period you know what i mean)

This post has been edited by konpaku: Jun 15 2007, 03:18 PM

As the saying goes "You get what you paid for". But look at the bright side, Avast & AVG even beat other popular commercial AV like Mcafee & Norton

I get your point. But honestly speaking, how many of us actually paid for AV softwares (those that are not free, lah)? If you use pirated XP/Vista, then why bother using free AV when u can get paid-but-u-know-what-i-mean AV (which is better but also free) ? I'm not advocating piracy here, just my 2 cents.

yay norton last...hehe...
using avast pro...

If you want to use pirated AV then fine, but some people do want to be legit, some do use licensed Windows. And these free AV give them the choice to stay legit.

Funny thing is many clueless people still install pirated Norton because of hype and think AVG sucks because it's free. This list just prove that 'fact' is wrong and that's really what this thread is about.

If you want to educate people to use better pirated AV than Norton then more power to you. But if people want to know what free AV is good, I'll still say AVS, Avast & AVG.

kaspersky doing best job on real time scan and network watcher..

it's deserve to get top!!

Crap, blogwhore.

... i use avg and stick to it for dealing virus,
for spyware/malware, i use something else.

Kapersky for XP and AVG for Vista and Norton for Mac. I got Norton for Mac free. All latest version but no beta for Kapersky. I used to use McAfee but 1 year ago and then the license expired so I decided to use Kapersky.

This post has been edited by TechnoDude94: Jun 16 2007, 12:04 AM

Karpesky is always the best!!
and Norton still always the least

currently using AVS, no. 3

in virus check, i really have no expectation on Norton and AVG
and i also wont recommend this 2 AV to other people

yeah rite, kaspersky is good, but it cost more. and the kaspersky internet security is not performing so well. their firewall is bad

but in term of virus detection and counter.. kaspersky is the best.. bitdefender too

Kaspersky Banzai!!!!

I use Bitdefender Internet Security v10 & NOD32. Always pays to be extra careful.

Tried Kaspersky Internet Security 6 before but it really is bothersome, especially when it rates all webpages such as gmail, CIMBclicks, Public Bank online, etc. as having unsafe certificated...but they are already certified by Verisign. Also, I don't like the fact that I can't use other programs that are "incompatible" with Kaspersky, especially when I need to be extra careful in my environment whereby there are lots of viruses, malwares, etc.

Kaspersky also seems to slow down the network. And it always block programs from accesing the web even when I already add them as safe. So many headaches and bothersome. But I must say, it is really awesome at detecting all those unwanted entities in the computer. Maybe it's just that I'm unlucky, but heck, 2 days into using the trial, I give up.

Same goes for Zone Alarm. That is one program that I'll never use again. Slows down the computer and network. It is really efficient in detecting virii and malwares, but I don't like my computing experience to degrade.

NOD32 OEM .. may you tell me where to get?

TQ

06. BitDefender Professional version 10 - 97.70%

but.. i'm using the Internet protection Version.. hahaha

Lots of places. Try Lowyat, Digital Mall and MidValley.

walao
02. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 - 99.13%
03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13%

zhen^wei .. didn't want to sell Nod32? It got a good review too ..

I haven't tried Kaspersky, but I have ordered from zhen^wei.

Can't wait to try it yet.

I personally admit that Norton is really bad.

damn cheap norton still in list??

Norton isn't cheap.. why their ranking so low

This post has been edited by Sandwich2U: Jun 18 2007, 12:09 AM

This proves that expensive and branded products does not necessarily mean they are better than cheaper and less well-known products. ask any ordinary non-tech savvy people out there, the only anti-virus softwares they know are Norton, PC-Cillin and McAfee. i told my fren abt NOD32, they asked wth is that

have try this aol active virus shield...the detection rate that they stated no# 3 not sure accurate or not..as i go to eicar.com to test the online virus test...it only block the 1st file.....as for zip file..it will only detect it after finish download...

not like nod32...it will terminate the download before exlporer download it..

eset nod32 rawks~!!

haha.. never thinking want bring in NOD32 also
cas myself using kaspersky many years, less problem with very well efficiency.
now i using vista also can use tat kaspersky.

sorry brother, i today maybe can't post out ur software, maybe tomolo.
if u can't wait, then u can download the latest version from kaspersky website 1st, then use it as trial version.
after u got the software from me, u just delete the trial version license key and replace with my ORIGINAL license keys.

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Added on June 18, 2007, 2:22 pmhuh ? got shop selling at RM50 ?really boh ?
then next round i do promotion, free shipipng if take more than 1 unit.haha


This post has been edited by zhen^wei: Jun 18 2007, 02:22 PM

You are using the free for personal one. for office you must purchase commercial version.

me using karspersky 6.0...

Same kaki here.... Kaspersky cantik!

hei! norton is expensive! yet it will make ur comp slower..
recomnded for high pformance comp la..
the best for me is AVG..
all protection provided..

currently i'm using this: 03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13%

i change my anti virus from avg and avast to active virus shield.i would vote for active virus shield

I for one have some issues when someone tries to go and do a test and quotes openly that the detection rate has been at the expense of false positive.

In any good antivirus, they should have very few false positive as much as possible. Customers whom maintain computers rely on AV programs to tell them what is bad. if AV programs can sacrifice false positive for better detection rate, we don't need an antivirus, just mark all files as bad and we might just score 100% detection rate.

Remember that false positives can be destructive.....some of you may remember about a recent incident where Symantec flagged a critical file for Chinese based Windows. It was a fully legitimate file and it was not infected and the consequences was that, by deleting/quarantining that file, thousands of Chinese Language Windows computers could not start up because it was a critical file needed by Windows to startup. You don't want this happening more often.....

don have avg....

As i noe AVG the protect is not well functioning de wor!!!

Worgh, AntiVir not even on the list. Is it really bad?

Norton just know how to make pc hang ... scan and cleaning virus is just like hanging the pc for a cup of coffee... I gave my ori norton set to my frens ... my frens also dun wan, even a higher performance pc will slow down by it... now d whole set sent to fire n burn d ... now using AVG pro.

This post has been edited by ukiya: Jul 10 2007, 12:19 AM

The original website list www.virus.gr seems to be down. Here's the full rankings (as of May 2007):

1. Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta - 99.23%

2. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 - 99.13%

3. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13%

4. ZoneAlarm with KAV Antivirus version 7.0.337.000 - 99.13%

5. F-Secure 2007 version 7.01.128 - 98.56%

6. BitDefender Professional version 10 - 97.70%

7. BullGuard version 7.0.0.23 - 96.59%

8. Ashampoo version 1.30 - 95.80%

9. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 94.43%

10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 - 94.00%

11. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 93.27%

12. Avast Professional version 4.7.986 - 92.82%

13. AVG Anti-Malware version 7.5.465 - 92.14%

14. F-Prot version 6.0.6.4 - 91.35%

15. McAfee Enterprise version 8.5.0i+AntiSpyware module - 90.65%

16. Panda 2007 version 2.01.00 - 90.06%

17. Norman version 5.90.37 - 88.47%

18. ArcaVir 2007 - 88.24%

19. McAfee version 11.0.213 - 86.13%

20. Norton Professional 2007 - 86.08%

21. Rising AV version 19.19.42 - 85.46%

22. Dr. Web version 4.33.2 - 85.09%

23. PC-Cillin 2007 version 15.00.1450 - 84.96%

24. Iolo version 1.1.8 - 83.35%

25. Virus Chaser version 5.0a - 79.51%

26. VBA32 version 3.11.4 - 77.66%

27. Sophos Sweep version 6.5.1 - 69.79%

28. ViRobot Expert version 5.0 - 69.53%

29. Antiy Ghostbusters version 5.2.1 - 65.95%

30. Zondex Guard version 5.4.2 - 63.79%

31. Vexira 2006 version 5.002.62 - 60.07%

32. V3 Internet Security version 2007.04.21.00 - 55.09%

33. Comodo version 2.0.12.47 beta - 53.94%

34. Comodo version 1.1.0.3 - 53.39%

35. A-Squared Anti-Malware version 2.1 - 52.69%

36. Ikarus version 5.19 - 50.56%

37. Digital Patrol version 5.00.37 - 49.80%

38. ClamWin version 0.90.1 - 47.95%

39. Quick Heal version 9.00 - 38.64%

40. Solo version 5.1 build 5.7.3 - 34.52%

41. Protector Plus version 8.0.A02 - 33.13%

42. PcClear version 1.0.4.3 - 27.14%

43. AntiTrojan Shield version 2.1.0.14 - 20.25%

44. PC Door Guard version 4.2.0.35- 19.95%

45. Trojan Hunter version 4.6.930 - 19.20%

46. VirIT version 6.1.75 - 18.78%

47. E-Trust PestPatrol version 8.0.0.6 - 11.80%

48. Trojan Remover version 6.6.0 - 10.44%

49. The Cleaner version 4.2.4319 - 7.26%

50. True Sword version 4.2 - 2.20%

51. Hacker Eliminator version 1.2 - 1.43%

52. Abacre version 1.4 - 0.00%

haha i using AVS too~

juz curious, the kaspersky V7.0 Beta still stabil using ?

got prob on AVS when try to connect the internet, now i'm using AVG.. is free and work very well

I'm using Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.0.119 Beta.

Stable until today, been using for two months.