Understand that quite a lot of older antivirus does not work with Vista properly. Actually I tried to install one, and it will not. What antivirus will you recommend? Kas.? Norton 360? etc.?

avast
or NOD32^_^



This post has been edited by serigala: Aug 19 2008, 04:00 PM

anything but norton

though i like bitdefender free edition, i think it is excellent

using antivir, quite a nice choice, low mem usage

i use kaspersky..

karpersky the best i think..

yea kaspersky the best.recommended

most current version of AV support vista.

Free : Avira Antivir, AVG, Avast, Rising (start to love this one)
Paid : Kaspersky, Norton, AVG Pro, Avira, McAfee, BitDefender, CA.

Why dont you visit AV-Comparative.org to see, which virus score the best. At least the result there base on approve methodology..instead of feeling o meter

Personal Preference : I used to use Avira AntiVir Personal Edition (Free). Got same virus engine etc with paid version except, free version do not support POP3 which I do not use at home. Office use is a must (POP3 feature). However, last night, I uninstall Antivir and install Rising Antivirus (free too). This one is more complete, with HIPS, POP, VirtualSpace, and certified by VB100, West Coast Lab and Vista too. Currently doing full system scan...and it found 2 trojan, hidden deeply in my recursive 7zip archive. The best thing I love this rising, it is seriously light, lighter than AVG, Avast, Avira ...to name a few.

Ref : http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=213187

Paid Version...i will go for Kaspersky AV 2009. RM50 per license...with top notch protection. What else can we ask LoL. Last PC fair, Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, 3 license only RM80 <drooling>.

thnk for info
i will try use Rising Antivirus

I'm using KIS 2009

NIS as my office bought the bulk license. Works as good as Norton and lower resource too lol

Vote for KIS 2009

mm..im still using kis7

AVG Free Edition... been using it for more than 3 years !

It does a 'live search scan' on Google, when you do a search in Google, it puts a 'green tick' to the right of the search results which are non-malicious, and 'red X' to those malicious sites.

I love AVG and will always... AVG + Vista = Virus free !
70 Million Users And Counting !!

Enjoy this wallpaper!
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Get it now !
http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition


This post has been edited by defaultname365: Aug 23 2008, 11:48 PM

Kaspersky or nod32

My vote goes for NOD32.

Kaspersky

Kaspersky antivirus recomended..but I just use Trendmicro only..working great for me until now..

Symantec AV Corporate

Symantec AV Corporate

ill always support for AVG Free Edition as it never fails me

I second this.


These two are the top AV

avg has this linkscanner option where it detect malicious netpage that will potentially harm your pc or laptop - it's a good feature where it will tell u its dangerous to surf to that particular website....

but for me ive always use these website so i have to disable the linkscanner.. lol

and then under ur quiklaunch tab the icon of avg will appear with a exclamation mark.. showing it doesnt run properly at its peak..

so not really a nice thing to see ( like the UAC icon for vista when u disable it)

im not sure about NOD32, hows the coverage and protection? is it as good as avg?

Avast and Kaspersky but any antivirus will do.. it's not like your computer will get infected with virus so luckily, jackpot also not that lucky

you can configure it for maximum protection, better than avg

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=197509

Avast antivirus...
Low memory usage too...

Kaspersky Internet Security

refer to da link below,it shows u da rating of each antivirus......

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2008_05.php

Kaspersky internet security 7...mayb quite slow ur pc bt better protection...

I'm using Avast Pro 4.8 combo with Commodo Firewall Pro (free)...

So far quite good this combination

my vista comes with mcafee preinstalled... so far no complaint..

personally, i'll go for KIV2009

I'm using McAfee aswell , but I feel that the security or the scanning is not good enough as I have a few infected .dll files which they couldn't detect.
After my McAfee expired , I'll give Kapersky or Nod32 a try.

always kaspersky..!

paid user since 2002..

I download the trial version once and it seems that I couldn't get used with their outlooks and placing.
It's just personal preference though.

Does Kaspersky really that good ? and How different compare to NOD32 ?

I Vote for kaspersky 2009,
uhm, sometimes a lot of pop up when deal with internet accessing,
and when u try to unzip a large file,
it will take some times as the kaspersky 2009 will scan the entire zip file before you unzip it...

Symantec AV since it is comes in the cd.

Kaspersky is good in detections and disinfection..so is NOD32.

NOD32 is much liter, doesnt use much resource.

But then i say kaspersky is for beginners and NOD32 is for advance users.

The antivirus can only be as good as the user it self. If they know how to configure it well, they get the best protection.

avg is good

AVast it good.

kaspersky internet security 2009...buy it and u wont regret...AVG confirm no use....just for decoration...low ability to detect, more low ability to delete the virus/trojan/worm....

i used norton, trendmicro, avg, avira, bitdefender, gdata AVK, panda, fsecure and zonealarm security products before...keep on changing until i found kaspersky 2 years ago...

me too..i suggested u to use kaspersky internet security 9..it's key very cheap..u can buy 3 license user for RM90..bought it at pc fair..share with my friends and got rm30 for 1 key..many advantages using it..u can see at kaspersky official web..
furthermore, it updates come every hour..


This post has been edited by MojA_VieW: Sep 14 2008, 01:41 PM

Are you sure? I'd rather peg Kaspersky for advanced users. NOD32 gave me little to no trouble when it was installed in the office network. Whereas Kasperky caused noticeable network slowdowns when installed. In fact, Kaspersky requires more time to configure than NOD32

Avira is not bad mah... as long as low memory consumed

This post has been edited by gac: Sep 14 2008, 04:42 PM

I'm using Kaspersky Anti Virus 2008 on Vista Home Premium.

So far so good

NOD32 =)

good

Eset Smart Security ! all rounder protection

is AVAST good? I need to replace my McAfee SecurityCenter soon in 30 days ...

AVG is useless. When u use avg same as u use nothing. I have do some experiment on antivirus, i tried Avg, avira and avast. i test each antivirus with locknut (simple phone virus but dangerous to mobilephone). and my result is Avast is no 1. Avira is the sec and the loser will be the useless avg.

Reason i'm not using avg:
-cant detect locknut

Reason i'm not using avira:
-lack of security such as protecting instant messenger.

Reason i'm choose avast:
-got many security such as p2p, instant messenger sheild.
-all time protection.
-scanning startup and running program each time i open it.
-and many more.....

nice, I'll consider either avira or avast then.

KAV 2009
best !

AVG Free will run fine on Vista, but only offers base level protection only, no Anti-Rootkit protection for example.

I use Kaspersky IS2009 on a Vista 64 bit PC myself, and alongside Eset's NOD32, I reckon it's joint top for both low system resource usage and protection level.

PS. if you use internet banking, they often offer free AV for one year via a download link on their site. I personally use Barclays, and got Kaspersky 2009 Internet Security Suite with a 3 pc license for twelve months for free

This post has been edited by Spenny: Sep 20 2008, 11:29 PM

There a problem with KIS on Vista x64. Had KIS 2009 been for 1 month. then BSOD. try to google around , the result for KIS and x64 with BSOD is alot. they never fixed that. now using NOD32 64 bits. is more stable now. i had enough with KIS .

using AVG.. been using for few years ady and so far my computer is free of virusss muahahahahaha.. used spybot search and destroy as well.. and yeah my computer is working fine.. =)
but one thing i don't like about AVG is nid to update everyday, but it only requires few seconds or minutes to do so..

KAV 7

KIS 2009 user here so far so good

i use avg,good

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Added on September 21, 2008, 6:00 pmi tried to use kav7,slow on my laptop,Why?
Eat ram?

This post has been edited by ken6828: Sep 21 2008, 06:00 PM

me using Avira Free edition + Malwarebyte's Anti-malware + Spybot + SUPERAntispyware + weekly scan from Trendmicro Housecall + ESET Online Scanner.

all free products.

quite paranoid eh?

again and again..i vote avast

norton internet security la...ok wat.

eset smart scurity...
best av ever...
n eset quite fast when scanning

avast 4.8 is good enough

i also support nod32, a nice antivirus

im using avg free edition..lolx..so far so good...

bitdefender total security is my choice

Was using AVG free all this while until it detected my Zone Alarm as a trojan virus last month. What happend afterwards was a living hell getting Zone Alarm uninstalled while AVG was blasting false positive alarms at my face. A boot to safe mode did the trick and I even had to download a Zone Alarm remover from Kaspersky site.

Then tested Kaspersky Internet Suite 2009 for 3 weeks and just bought KIS 2009 3 license for RM109. It's a bargain me thinks. I know last time can get even cheaper but the promotion has ended already.

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BTW the problem was also faced by 3 of my friends and after a few google searches we found out that AVG did it intentionally to force free users to upgrade to their crappy AVG internet security product. So this in my book is not acceptable. So you fellas using AVG Free beware that they can do the same thing to you in the future.

This post has been edited by gyver: Nov 13 2008, 07:04 PM

Well, AVG Free Edition 8.0 detected FlashUtil10a.exe as a Trojan. Its a false positive.

First time ever such a thing happened to AVG, been using it for years.

Anyways, Flash Player 10 is still new - - a future update (on either side) should resolve the issue.

Symantec av 2009 in vista.no laggyness.good low memory.
most recommended

Tried Norton Anti Virus 2007, Kaspersky Internet Security 2008, Eset Smart Security 3, Spyware Doctor5, and SUPERAntiSpyware Pro.

Norton let go many real virus and keep annoying me every few minute saying it blocked worm intrusion.(Did worm really attk every few minute? Well I did not experienced tat with other security app.

Kaspersky 2008 provide great protection but it consumed too many memory, slow down my computer and my dwnld speed reduced by 30-50 kb which is a big problem for me since I always dl movie from internet.I tried installing it with Eset and I keep getting BSoD.Heard many ppl telling Kaspersky cant work together with many security app.

Eset Smart Security 3 was great because it provide a good protection and it consume little memory but I dont think it provide a great firewall and online protection and it let away some tracking spyware or adware.

Spyware Doctor 5 was great for online security or tracking spyware but it consumed many memory, hard to uninstall and will cause permanent damage on ur system if U didnt uninstall or stop the service nicely.I have a 1 year license for Spyware doctor 6 but now I dont even bother to use it anymore.
Edit 1: Recently the new database give out many false alarm when i give out so much memory which is why i abandone this crap but I only use it to cover up the tracking spyware lefted out by Eset in the 1st place.

SUPERAntiSpyware was never a popular app but I personally find it can remove tracking spyware effectively but the scanning is quite heavy and the auto protect is just crap.Only use this app to scan and nothing else.

After all this year testing the app I choose to use those app with low memory usage but can really remove REAL virus and spyware , ESET Smart Security 3 and SUPERAntiSpyware Pro but after I upgrade my com I will use Kaspersky instead of Eset .All this is just my personal opinion from using those security app i mentioned above and my combination will definitely let many virus and spyware to passby but can definitely removed by a full scan.(This is my experience in getting myself at least a virus/day and also because my friend like to spread virus to me =.=!!! just 2 day ago i borrowed a pendrive from them and there was 5x virus in it but basically the same virus.)

This post has been edited by ahinigami: Nov 18 2008, 04:36 PM

kaspersky

i hav move from AVG > norton IS > kapersky > norton IS> macafee TS> nod32 > bitdefender IS.

so far, bout 3 months using bitdefender internet security, it manage 2 repel all viruses.
Bitdefender manage 2 catch every virus, only once i hav 2 re4mat my pc after i accidentally set free the virus dat i "breed".........x_x

finally settle down after using bitdefender internet security so many trial........
i vouch for bitdefender now, but it does hav its weakness.
1) its not dat stable, the antivirus can crash or stop responding sometime.
2) ur pc spec hav 2 b a lot higher den recommended, if not, the lag will show.

This post has been edited by tech3910: Nov 19 2008, 03:09 AM

is there anyone here use norton 360 on vista 64-bit
my KAV is expiring
currently i'm using KAV 2009
quite smooth, startup normal for me

i use antivir , because it will not automatically delete or block my crack, pacth or keygen file.... it ask before delete.....

unlike last time i use kaspersky and avg, it make my crack file corrupt..

my college use antivir.......................all pc r infected wit virus.............
no matter wat i try, cannot remove the virus, keep regenerate itself.

but wen i bring home my pendrive, the virus easily remove by bitdefender or nod32..............

NOD32,BitDefender KIS 2009 ! The best i would say
Combo one of these with SuperAntiSpyware !I believe best protection

Now using ESET Smart Security Business Edition, change from KIS2009

Definitely agreed with U , Mayb I should try out BitDefender.

BitDefender 2009 FTW!! hehe..

Avast antivirus or AVG 8. Both are free and I have no problem so far with Vista.

NOD32 worked like charm for me in Vista.

i use antivir personal + kaspersky AV 2009...both worked well...

I'm running Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 under Vista Ultimate 64 bit without any issue.