Currently the best AntiVirus solution?

[PHTech]

Hi there...

What do you guys recommend is the best anti-virus solution at the moment...? I personally use NOD32, and I think its doing the job well enough, without having an impact on system performance.

So, what do you guys recommend...?

 

[LazyLion]

Norton, cos it locks up your CPU cycles, so it is impossible for anything else to execute on your system!

 

[PHTech]

Norton, cos it locks up your CPU cycles, so it is impossible for anything else to execute on your system!

Good one...! Well, I avoid any Symantec product available...!

BTW - Norton cannot even detect half of the infections that NOD32 detected on a machine I cleaned once...!

 

[Bona Botse]

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[LazyLion]

I have been using AVG free for years now. Perfectly happy with it.

 

[ernstn]

Norton because it is so slow that it bores virii to death!

 

[PHTech]

Norton because it is so slow that it bores virii to death!

I like the way Norton is advertised!!!

The only thing that I am not too sure of AVG is, that I don't really know how big its definition database is compared to NOD32...? NOD32 updated on a daily basis, and only downloads the latest definitions (and not the entire DB each time). That is why I am a NOD32 fan...!

I have heard many good things of AVG though, so I would give it a try as well...

 

[mancombseepgood]

I am using Avast free edition and have used AVG in the past... I switched to Avast cos AVG free was terribly slow when looking at a shared folder on the wireless lan... (scans every file... slowly...)

 

[LazyLion]

I like the way Norton is advertised!!!

The only thing that I am not too sure of AVG is, that I don't really know how big its definition database is compared to NOD32...? NOD32 updated on a daily basis, and only downloads the latest definitions (and not the entire DB each time). That is why I am a NOD32 fan...!

I have heard many good things of AVG though, so I would give it a try as well...

as far as I know AVG does the same thing. Only downloads what it needs very regularly, usually daily, and then merges it with the database.

 

[ld13]

NOD32 updated on a daily basis, and only downloads the latest definitions (and not the entire DB each time). That is why I am a NOD32 fan...!

Then you should be an AVG fan aswell! It is also updated on a daily basis and only downloads the latest definitions and not the complete database (as PC-Cillin did years and years ago).

 

[PHTech]

I am using Avast free edition and have used AVG in the past... I switched to Avast cos AVG free was terribly slow when looking at a shared folder on the wireless lan... (scans every file... slowly...)

Then I think the AVG will not work too good for me... I am using a networking environment, so speed is crucial...

 

[mancombseepgood]

Avast then...

 

[PHTech]

I think I will give AVG and Avast a go together with NOD32 (depending on which is better).

 

[Keeper]

I think I will give AVG and Avast a go together with NOD32 (depending on which is better).

I hope ur not planning to use 2 antivirus simultaniously? that would end in disaster!!!!!!!

 

[medicnick83]

Norton, cos it locks up your CPU cycles, so it is impossible for anything else to execute on your system!

Hahahah! This is so funny! Nice one Garyvdh!