sudo Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I vote for NOD32 which has been doing a great job with less system resources. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 (edited) im in favour of TREND PC-CILLIN INTERNET SECURITY installed in our hp pavillion i also like PANDA its installed on couple of pc IBM AND COMPAQ i used norton 2005 internet security one time on old computer it was nothing but a headache all it was a few updates but couldnt get other updates be cause of error 1812 running all the time even tried goback i was doing the goback program and hydro went out the same time what a mess that was so the newer computers have power protection dont see nod32 in our area it takes forever to download,install,and update on dial-up so i wont bother with it online Edited May 16, 2007 by mme Link to post Share on other sites
jeffgray Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have been in the field professionally for a hair over 6 years now. NAV and KAspersky appear to be the best at the game. For older machines a free AV would be better and I would vote for an Avast or AVG. Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Well Avast gets my vote, if I had the money I would go for NOD32 as well. Link to post Share on other sites
jeffgray Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have not experienced NOD32. I will have to run it buy my AV/SW specialist here and see what he thinks. Looks good from what they say on the website but of course you wouldn't say somethin negative. Link to post Share on other sites
douchrti Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Ive been using Bitdefender for a while now. Its my first all-in-one. I like it. Before that I used Avast and Ad-Aware with the Sygate Firewall. Link to post Share on other sites
bjytech Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 AVAST! is the best one that i'v used Link to post Share on other sites
jeffgray Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 AVAST! is the best one that i'v used I'd use Avast over bitdefender anyday. Anyway, NOD32 states something about 0 day updating. How often does the program update with new definitions? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have been using Avira AntiVir for a while now. I have tried many others and I find Avira to work the best. For anti-spyware I use Adaware, Spybot S&D, and I used to use AVG Anti-spyware before I got Vista. Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have tried Norton and AVG. Which is the better one I don't know. I have never had a virus (that I am avare of :-p ). Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 well thats what i like about panda and trend pc-cillin they have there own anti-spyware as well as the antivirus protection not to mention the internet security you can have parental control block unecessary sites with a password install it and forget it avg and avast and other free ones are good for the budget Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Norton is bloated, resource-hogging, overpriced crapware. Link to post Share on other sites
d0nut Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Norton is bloated, resource-hogging, overpriced crapware. Quite correct. I bought it years ago, but took it back and got my boodle back. I spent practically a whole day trying to get in touch with technical help without success. Once they've got your spondulics they don't care. Link to post Share on other sites
dickster Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I use NOD32 and rate it as the best. And it constantly updates. Somtimes twice a day. Link to post Share on other sites
Intratech Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Common sense. I don't use any AV software. Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Common sense won't protect you from everything. Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Norton is bloated, resource-hogging, overpriced crapware. If you only want a simple AV, then you may find it bloatware. Norton is more than just only AV. It also detects some spyware etc. Crapware? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 If you only want a simple AV, then you may find it bloatware. Norton is more than just only AV. It also detects some spyware etc. Crapware? It is better to use a different program for each task. Large security suites take lots of memory and CPU. And I have found Norton to do mediocre at best in detecting malware. Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 NIS 2007 is much lighter than 2006. I guess the same is true for NAV 2007. So it's getting better. The LiveUpdate program is still a hog, but only when it updates. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 i found that norton internet security 2005 scrapware but there corporate edition are not too bad (symantec) Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 i found that norton internet security 2005 scrapware but there corporate edition are not too bad (symantec) 2005 had som bugs. What kind of "ware" is next, bugware? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 What kind of "ware" is next, bugware? I can think of thousands of adjectives to put in front of ware that describe Norton, and none of them are good ones. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 nortons been around for years you would think they would find a better way for there program to run without using so much of computers resources Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Norton used to be the top one, but IMHO they are just living off their reputation from the old days now, I had it (when I first started out in computers) and it often told me I had a virus, but it rarely seemed able to remove it, Avast on the other hand catches them before they hit, but I saw a comment the other day saying their 360 version is sposed to be quite good. Link to post Share on other sites
RAH Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 The big question is what you need it for, and what you can run it on. All of them have good and bad points. Norton being a good system, if that is what you need. AVGs system is good also. Remember though, if you are running say VISTA, and want all the stopping power of a full system. You should have around 8gig of memory, a full raid 0/1, with separate paging file HD, etc etc etc. They are all going to be resource hogs, if you use the entire suite. Link to post Share on other sites
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