Top Seven Anitivirus Protections

Bad Blood™ said:

Silver said:

Bad Blood™ said:

@Silver, it is definitely opinion based to some extent.
But some anti viruses are better in many ways than others.
NOD32 has the most advanced database as it is one of the few AV's that has certain polymorphic snippets added to its database.

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I completely agree with you. Same are better than others, but there's isn't the "best" one.

I am very fond of ESET NOD32, Avast!, Avira, Kaspersky. I used AVG, and never had problems with it, but I like Avast! better.

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The main issue with AVG which is supposedly fixed was an issue of uninstalling it. For a while it was considered a rogue AV.

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What's the best free one, and what do people use for malware? I have to use Malwarebytes

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Lol @ Blood. Well what do you two personally recommend for me? It has to be free though, or I'll find an "illegal" copy of it?

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• Avast! 5
• Avira Antivir
• Kaspersky Internet Security
• ESET NOD32

Silver said:

Bad Blood™ said:

Silver said:

Bad Blood™ said:

@Silver, it is definitely opinion based to some extent.
But some anti viruses are better in many ways than others.
NOD32 has the most advanced database as it is one of the few AV's that has certain polymorphic snippets added to its database.

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I completely agree with you. Same are better than others, but there's isn't the "best" one.

I am very fond of ESET NOD32, Avast!, Avira, Kaspersky. I used AVG, and never had problems with it, but I like Avast! better.

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The main issue with AVG which is supposedly fixed was an issue of uninstalling it. For a while it was considered a rogue AV.

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Really? Didn't know that about it being called a rogue AV.

I didn't have any problems uninstalling it two months back. Lucky me!

What's the best free one, and what do people use for malware? I have to use Malwarebytes

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There aren't any best AV's it's up to you what you think is good. Although, some are better than others. I use Malwarebytes' for a secondary scanner, as well.

Lol @ Blood. Well what do you two personally recommend for me? It has to be free though, or I'll find an "illegal" copy of it?

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I personally recommend;

• Avast! 5
• Avira Antivir
• Kaspersky Internet Security
• ESET NOD32

Those are just a few I am very fond of. All are relatively great, and have positive reviews on them. :smile:

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Paradoxos said:

The site you used as reference is not exactly to be trusted: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/all-internet-security.com

I would be wary of the Shield Deluxe software as a lot of sites consider it as a rouge program.

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Lazydude2000 said:

ESET Smart Security is my personal favorite.

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Reality said:

Nice compilation; I however think that the only two even coming close to being in the top 7 are #s 6 and 7.

Trend Micro came with my Asus and it tends to block webpages a lot.

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Reality said:

No, not really.

A virus is a virus and it will usually react in the same manner regardless of the PC it is infecting.

The better anti-viruses are the ones that take up less system resources and provide security that is better than the rest, the ones in the list I personally dislike.

Trend Micro has a good reputation for things like HJT, but not its AV.

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