Hello.
I'm a little bored, so i've decided to wrap up a tutorial on what AntiVirus to choose!
Well lets go.
These are the 8 Criteria's for choosing the best AntiVirus
1. Compatibility
Antivirus program has to be compatible with your PC configuration. Your PC must meet hardware and software requirements of antivirus solution.
2. Range of Protection
Antivirus software should protect your PC from as many threats and on as many fronts as it can: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, keyloggers, adware, rootkits, password stealers, phishing attacks, spam and others.
3. Effectiveness
Antivirus protection delivering by antivirus program should be effective and efficient. You may find and compare test results released by independent antivirus certifying agencies: Virus Bulletin, AV Comparatives, ISCA Labs, Westcoast Labs and others. If some antivirus solution was scored by these agencies high and consistently near the top, then you really can't go wrong with this top rated antivirus software.
4. Easy Installation
Good antivirus program has a prompt and easy installation. Interface should be clean, easy, and intuitive to use.
5. Easy to Use
Most users want to "install and forget" their antivirus software. So the best antivirus solution should have default configurations acceptable for most users. And at the same time good antivirus program can be easy configured and tweaked by advanced users.
6. Features
The best antivirus programs have the large features set that may include:
- list of compatible versions of Operational systems and platforms,
- amount of used system resources,
- using of proactive protection without false positives and with effective utilizing of system resources,
- availability of laptop battery saving mode,
- bootable rescue disk,
- silent gamer mode, and other available options.
A comprehensive features set adds strength to antivirus solution.
7. Update
The best security solutions have Automatic Update option and automatically perform updates every hour or "as needed updates" to keep virus definitions and program code up to date.
8. Support
The best security programs have comprehensive online and offline technical support. The program vendor should provide online knowledge base, FAQs, tutorials, user forums. The best vendors provide 24/7 support so you can ask your questions by phone, email or chat at any moment.
Source
Now lets go to my personal opinion.
In short almost any AntiVirus will do its job, aslong as it is paid.
Yes i'm sure i will get posts saying that AVG rocks for example, the truth is it doesent. My personal opinion is, that AVG is the shittiest AV, known to Google(The Dad & Mom of the Internet).
Your choice should be Kaspersky,BitDefender,NOD32,Norton, and all which are popular and paid for.
Since im sure most of you dont have the $ to buy one, just get a cracked one it will work as same as the real one will except 24/7 Support you would usually get.
Now, this is a gaming forum and a gamer needs the finest set of Software known to the World, which wont slow the PC down. People with 8 GB ram, i7, and 1000$ GPU's wont have to worry, but the other ones will. Im one of them, and my personal advice is NOD32, it uses only 8mb of Memory when running, and around 15-20 when scanning, that's not alot is it.
Now, Kaspersky & BitDefender, are top-notch AV's out there, so ofcourse they're hardest to crack.
So just got for NOD 32, and your set to go! If you need extra security, you can go for ESET Smart Security, it includes firewall, antivirus and anti spyware afair.
That's it, expect me to update this.
Top 10 AV's known to Google!
I'm a little bored, so i've decided to wrap up a tutorial on what AntiVirus to choose!
Well lets go.
These are the 8 Criteria's for choosing the best AntiVirus
1. Compatibility
Antivirus program has to be compatible with your PC configuration. Your PC must meet hardware and software requirements of antivirus solution.
2. Range of Protection
Antivirus software should protect your PC from as many threats and on as many fronts as it can: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, keyloggers, adware, rootkits, password stealers, phishing attacks, spam and others.
3. Effectiveness
Antivirus protection delivering by antivirus program should be effective and efficient. You may find and compare test results released by independent antivirus certifying agencies: Virus Bulletin, AV Comparatives, ISCA Labs, Westcoast Labs and others. If some antivirus solution was scored by these agencies high and consistently near the top, then you really can't go wrong with this top rated antivirus software.
4. Easy Installation
Good antivirus program has a prompt and easy installation. Interface should be clean, easy, and intuitive to use.
5. Easy to Use
Most users want to "install and forget" their antivirus software. So the best antivirus solution should have default configurations acceptable for most users. And at the same time good antivirus program can be easy configured and tweaked by advanced users.
6. Features
The best antivirus programs have the large features set that may include:
- list of compatible versions of Operational systems and platforms,
- amount of used system resources,
- using of proactive protection without false positives and with effective utilizing of system resources,
- availability of laptop battery saving mode,
- bootable rescue disk,
- silent gamer mode, and other available options.
A comprehensive features set adds strength to antivirus solution.
7. Update
The best security solutions have Automatic Update option and automatically perform updates every hour or "as needed updates" to keep virus definitions and program code up to date.
8. Support
The best security programs have comprehensive online and offline technical support. The program vendor should provide online knowledge base, FAQs, tutorials, user forums. The best vendors provide 24/7 support so you can ask your questions by phone, email or chat at any moment.
Source
Now lets go to my personal opinion.
In short almost any AntiVirus will do its job, aslong as it is paid.
Yes i'm sure i will get posts saying that AVG rocks for example, the truth is it doesent. My personal opinion is, that AVG is the shittiest AV, known to Google(The Dad & Mom of the Internet).
Your choice should be Kaspersky,BitDefender,NOD32,Norton, and all which are popular and paid for.
Since im sure most of you dont have the $ to buy one, just get a cracked one it will work as same as the real one will except 24/7 Support you would usually get.
Now, this is a gaming forum and a gamer needs the finest set of Software known to the World, which wont slow the PC down. People with 8 GB ram, i7, and 1000$ GPU's wont have to worry, but the other ones will. Im one of them, and my personal advice is NOD32, it uses only 8mb of Memory when running, and around 15-20 when scanning, that's not alot is it.
Now, Kaspersky & BitDefender, are top-notch AV's out there, so ofcourse they're hardest to crack.
So just got for NOD 32, and your set to go! If you need extra security, you can go for ESET Smart Security, it includes firewall, antivirus and anti spyware afair.
That's it, expect me to update this.
Top 10 AV's known to Google!
