Anti "Antivirus"

[ymhatre]

Which is tht Antivirus tht u wont prefer to install in ur life time.....

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

without a doubt,Norton! (damn 30 character limit)

[Vishal Gupta]

I think the answer of all members will be NORTON... :D

[naveen_reloaded]

no doubt it will be norton.....

it will just eat ur high end processor like a piece of cake and would say...affected my a very low level virus......

NORTON.....no way

[~Phenom~]

Norton ofcourse, norton sucks and we dont want our machines to get sucked.

[kalpik]

I would beg to differ here.. I would never install AVG or Quick Heal.. Lowest detection rates of the lot (<80%). Norton on the other hand has 97%+ detection rates. Yeah, Norton is a resource hog, but detection rates are great!
http://www.av-comparatives.org

[mehulved]

I would never like to install any anti-virus :razz::p .

[ashfame]

I more vote for AVG, it is low on resources as it is low in detection rates.

[kalpik]

I would never like to install any anti-virus :razz::p .
Cuz you are not running windows dude :)

[ashisharya]

avg is worse but atleast better than norton(a totally system hogger)

[anandk]

norton !!!
looks like norton is the 'winner' here in this poll ! :-)

[aryayush]

Norton has the best heusterics engine and offers the best protection. What's wrong if it uses lot of resources? If you have 512 MB of RAM, it doesn't make any noiceable difference.
And you can always disable it when you are not connected to the internet.

[anandk]

Norton has the best heusterics engine and offers the best protection

i beg to disagree pal. nod32 is said to have the best heuristics in the trade. kav and bitdefender are close runners up.

i consider norton bloatware. there are more efficient av around like kav, nod32, avast. light on resources and effective.

as far as the best av protection goes, i m inclined to vote for bitdefender, kav, nod32, pclin, mcafee, etc.

[kalpik]

^^ Yup.. you are absolutely correct. NOD32 has the best heuristics, followed by BitDefender. Although, id remove pc-cillin and mcafee from your recommended av's list (pc-cillin cuz of low detection rates, mcafee for the same reasons as norton :P )

[ymhatre]

Nortons is winning this race in the poll....
But whts the use of tht win where u will find defeat in the end....

[Vishal Gupta]

I wonder who hv voted for AVG & avast! ....

[ymhatre]

I wonder who hv voted for AVG & avast! ....
Can u justify ur statement.....
Wht u like in AVAST n AVG......
TAKE this as a casual approach....
I just wanna know tht...

[deepgeek2]

Norton,of course.
Actually an astro has told me that i will be using outdated PCS throughout my lifetime:razz: :razz: .So, no Question of Norton.

[anandk]

Can u justify ur statement.....
Wht u like in AVAST n AVG......
TAKE this as a casual approach....
I just wanna know tht...

allow me to answer pls.

avast n avg are freeware. they have good detection AND removal capabilities. they r also reasonably light on resources. avast has great features though avg offer a simpler/basic gui. both offer realtime protection too. what more can one ask in freeware !?

[ymhatre]

Ok.... but looking at the poll...
it seems tht Mcafee n Quick HEal r having tough fight....

[samrulez]

well why is NOD32 not there in the poll..Well NOD32 is the best in anti-viruses but it does not have a firewall etc which norton has..


Can any one tell me how much memory does norton internet security take.....

Like Trend Micro Internet security..........20 MB approx
Avast!............................................ ...4MB approx
NOD 32..............................................12 MB approx.

[ymhatre]

well NOD32 is so best tht no one will ignore it...
So its not here......

[aryayush]

So NOD32 is the best if someone wants only an anti-virus? Does everyone agree?

[damnthenet]

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------norton

[ymhatre]

@damnthenet.....

wht u wanna say by "norton"

with it or against it

[aryayush]

Well, the topic he has posted this in would suggest he is against it.

[ymhatre]

So guys final decision.........
Taking look at the poll results shld i conclude tht McAfee is the best antivirus amoung the mentioned.........


Also can mods add to my poll options for
NOD 32
just wanna check will someone oppose this thing....

[vinayasurya]

wat abt McAfee. Is it worth to buy?

[busyanuj]

without any doubt: McAfee

I'd prefer to steer clear of McAfee. It's a big no for me.

[MysticHalo]

I wouldnt install any on the list except avast!

[phatratt]

norton,as usual.No way am gonna install that one.Slows down the system performance by half.

AGV runs well,but hardly detects anything,

[selva1966]

Norton will get more than 3/4 majority.

sorry still in election mode.

[saurabh.sauron]

never ever going to try norton in my lifetime. i had a bad experience with it. AVG is not a system hog...

[ymhatre]

Gotta tough competition ahead....
McAFEE, Avast n Quick Heal.....
Who will be the winner.....
NOrton sucks.... alot its good for nothing.....

[aryayush]

I wouldnt install any on the list except avast!Then you'll get infected by a virus. :D

[MysticHalo]

Then you'll get infected by a virus. :D
why? None of the antivir mentioned in the list r very good at detection(99%+)....Kaspersky is missing...so is NOD32 ;)
But lemme tell u, dont underestimate avast!...its good

[aryayush]

BitDefender too.
Sorry for jumping to conclusions! I hadn't really scanned the options. And I know Avast is good. :)

[ymhatre]

To all the guys using NOD32

Do u guys use any firewall???????
Or trust NOD32 ...........

[vikasg03]

hy
i also hate antivirus. there is no need of anti virus, infect those having anti virus more suffer with virus attacks.
vikas

[kalpik]

To all the guys using NOD32

Do u guys use any firewall???????
Or trust NOD32 ...........
NOD32 is an AntiVirus, not a Firewall! You should definately use a firewall. I use XP's in-built firewall. Its nice and light, doesn't get into my face. And before people spam with "windows firewall sucks", lemme remind them, a poorly configured firewll (user presses allow to everything) is worse than XP firewall. And XP's firewall is excellent at blocking inbound stuff. I dont need outbound protection as long as i dont install crap, and im behind a router. If you really want a firewall other than XP's use Agnitum Outpost firewall.

[ymhatre]

Dodo i know tht
"NOD32 is an AntiVirus not a Firewall!"

but thnx for ur suggestn on firewalls....

[kumarmohit]

I would not install any AV which is not updated though i will not install Norton either as its a real resoucre hog.

[Vyasram]

Norton Antivirus - my vote
qh- dont mention it here.

[dissel]

using norton antivirus corporate ed ver 10. but my vote goes for Avast Home Edtion....

[ECE0105]

No Norton for me.......
I don't want to make my P4 run Like a P-II

[royal]

just uninstalled Mcafee :D it really screwed my system :mad:

Now I am using Kaspersky :p everything is fine as before :D