Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[montsa007]

No thanks
placed the order of Eset Smart Security Version 5 1 PC 1 Year.

Congrats, now you can safely download half of the planet

[dashing.sujay]

No thanks
placed the order of Eset Smart Security Version 5 1 PC 1 Year.

Being an user of ESET SS for 3 yrs continuously, I can assure you that you won't be dissatisfied. Its one of the most non-obtrusive AV out there (just chip in proper setting on first hand).

[TheMost]

^ the only prob with ESS is cleaning up an infection
Doesn't look after the reg files ...

But gives maximum pro-active defence against new malware//Heur basis !!

[dashing.sujay]

I never encountered any disability to clean/del any infected file till now.

[TheMost]

^ i meant reg !!!

[MegaMind]

I never encountered any disability to clean/del any infected file till now.

^^Me neither

[sam]

Being an user of ESET SS for 3 yrs continuously, I can assure you that you won't be dissatisfied. Its one of the most non-obtrusive AV out there (just chip in proper setting on first hand).

only thing i hate of Eset was its setting menu last time i used. Was really complicated. Settings were hidden under tabs & tabs.

[dashing.sujay]

only thing i hate of Eset was its setting menu last time i used. Was really complicated. Settings were hidden under tabs & tabs.

Under tabs? When did you last time ? I never saw "tabs" in settings. (or may be I don't remember). I'm using from v4 to v5 now. And I find that really easy as compared to Kaspersky. I just "force cleaning" by default and it takes care of the rest.

[Tenida]

Can anyone suggest best free AV for home pc?

[dashing.sujay]

Can anyone suggest best free AV for home pc?

Avast.

[Tenida]

Avast.

Thanks Sujay.

[Skud]

Another thumbs up for Avast.

[sam]

Under tabs? When did you last time ? I never saw "tabs" in settings. (or may be I don't remember). I'm using from v4 to v5 now. And I find that really easy as compared to Kaspersky. I just "force cleaning" by default and it takes care of the rest.

late 2010. i have used avast & avira and compared to them, Eset's menu system was really bad. it took me more than 2min just to open quantine and more time to check scan settings. i have used Kaspersky. If you remove detection rate, it'll immediately go to the lowest rank cause of its bloatware nature.

[dashing.sujay]

i have used Kaspersky. If you remove detection rate, it'll immediately go to the lowest rank cause of its bloatware nature.

Totally agree!

btw give ESET v5 a try, you will never return back.

[sam]

btw give ESET v5 a try, you will never return back.

i'll, after the trial is over or they blacklist the key (i hope you understand what i mean )

[d3p]

Try the paid version of Escan antivirus [approx 370 INR for single user 1yr].

[montsa007]

i'll, after the trial is over or they blacklist the key (i hope you understand what i mean )

And I thought mods were using legit copies

[sam]

^^ i am a big fan of avast and using it since 5yrs. so not much chance of going for a paid AV dropping my free license.

[topgear]

This two links should help you guys

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/colle...10_suites.html

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372364,00.asp

[dashing.sujay]

From the day I started watching antivirus review sites, I don't remember bitdefender being even #2.

I used it once (may be in 2008-09), was light on system, not complex but not even simple, a so so antivirus. Couldn't test detection as viruses didn't attacked me then

[sam]

From the day I started watching antivirus review sites, I don't remember bitdefender being even #2.

I used it once (may be in 2008-09), was light on system, not complex but not even simple, a so so antivirus. Couldn't test detection as viruses didn't attacked me then

different sites give different rating. best it to pick the ones with best detection rate and try a trial. just disable the current AV and give it a trial run. If it seems more like a bloatware, uninstall it else one may place an order for a key.

[topgear]

From the day I started watching antivirus review sites, I don't remember bitdefender being even #2.

I used it once (may be in 2008-09), was light on system, not complex but not even simple, a so so antivirus. Couldn't test detection as viruses didn't attacked me then

I used Bitdefender on 2008 and after installing this I faced lots of BSODs and uninstalled it - after that I've never used it but recetly saw some foreign mags giving it high ratings and it's the cheapest AV available on flipkart -

I think the latest version may be improved and thats' why I asked for personal feedback about Bitdefender

[theserpent]

AntiVirus Name: Avira
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]:rs.0
Protection Type:Full Protection

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly:4/5
Detection Rate:4/5
Price: free
Overall

[sam]

Detection Rate:4/5

why? AFAIK, avira got one of the best detection rate of any and all antiviruses (paid, free). i have myself used it and it detects viruses missed by avast.

[theserpent]

^^^ I once Had uninstalled it and downloaded AVG and it detected some viruses which Avira Dint.But later i uninstalled AVG it was Hogging up the computer.Have the features are not proper.
All AVG Does is giving notifications that Google chrome is using 200 mb

[topgear]

AntiVirus Name:
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]:NA
Protection Type : Full Protection for 30 days

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly:5/5
Detection Rate:NA

My Views : The installer of the actually installs the pro trial version which should turn into a free version after 30 days and the pro version offers many nice features which can be turned off or on without much button clicking.

After it converts into a free version you will get these features
Ad-Aware Free - Download Internet Security Software with Antivirus & Spyware Removal - Lavasoft
which are enough for a free product IMO.

Now coming to the performance front the scanning engine is actually very slow ( tested on a P4 with 512MB ram ) and it did not detect any threat though Norton AV flagged a file as virus but it was a false positive anyway. There ain't lots of virus in my rig to test with

Now here's the funny part - I update the AV once in a week - after I perform an update the Av shows the update time correctly but if I restart the system it shows that the AV was updated on 23rd March ( I installed it on 20th March ) and even after 30 days the Av is still working in Pro mode for some strange reason

[Anorion]

oh well

AntiVirus Name: none lol. I use my eyeballs and my brain to not get infected. Even the firewall is disabled.

Spoiler:

my machine is not a honeypot, plz not to h4x

Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]: Free
Protection Type: NONE

Ratings out of 5. 5
User Friendly: you bet
Detection Rate: 100%
Price: 0
Overall: YEAAH!

Recommend to Use: Yes

Comments:
an attack is no different from what you would experience IRL. even an updated AV cant protect you from a 0 day attack, or a targeted attack. you need to be careful on your own, and this is the best protection you can get. Humans are the weakest point in the security chain, its not some kind of techno magic that does the damage, its how gullible you are as a person.

that Anti-Virus stuff just hogs up system resources. Learn to use the net without getting infected, be wary of USB drives. you dont need that plugin to watch that video, or download the downlader for the file, or update the javax or vidx updater.... none of that stuff and you should be good to go. procexp.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb896653) is a great tool to monitor haywire processes, and there are bound to be a bunch of these apart from outright malicious ones.

[NitrousNavneet]

Congrats, now you can safely download half of the planet

Received it yesterday ,
Yes Packaging is too good ,
And After Installing It killed 6 malwares too ,
But today when I started my PC I got a Problem



It is not starting....

[dashing.sujay]

Reinstall eset, if it doesn't, do a system restore. Then,

• restart
• run ccleaner (reg)
• Install eset again in safe mode. Then fully scan the system.

Everything should be fine then.

[Minion]

Antivirus Name: Pctool antivirus 9 free
Free or Paid:free
Protection Type:file Guard,Email Guard,browser defender

Rating:4/5
User friendly:Yes
Detection Rate:5/5
Recommended to use:Yes
Overall:Great

Comment:
Its shows ads like Avg free but its not annoying. This version is much better than previous one which don't have anti spyware protection & had ugly interface,detection rate is very good I must say,scans are fast.Overall its a great improvement than previous version.