Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[nisargshah95]

Originally Posted by Tech.Masti

should be does not..... Avast is one of the most lightest antivirus available....

Yeah. Corrected it. Thanks buddy.

[Tech.Masti]

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[Cybertonic]

Originally Posted by thetechfreak

You probably havent used it extensively enough that you are commenting like this.

I have noticed it is uneffective in virus infected. In clean pc with a good ammount of ram it works fine.
For virus infected pc's Malwarebytes and Housecall are things to use.

Dude i've used it for an year on all my home computers (i bought a five user license). It requires a decent setup at least. Old laptops,computers and netbooks slow down even more because of it. I installed it on a reformatted laptop and netbook and the systems slowed down quite a bit. Also everytime we i needed to scan any file it always scanned the memory first (which was extremely irritating). So lets just say, my experience with quickheal =

[Skud]

Have a similar experience some time back.

[nisargshah95]

Originally Posted by Cybertonic

Dude i've used it for an year on all my home computers (i bought a five user license). It requires a decent setup at least. Old laptops,computers and netbooks slow down even more because of it. I installed it on a reformatted laptop and netbook and the systems slowed down quite a bit. Also everytime we i needed to scan any file it always scanned the memory first (which was extremely irritating). So lets just say, my experience with quickheal =

+1. I had a nightmare installing the 60-day trial that came with Digit. Although their customer support is excellent (with call support for all users).

[Sam]

netprotect 2011 was installed in uncle's PC (P4 with 256Mb ram & lot of corrupted files).

1st scan with MBAM: 35 infections inc some registry keys. removed.
2nd scan: Emsisoft AM: lots of infections (missed by MBAM)
3rd Scan: Avast Free & 6 files detected.

emsisoft scan is still going on as PC is slow like hell. net protect is a damn virus. kicked it out.

[joshiks7]

Hi,

I have Windows 7 and norton antivirus 2011

I have just installed COMODO Firewall. In which mode should it be run? Should I disable windows firewall?

I have Norton antivirus 2011--does it have firewall? Can I upgrade to Norton internet security OR antivirus 2011 is okay/sufficient??

Should I use MALWAREBYTES in addition to antivirus 2011?

[topgear]

Disable Windows Firewall and use comodo firewall.

If you bought only Norton antivairus you should use comodo along with it but if you have bought Norton Internet Security then no need to use comodo.

You can use MALWAREBYTES antimalware with any of these

[joshiks7]

Thanks.

Which is better---malwarebytes OR Emisoft antimalware?
Can I use both of them?

Hi,
Which is better---Speed my PC OR Tune Up Utilities 2011?

[Sam]

i use both. Malwarebytes detection is solid. hardly any false positive. Emsisoft's 1/4th warning are falsepositive but scanning is fast & can scan inside compressed files. use both as a scanner or you may go for full version of Malwarebytes.

TuneUp Utilities FTW. anyday. everyday.

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by joshiks7

Which is better---malwarebytes OR Emisoft antimalware?

Malwarebytes.

Originally Posted by joshiks7

Can I use both of them?

Yes.

Originally Posted by joshiks7

Which is better---Speed my PC OR Tune Up Utilities 2011?

TuneUp Utilities. But I usually use seperate programs for all utilities and get the job done for free. Like Glary Utilities, Ccleaner, Auslogics Disk Defrag.

[Skud]

Originally Posted by joshiks7

Thanks.

Which is better---malwarebytes OR Emisoft antimalware?
Can I use both of them?

No experience of Malwarebytes but Emsisoft is very very good.

Hi,
Which is better---Speed my PC OR Tune Up Utilities 2011?

TuneUp.

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by gameranand

TBH Comodo has best Firewall their Security suite isn't that good. I only use Comodo Firewall and I can tell that its one of the best.

^^ Agree with you on this. Have been using it for quite some time now and happy with the results so far.

AntiVirus Name:Bit Scan
Free or Paid:Free(Got it from friend who had some licenses to share)
Price in INR [If Paid]:NA
Protection Type:AV

Ratings out of 5. 2/5
User Friendly:Yes
Detection Rate:Ok
Price:NA
Overall:OK

Recommend to Use: No
Comments: Even though it doesn't slow up the PC I find that at times its detection rate is not that good.

Looking for a change should I opt for Avira or Avast?

[Tech.Masti]

Bitscan.... Never heard about this one....

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by Tech.Masti

Bitscan.... Never heard about this one....

Actually one of my friend works in this place where they market this product. Since I was getting the product license free I thought will try it.

[Geek-With-Lens]

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[ajayritik]

Guys apart from Antivirus and Firewall what other programs do you think I should install? I hear lots of people here discussing about spybot etc..

Any suggestions?

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

I hear lots of people
here discussing about spybot etc.. Any suggestions?

Install=

1. Spybot Search&Destroy for occasional scan(once a week) and immunisation. The real time protection doesnt let anything go by unmissed and always gives a popup during registry change
2. Malwarebytes Antimalware for regular use. But free version doesnt have realtime protection.

[ajayritik]

So what should I go for Avira or Avast for Antivirus?

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

So what should I go for Avira or Avast
for Antivirus?

Well if you want less options and an antivirus that needs no activation or license, get Avira


If you want complete control over the antivirus get Avast. Needs a free license.

They have very similar performance. Avast has more features overall. Avira isnt inferior in any way though.

[ico]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

So what should I go for Avira or Avast for Antivirus?

Avira is much more lighter than Avast.

[Geek-With-Lens]

1+ For MalwareBytes

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

Looking for a change should I opt for Avira or Avast?

I would suggest Avira. But both are very good. Avira is very simple and basic and less resource hungry where Avast is full of features and all but sometimes gives problems.

[Geek-With-Lens]

For Free Antivirus MS Security Essentials is a good option but for who running genuine windows

[Sam]

yes. used MSE & like its clean interface. some may feel it lacks controls but the protection is solid. for those who don't want to tweak & check every avl settings, MSE is for them (not for me).

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[TheMost]

Originally Posted by gameranand

I would suggest Avira. But both are very good. Avira is very simple and basic and less resource hungry where Avast is full of features and all but sometimes gives problems.

I remember myself using Avira during 2004,5,6 .. Those days it was very good ..
Nowadays ... I get troubled with it !

Too much of false positive .. Whenever i use a crack it flags it as malware ...

And being Disturbed I wanted to test the engine of Avira with the MDL malware links
Almost 50% went through ...

I felt ashamed When i Tried to recover my friend's infected PC with Avira free .. It miserably Failed ..
avast boot scan saved my day ..

Now experimentally satisfied with avast ..
Hopefully that Doesn't interfere with my gaming .. Even avcomparitives ranked
avast in performance advanced+

Even Do watch this video ....
somewhat

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[Skud]

Originally Posted by TheMost

I remember myself using Avira during 2004,5,6 .. Those days it was very good ..
Nowadays ... I get troubled with it !

Too much of false positive .. Whenever i use a crack it flags it as malware ...

And being Disturbed I wanted to test the engine of Avira with the MDL malware links
Almost 50% went through ...

I felt ashamed When i Tried to recover my friend's infected PC with Avira free .. It miserably Failed ..
avast boot scan saved my day ..

Now experimentally satisfied with avast ..
Hopefully that Doesn't interfere with my gaming .. Even avcomparitives ranked
avast in performance advanced+

Is flagging a crack as malware a false positive? Almost every AV do it since ages.

[TheMost]

Originally Posted by Skud

Is flagging a crack as malware a false positive? Almost every AV do it since ages.

I mean not only cracks .... many of them // Even SUPER &copy

They announce turn off Avira while installation in their inatallation notes ..

Ok leave the false positive .... What about the prevention test ... Malwaredomainlist ? Did you watch the video ??

Nowadays Avira is meant to mark Goodware as malware ad treat malware with cakes !

[Skud]

Yes. Avast is nowadays far better than Avira. I remember couple of years ago my AV (forget which one I had installed at that time) was having problems with with TeraCopy. And the conflict with Nirsoft utilities is well-known.