The Official Antivirus Thread

[Indyan]

Some popular antivirus softwares :

Avira Antivir
Avast!
AVG
BitDefender
Kaspersky
Mcafee
ESET NOD32
Norton
Microsoft Security Essentials
ClamWin

Free Antivirus Software :

Out of these Avira, Avast!, AVG,ClamWin ,Microsoft Security Essentials and Bitdefender have freeware versions.

Reviews :

Latest Av-comparatives.org Results

Unfortunately Av-comparatives doesnt allow other sites to republish their results. Hence, you need to go to the comparatives section and check out the results manually.

Latest Av-test.org Results are viewable here

Latest Antivirus product self-protection test Results :

PLATINUM
Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (100%)
DrWeb Security Space 6.0 (99%)

GOLD
Online Solutions Security Suite 1.5 (97%)
Outpost Security Suite Pro 2010 (97%)
Norton Internet Security 2010 (91%)
Avast! Internet Security 5.0 (91%)
Comodo Internet Security 4.1 (89%)
Avira Premium Security Suite 10.0 (88%)
BitDefender Internet Security 2011 (86%)
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2010 (86%)

SILVER
Eset Smart Security 4.2 (76%)
Panda Internet Security 2011 (70%)
G DATA Internet Security 2011 (70%)
McAfee Internet Security 2010 (63%)

BRONZE
AVG Internet Security 9.0 (59%)
F-Secure Internet Security 2010 (57%)
VBA32 Personal 3.12 (55%)
Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 (50%)
PC Tools Internet Security 2010 (49%)

FAILED
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 (29%)

Latest Virus.gr Test Results :

based on report for 10 August-05 September 2009

Top 4 Paid Antivirus products :
1. G DATA 2009 20.0.2.1 - 98,89%
2. F-Secure 2009 9.00.148 - 98,72%
3. Kaspersky 2010 9.0.0.463 - 98,67%
4. AntiVir 9.0.0.381 Premium - 98,64%

Top 4 Free Antivirus products :
6. AntiVir 9.0.0.407 Personal - 98,56%
15. AVG 8.5.392 Free - 97%
16. BitDefender 2009 12.0.12.0 Free - 96,37%
18. Avast 4.8.1335 Free - 95,87%
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Online Scanners


BitDefender Online Scanner

Kaspersky Online Spyware And Virus Scanner

ESET Online Antivirus Scan

Trend Micro's online virus scanner
(posted by thewisecrab)

Is it a Virus?

You can scan an individual file using multiple scanning engines at :
Jotti’s Malware Scan
Virustotal
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My personal opinion on free AVs

Avira Antivir-9/10
the best free AV .
light on resources ,highest detection rates

Microsoft Security Essentials - 8/10
Very Good AV
slightly lower detection rate and slower than Antivir

Avast - 8/10
Very Good AV
slightly lower detection rate than Antivir

ssk_the_gr8

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Since, one of the most commonly asked questions in this forum is "What is the best antivirus", I created this thread. Please post all relavent questions in this thread. Any other similar thread will be closed.

To other mods : Feel free to edit my first post to add/delete info and to keep this post updated.

[zyberboy]

kaspersky = best detection,light on system,easy to set gamers mode(no other av hav this feature except bitdefender),best support,hourly update,easy to configure,good scanning speed.

[thewisecrab]

Great Work Indyan
There are tons and ton of posts regarding "best antivirus"
Hope this will sort things out


My opinion:
ESET NOD32 antivirus is one of the best
Extremely lite on resources (ideal for gamers)
Power packed performance regarding detection rate
Only prob is that it doesnt have a firewall and spyware detector
Otherwise a great AV

[shift]

Avast : Good in detecting
NOD32 : Good in removing

[Cool Joe]

kaspersky really slows down my PC. i need a lighter, free antivirus. which should i opt for? avg, avast or avira? detection rates should b farely good, real time protection should be very good. hard disk space is not an issue. it should b light on other resources.

[zyberboy]

^kaspersky was not slow even in my earlier sys with 1.7gz processor and 256mb ram,wts ur system specs?which version of kav r u using?

[Cool Joe]

ive got 512 MB RAM, and an athlon 1.81 ghz processor. i am using kaspersky antivirus 7.0. i use it along with spybot SD. could this be the problem?

[zyberboy]

^Early version of kav 7 had some problems,kav 7 was released for vista and had some problems in xp.
Try kaspersky 6 its much faster and hav same updates as ver 7

[Gigacore]

Avast for me

[ThinkFree]

Paid:Kaspersky
Free:Avast home

[Amir.php]

i have avast pro.
Amazing experience.

[enticer86]

Avast is pretty good. Though I'd also like to add that Norton is a memory hog. Ewww!

[Kl@w-24]

Kaspersky or NOD32 for me!! Kaspersky Internet Security uses less memory than ESET Smart Security!!!

[als2]

ive got 512 MB RAM, and an athlon 1.81 ghz processor. i am using kaspersky antivirus 7.0. i use it along with spybot SD. could this be the problem?

try kav or kis 8.0 u will not regret this version is very low on system resource

[rhitwick]

KIS for me..........two thumbs up..........

(first time I bought an anti-virus)...........

@indyan...........nice work..........keep it up...............

[Cool Joe]

i ve got around 5 months left of my 6 month kaspersky license. should i go for a switch? if yes, then plz recommend a FREE one. and also state y u think so. plz.

[4T7]

NOD32 for me

[Kl@w-24]

i ve got around 5 months left of my 6 month kaspersky license. should i go for a switch? if yes, then plz recommend a FREE one. and also state y u think so. plz.

No, don't switch!!

[Cool Joe]

i have had enough of this kaspersky sht. it slows down my pc a lot. i m switchin. which should i go for? avg, avira or avast? plz mention the reason y u rate one above the other.

[motobuntu]

Avira works best for me. Even at a very low config : AMD sempron 2600, 512MB.

[IT Idiot]

Bit useless thread. I think the new mod wanted to have a sticky thread of his own. Anyway cool topic dude.

By the way,
Use Linux = No Virus

[Cool Joe]

Bit useless thread. I think the new mod wanted to have a sticky thread of his own.

withdraw ur statement dude! u won't like feelin the wrath of Indyan!
btw, i have decided to try out avira. i have tried out avast and avg in the past.

[Indyan]

Bit useless thread. I think the new mod wanted to have a sticky thread of his own. Anyway cool topic dude.

By the way,
Use Linux = No Virus

Unfortunately things dont exactly work like that over here. You should have known that by now. This thread was created as many people were requesting an AV sticky.

Anyway, getting back to the topic :

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware is now released

Today, I’m pleased to announce that after a very long development and beta testing effort, we have released VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware. This is the consumer version; the enterprise version will be shipping next week. Company propaganda here, earlier beta announcement (with more information) here. Some reviewers also took an early peek at the beta — including Robert Vamosi at CNET and John Hawes at Virus Bulletin.
Those who have been following this blog may have read some of my prior postings, which started out with a blog post early last year entitled Evolving the Antimwalware Technology Model. In that blog post, I discussed how antivirus products have had to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
Deep research intelligence a cornerstone to VIPRE's powerful threat protection VIPRE's ability to provide powerful threat detection and remediation is supported by deep research intelligence from Sunbelt's Malware Research Labs (SMRL). SMRL includes some of the industry's leading malware experts, as well as broad capabilities in automated malware research and analysis. In addition to its proprietary research, SMRL works extensively within the security community, through cooperative relationships with other security companies and groups; and participation in VirusTotal, the largest online malware submission site. SMRL also provides technology to the security industry, with its Sunbelt CWSandbox and ThreatTrack threat data in use by some of the world's largest telecommunication, government, education, search engine, and security organizations.

[Micheal]

KUDOS to indyan from me
Great compilation man. Really helps us guys hu do not spend time researching on security software. (Thats y we r dependent on u guys like u)

[speedrider_100]

I am using Microsoft's Live One Care, and It works like a Charm. Freely Available for 224 Days!

[The Conqueror]

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009

[nikhilpai]

Paid: ESET NOD32
Free: Avast

[ax3]

avast is light on system & good 4 home users .......

[samudragupta]

i'm using kaspersky internet security and it's a wonderful av, also the virtual keypad in it is wonderfull for online bankers and shoppers. will get it once it expires....

[thewisecrab]

hi guys
My NOD32 Antivirus License is about to expire (yes..legal copy )
Can you'll recommend a free alternative?
I'm stuck between AVG & Avira......
PS. The Kaspersky "free copy from barclays" prob has already been detected
So no KIS for me too