Latest Anti-virus Results !

[anandk]

The top dog in the tests was G Data Security's AntiVirusKit

17 anti-virus programs tested against hundreds of thousands of worms, viruses, Trojan horses and other malware.

The AV Comparatives Web site, which is maintained by Andreas Cleminti from Innsbruck, Austria, posts quarterly results of tests that pit the top anti-virus products against a dynamic list of nearly half a million individual pieces of malware.

Top dog, according to Cleminti's tests, was
G Data Security's AntiVirusKit (AVK), which nailed 99.5% of the malicious code.
Followed By :
AEC's TrustPort AV WS, at 99.4%,
Avira's AntiVir PE Premium, at 98.9%,
MicroWorld's eScan Anti-Virus, at 97.9%,
F-Secure's Anti-Virus, at 97.9%, and
Kaspersky Labs' AV, which stopped 97.9% of the malware.

Norton/Mcafee nowhere among the top !!
Kaspersky rep takes a beating !?
Microsoft's OneCare takes last place !!

Source

[lalam]

Wans't trend micro internet security included??? Isn't this reputed too?

[anandk]

AntiVir is a good one. but ignored...
apart from avast and avg, antivir is also a great freeware !
and ya, av comparative IS a reputed site.
just 4 ur info, G Data Security's has a great anti-worm tool too.

[prasad_den]

KAspersky down...!!
BTW, I suspect my PC has some virus/*ware.. Anyone suggest me a good online scanner..!!

[Kiran.dks]

BIG surprise indeed. I doubt the authencity of the review.

To Prasad: BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
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Originally Posted by lalam

So now my question is if i download the G Data Anti virus and run it alongside trend micro will this two softwre conflict???

Yes. It will affect on PC performance. Never keep two antivirus programs in real-time mode. If u want both, turn off anyone antivirus real-time scanner. Use it for occasional scan of system.

[rakeshishere]

Originally Posted by anandk

Source

This link doesnt work...It shud be SOURCE

[anandk]

^ thanx.

[koolbluez]

Does Antivir have realtime scan
Seems to have.. but the site mentions nuthin.

And where is my dear Avast & AVG

These ppl change places frequently.. we need a unanimous leader
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No freebies here

[koolbluez]

I'm talkin of the freebies. Whose the leader there... and does he have real-time scanning

[Vyasram]

avk sucks in terms of speed since it uses double engines, so the best option now is avira

[Josan]

Hey wat about Norton ,and Avast ?

[anandk]

antivir has realtime scanning too, koolbluez.

[blackpearl]

Where is NOD32??

[zyberboy]

I already know that Avira is the best ,Only problem is that it is an extreme virus catcher ,some times gives false alarm.
Memory usage
Avira = 40mb<---free,but no spyware scanner in free edition
kav6 = 35mb
ActiveVirusShield(kav 6 engine)=below20mb<------top dog ,with real time virus & spyware scanner
No money can buy AVS becoz its free!!(detection similar to kav)

Above Av's can be terminated in a single click(so nice)


Avast & nod32 hard to terminate the service

[Cool G5]

Does avast(Free edition) scans for spyware,adware etc?

[blackpearl]

Originally Posted by cyberboy_kerala

I already know that Avira is the best ,Only problem is that it is an extreme virus catcher ,some times gives false alarm.

Exactly!! Avira gives plenty of false +ves.

Currently I'm using NOD32 and I'm going to stick with it. Its excellent.

[alok4best]

What do u guys think abt AOL's active virus shield..Its newest version is powered by kaspersky engine and right now AOL is providing free license..I m using it for past one month,and to my surprise its performing excellent...Ur views on this plz?

[anandk]

Originally Posted by Cool G5

Does avast(Free edition) scans for spyware,adware etc?

not really. best to have an independant freeware a/s like adaware, etc.
but yes, its IDS can be considered as a light-weight firewall.

btw thanx 3 of u for the +reps for this thread.
and thanx 1 of u for neg repping me for this thread as SPAM ! looks like ur av waznt among the winners !

[zyberboy]

Originally Posted by alok4best

What do u guys think abt AOL's active virus shield..Its newest version is powered by kaspersky engine and right now AOL is providing free license..I m using it for past one month,and to my surprise its performing excellent...Ur views on this plz?

Yes good Av ,very fast & light weight

[piyush gupta]

kasperkey Down whats next?

[zyberboy]

Originally Posted by piyush gupta

kasperkey Down whats next?

Who said
kav scored low because proactive defence of kav 6 is not included in the test .

[kirangp]

No Zonealarm...I am using zonealarm antivirus & it performs gud enuf but does make the system slow..

[anandk]

^za uses kav av defns.

[EagerBeaver]

Thanks for sharing dude Will Try AOL. Can anyone gives me da link of download ?????

[koolbluez]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A simple aol antivirus search gave me that... lazy bum.... http://www.activevirusshield.com/

[anand.expert]

By just only installing the best Antivirus it is not all over.There is something which we have to do and configure while Surfing or using our PC.

[shyamno]

After seeing the result and all thoughts if anyone want to suggest me any AV..what will it be..????

I want to know and use that..as my PC-Cillin in really slowing my PC...

[anandk]

Originally Posted by anand.expert

By just only installing the best Antivirus it is not all over.There is something which we have to do and configure while Surfing or using our PC.

This

[shyamno]

Can AOL AV be used in machine where the net activity is too much..i.e..

Simple and straight forward ..can this AV be trusted..How would one compare it with Kaspersky,McAfee,Pc-Cillin..etc

[piyush gupta]

better use KAV or NOD32

AOL Active Shield is gud dont know about AV