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View Poll Results: Top Rated Antivirus | |
AVG
|     | 122 | 43.73% | |
Avast
|    | 45 | 16.13% | |
NOD32
|    | 55 | 19.71% | |
McAfee
|    | 17 | 6.09% | |
Norton
|    | 21 | 7.53% | |
Kaspersky
|    | 36 | 12.90% | |
Symantec Endpoint Protection
| | 23 | 8.24% | |
Microsoft Security Essentials
| | 1 | 0.36% | |
Trend Micro
| | 11 | 3.94% | |
Bit Defender
| | 14 | 5.02% |
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05-21-2009, 01:16 PM
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Formerly charles_scott Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,620
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Originally Posted by pickyantivirus  sorry but not as common as i would like to think....
this guy i know mrizos hes got a website and youtube he removes rootkits everyday both corparations and home users. he must see at least 10 rootkits a day. very good bloke works hard does a good job, he would not let his clients ure a antivirus without rootkit detection, this is beacuse most peaces of malware realte to a rootkit and the fact most exploits and fake antivirus alerts use rootkits, rootkit protection is very important. and santuzzo i can fix u up with nod32 antivirus for free if you so wish, thanks ryan | Isn't it against forum policy to offer someone with free software that way, when the software is supposed to be paid for?
Either way, if you think every piece of malware is a rootkit, then you my friend, need to go back to school and re-learn. | 
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05-21-2009, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 6,058
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Originally Posted by charles_scott Isn't it against forum policy to offer someone with free software that way, when the software is supposed to be paid for? | It's been dealt with  . Quote: |
Either way, if you think every piece of malware is a rootkit, then you my friend, need to go back to school and re-learn.
| Agreed. Not every piece of malware is a rootkit. What about trojans, worms, and the like? Different from rootkits.
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05-21-2009, 03:12 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 848
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I prefer AVG. If it weren't for AVG my friend and I would have been infected with the confiker crap. AVG caught the virus as soon as a infected USB drive was inserted on my computer.
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07-15-2009, 04:37 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 57
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You forgot to add Avira?
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07-21-2009, 06:14 AM
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krazy Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN Posts: 4,865
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has anyone tried the newest version of nod32 to findout if its any better?
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08-04-2009, 09:55 AM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 11
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My favorite has to be Avast purely for the boot scanning, it has really helped me get rid of brontock a couple of times, not to sure if any of the other free anti-viruses do boot scans now but about 2 years ago Avast was the only one I could find that did it.
Only problem with Avast registering for a free key now is a bit confusing two people who I recommended Avast to said they couldn't find where to register for free home use and ended up buying it but other than than have only had a few spywares slip through.
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08-18-2009, 01:44 AM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Jesup, GA Posts: 27
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As an everyday downloader, i've been using avast and it works great with no problems that i know of. updates itself, runs in the background, really safe. I like it.
Last edited by Osiris; 08-27-2009 at 03:10 PM.
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09-05-2009, 01:02 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 158
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is avg the top rated antivirus because its free and more people use it or is it overall better that nod32?
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09-05-2009, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,162
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Originally Posted by gula187 is avg the top rated antivirus because its free and more people use it or is it overall better that nod32? | It's the top rated over here, because it's free and more people use it. NOD32 is much better than AVG, but you have to pay for it. | |
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09-05-2009, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,679
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I dropped all of them and am going with Microsoft Security Essentials. I think it is great and has offered me subperb protection. Plus it will be free. 
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