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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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Old 11-05-2009, 05:18 PM   #241 (permalink)
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what about Microsoft's free AV Essential? Shouldn't that be added to this too?
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Old 11-05-2009, 07:11 PM   #242 (permalink)
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Only 10 can be on this list. We could remove Trend or Avira.
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Old 11-05-2009, 07:14 PM   #243 (permalink)
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Removed Avira, added MSE
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Old 11-05-2009, 07:16 PM   #244 (permalink)
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Uhm, if you are going to drop one.. might I go out on a limb here and suggest the obvious.. GET RID OF NORTON.. pls..
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There are a lot of votes so I'll let it stay
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I moved from NOD32 to MS Security Essentials for its beta. I still use it and have it on every computer in the house now. It does work, and works quite well.
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Alright now how to edit the poll to switch my vote from Avast to MSE?
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Definetively Avast! Pro.
Lightweight (I have it on a 512mb laptop with Windows 7 and it doesn't go further than 350mb usage.)
Stops every single virus.
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Definetively Avast! Pro.
Lightweight (I have it on a 512mb laptop with Windows 7 and it doesn't go further than 350mb usage.)
Stops every single virus.
Yup, every single virus that it has the detection and removal definitions for, but what about the other viruses?
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