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Mikey

Mikey

Mikey

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Looking at renewing my AV and wanting to know what the general feeling is:

I'm looking at:

McAfee VirusScan Plus
AVG 8 (Which is what I currently have).
Symantec AV 2009

I'm a fan of McAfee EPO and Sophos, but they are from the commercial market.
 
I use Kaspersky v6 (enterprise) at work and Kaspersky v8 at home, both good. I've haven't tried it myself but I've heard the new Norton is very good and lightweight.
 
You might want to go the payware route but first check out some independent reviews at av-comparatives.

The charts there show Avira and Avast going toe-to-toe with the payware big boys and comprehensively outpunching most of them.

And Avira was named AV product of the year last year...

http://www.freeav.com/en/news/41/avira_antivir_premium_is_the_product_of_the_year.html

Avira also got an award from Passmark, apparently its the fastest scanner too....

http://www.freeav.com/en/news/21/first_place_for_avira_antivir_personal.html

So whichever way you look at it, the freeware offerings are perfectly acceptable.

However, if you insist on payware avoid AVG and get Kaspersky or NOD or Avira Premium.
 
Kona* said:
NOD32.

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Ouch it's more expensive than the others. I was looking for 4 machines, but may go with one and see how it is first

Sorry I was wrong, I mis-read the pricing, I look at the multiple year pricing.

Mmm time to put things into a spreadsheet for comparison.

I've got paid for AVG at the mo, as the free wasn't supported on x64 Vista back when vista was released
 
they are offering the full internet security suite.just ask a friend that banks with either of the 2 to download if for you.
 
+1 for Kaspersky Is here. Been using it for several years now and when my subscription runs out I ahve a years code from Barclays to use. and that code is a 3 user license so can be used 3 times. and as we ahve 4 household members using Barclays online we can get 12 free yearly subscriptions!
 
NOD32 and Kapersky are as good as one another. They both are very lightweight, and have excellent detection rates, too.

However, Avast! Home Edition (Free) also compares very well to paid for AV Software.
 
Mikey said:
Looking at renewing my AV and wanting to know what the general feeling is:

I'm looking at:

McAfee VirusScan Plus
AVG 8 (Which is what I currently have).
Symantec AV 2009

I'm a fan of McAfee EPO and Sophos, but they are from the commercial market.
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I use Sophos where (as the enterprise administrator) my home user rights allow, but when I pay for AV, it's currently Kaspersky that gets my vote.... cheap for a multi-user+multi-year licence through my bank as well.
 
I've just signed up for another 3 years of NOD32 for £43 \o/.

It's the one I'd recommend to anybody.
 
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