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What AV do you use the most?

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.Simon said:
I wouldn't use anything other than NOD32 version 2 if you paid me.
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There are better free AVs then NOD32 with less cpu usage,


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http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/avc_per_201311_en.pdf


As usual Avast,Avira and AVG 2014 do well.
 
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Started using F-Secure tonight, VM have a promotion going around for BB users for free 1 year sub.

Going by that chart, doesn't seem to use much resources either.
 
Surprisingly annoyed at the NOD32 score there!

I used to use it solidly, but have bneen with Avast for a while and only moved back to NOD32 about 6 months ago.

All my PCs are still Avast, but my main PC I went NOD

As for the resources, no matter what they score, if I saw even the most miniscule tiny slowdown at all, then its gone. No argueing, so on that note, I can honestly say that there is NO difference between NOD and AVAST.

But Im still annoyed.

Where is norton on that scale? LOL
 
FatRakoon said:
Surprisingly annoyed at the NOD32 score there!

I used to use it solidly, but have bneen with Avast for a while and only moved back to NOD32 about 6 months ago.

All my PCs are still Avast, but my main PC I went NOD

As for the resources, no matter what they score, if I saw even the most miniscule tiny slowdown at all, then its gone. No argueing, so on that note, I can honestly say that there is NO difference between NOD and AVAST.

But Im still annoyed.

Where is norton on that scale? LOL
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Norton is on there look at "Symantec".
 
I forgot but about 2 years ago I paid the grand sum of £8 for 5 years worth of whatever the full Panda AV suite is. Their 2012 suite was absolutely terrible (totally ground my PC to a halt) so I uninstalled it.

They have just emailed to to remind me I can have their 2014 version for free if I want. The reviews are pretty decent online but not sure if it going to be that much better than Avast Free and Win8 firewall?
 
So I managed to grab myself a virus. Or rather, I think the girlfriend done something as I'm now the proud owner of the 'Antivirus Security Pro' virus. I'm on a new hard drive so haven't gotten round to installing antivirus and BOOM, infected.

Anyone had this before? Seems quite tough to remove but I'm enjoying the challenge :)
 
I have not been running any av since upgrading to 8.1 beyond whatever MS bundle with the OS (called defender now?) I just picked up a bit of malware:

Show-Password,
PC Speed Maximiser
Filegfrog Update Checker

I think I have managed to get rid of it all, but was a bit spooked to see the above appear in my list of recently installed programs, as i am certain I didn't give permission for them to install.
therefore I am thinking of installing something a bit better than defender. any recommendation for an AV to go with 8.1?
 
I think you are right that i did inadvertently install it. Still (despite the fact that an av would not have prevented this) IS it worthwhile running an AV if so, what would you recommend?
 
EdwardTeach said:
I think you are right that i did inadvertently install it. Still (despite the fact that an av would not have prevented this) IS it worthwhile running an AV if so, what would you recommend?
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Windows Defender is fine if you're running Win 8.x.
 
I am trying out a new free combo. Have changed from Avast AV & Windows Firewall, to Bitdefender AV & Zone Alarm Firewall. Got annoyed with the Avast pop-ups asking me to upgrade all the time.
 
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