Poll: **********The All New Official OcUK Anti-Virus Program Thread - KEEP ALL AV QUESTIONS IN HERE*******

[RJC]

Currently use Microsoft Security Essentials on most of my PC'S.

Link to Sticky.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18115179

 

[Sweey]

Microsoft Security Essentials here too.

 

[lumpeh]

I found MSE rather heavy on the Atom for some reason and went with Avast on it in the end.

 

[delpy8]

Hi all just installed MSE Thx

 

[Brian Stuart]

MSE on Win 7 Pro 64 bit. Works a treat

 

[paradigm]

I found MSE rather heavy on the Atom for some reason and went with Avast on it in the end.

I can't help but lol.

 

[Bony Maloney]

MSE on Win 7 Pro 64 bit. Works a treat

+1

 

[Burnsy2023]

I don't like symantec av but why can't you use the 32bit version?

 

[Brian Stuart]

I don't like symantec av but why can't you use the 32bit version?

I thought that but having a uncompromising dislike of Norton, I decided to ignore it.

 

[perry081064]

MSE

 

[achitophel]

I thought that but having a uncompromising dislike of Norton, I decided to ignore it.

+1. The last version I owned (several years ago) decided at one point to make an active window every 30 seconds requiring a critical update to be downloaded and installed. There was no ignore option - that's the sort of behaviour I'd associate with a virus, so I binned it forever.

 

[Cat_In_Pyjamas]

Used to run ArcaVir for many years, now going with BullGuard that came free with my mobo/cpu/ram bundle off OCUK. No complains so far...

 

[lumpeh]

I can't help but lol.

Loading anything made the MSE service take 50% of the processor for whatever reason. Thats like insta-slug on a netbook! Avast doesn't do this, nor NOD32 that i had on previously.

 

[mrk]

I can't help but lol.

MSE has issues with large volume folders and high CPU/DiskIO, it always has and always will by the looks of it.

I even have video evidence which has been posted many times.

And I'm on a 3.2GHz quad...

 

[AMG]

I ve changed from kerpersky to free solution

comodo, with anti virus

malwarebytes if it starts acting up (free)

I m not sure what else to put with comodo, the defense + seens to have inproved since I used it a year ago, see how gaming goes as it liked crashing the PC.

Norton does work, but its like OSX in my option it like cradles you and don't let you touch anything...i do not like that.

 

[Fillado]

MSE has issues with large volume folders and high CPU/DiskIO, it always has and always will by the looks of it.

I even have video evidence which has been posted many times.

And I'm on a 3.2GHz quad...

Definitely. I have a folder with around 30 installation files inside and with MSE installed the icons take forever to load with 100% CPU on a 2Ghz Core Duo.

It's just crazy and means I'll never use MSE until it's sorted. I'm holding out some hope on 2.0 but for now Avast is plenty good enough.

 

[edscdk]

best AV program,

AVG always used to be fine, however a lot of the time its letting the fake AV programs get into the system..

Kaspersky always used to be considered one of the best however it used to slow down machines much more than AVG...

if the latest version of Kaspersky still slow things down a lot?

is there anything better on the market?

thanks for any suggestions...

 

[Chaos]

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

 

[Sp00n]

NOD32 or Kaspersky.

 

[PixelChef]

I use Avast free version and I've never had any problem with viruses.