virus scanners!

Th3D0n · 7 Nov 2008 at 01:44

Hi guys what virus scanner do you think is the best one i can get. I dont care how much it costs !

Greenlizard0 · 7 Nov 2008 at 01:58

Avira is the best free one. I think the best paid for one is NOD32 and Kapersky.

benjo · 7 Nov 2008 at 01:59

Avira AntiVir for a free one.

Th3D0n · 7 Nov 2008 at 02:17

Greenlizard0 said:
Avira is the best free one. I think the best paid for one is NOD32 and Kapersky.

ok then witch do you recommend NOD32 or Kapersky

Greenlizard0 · 7 Nov 2008 at 03:03

I think that Kaspersky is based on NOD32 (or the other way round) so they're very similar in performance.

markyb · 7 Nov 2008 at 06:46

NOD32.

Great Detection rate, small footprint & hassel free.

Ratbag · 7 Nov 2008 at 07:29

Greenlizard0 said:
I think that Kaspersky is based on NOD32 (or the other way round) so they're very similar in performance.

Wrong.

I personally don't think the payware offer enough over and above the freeware, particularly Avira. If you want some proof, check this out.....

markyb · 7 Nov 2008 at 07:32

Ratbag said:
I personally don't think the payware offer enough over and above the freeware, particularly Avira. If you want some proof, check this out.....

I always thought with the free version Avira that it did not offer Real Time Resident Protection, or is this not the case now?

Ratbag · 7 Nov 2008 at 07:34

It only supplies real time scanning not on-demand.

bledd · 7 Nov 2008 at 09:09

Ratbag said:
It only supplies real time scanning not on-demand.

are you 100% sure?

i installed it on my laptop because it's not a realtime scanner

nod32 or kaspersky if you want to pay

i've setup nod32 for a few businesses, i get zero hassle from it and every symantec system it's replacd, it's picked up tons of junk that symantec missed

Ratbag · 7 Nov 2008 at 12:55

bledd. said:
are you 100% sure?

i installed it on my laptop because it's not a realtime scanner

nod32 or kaspersky if you want to pay

i've setup nod32 for a few businesses, i get zero hassle from it and every symantec system it's replacd, it's picked up tons of junk that symantec missed

Yep, I'm sure.

z0mbi3 · 7 Nov 2008 at 13:03

I've personally always found Avast reliable.

Benihana · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:23

I'd recommend Bitdefender personally, cheap as chips and lots of awards/reviews to back it up. Failing that I have Kaspersky on some of the family PC's and its pretty autonomous. Also if you have a Barclays account online you can get a free 3 license copy.

FoxEye · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:27

VirusTotal. Safety in numbers.