Top 5 AVs in your country

[pykko]

Well, hope3 this hasn't been posted before but I'm quite interested which is the top 5 AVs used in your country. Of course you should do a strong research to find exactly the real rankings, but as long as you know, from your countrys forum polls and from your friends', relatives' AVs please post here which AVs are the most used in your country.
Thx!

In Romania (to begin the postings... ;D ) these are the most used AVs:
1. Bit Defender
2. NOD32
3. Norton Antivirus
4. F-Secure
5. AVG

[tansu]

In Turkey
1. Kaspersky
2. Avast!
3. McAfee
4. F-Secure
5. Norton

[RejZoR]

Slovenia
1. NOD32
2. avast!
3. Kaspersky
4. Bit Defender
5. AntiVir

These are my observations, though some are very equal to others.
First 4 are basically sharing the sampe place, while AntiVir, AVG, Norton, McAfee are pushed back. Basically i don't know much ppl that actually use McAfee for example.

[pykko]

in Romania there are few using Kaspersky. :( And most users having a free AV are using AVG or Avast. Don't know why aren't they using AntiVir which is much better. ???
Bit Defender is the first because it's a Romanian product. ;D

[Albinoni]

In Australia:

1. Nortons
2. McAfee
3. Nortons
4. McAfee

Sad really isnt it !!!!

[se7engreen]

My guess for the USA:
Norton
Trend
McAfee
AVG
NOD32

[.....]

My Guess (UK):

Norton
McAfee
Trend
eTrust

[dog]

In Canada

Norton
McAfee

For the average user as thats basically all you'll find on store shelves. Although I think Canada is only behind the Netherlands for being the most connected country ... and I'm sure there are an aboundance of more savy users. Of my friends Nod and Kav would rate 1 and 2 respectively. ;)

[pykko]

Norton seems to rule the market...some haven't heard of NOD32 and Kaspersky. :(

[CJsDad]

USA

In my opinion they are.....

1) Norton
1A) McAfee

2) Trend Micro

3) AVG

4) Panda

5) F-Secure

[mikesu]

Poland:
1. Symantec
2. Arcabit (http://www.arcabit.com) / MKS
3. Gdata, Kaspersky, Nod32, Panda Software
4. F-Secure, Bitdefender, Dr.Web, AVG, McAfee
5. others...

:D

[Lollan]

In the US, as far as OEM computers go: I've yet to see anything other than Norton, McAfee or Trend come in the shop unfortunately. Most of them leave with a Nod32 trial and instructions on how to purchase it though. :)

[TeknO]

my guess for TURKEY;

1. Symantec (Norton)
2. McAfee
3. Trend Micro (PC-cillin)
4. CA eTrust
5. Panda

http://www.resimload.com/140518/hX1rEGY.gif

[Mirin]

Japan
1 Trend Micro
2 Symantec
3 McAfee
Virus security (K7Computing-based)
avast!, AVG, VirusKiller (rebadged Rising), V3, Kingsoft, etc.

Unknown/unproven products can be popular if they are cheap.

[ErikAlbert]

My guess for Belgium is :
1. Norton
2. Norton
3. Norton
4. Norton
5. Norton

I hope some other belgian members will correct me. ;D
Me and my brother never heard of KAV and NOD32, until I joined SWI and one year later Wilders.

[mrhero]

{QUOTE-> my guess for TURKEY;

1. Symantec (Norton)
2. McAfee
3. Trend Micro (PC-cillin)
4. CA eTrust
5. Panda

<-QUOTE}

I think Avast must be in this list.

[TNT]

Italy, my guess:

- Symantec
- McAfee
- Trend Micro
- Panda
- Kaspersky

[TeknO]

{QUOTE-> I think Avast must be in this list. <-QUOTE}
It's about total market sales included business side also. Home computing has a different story.

[Alphalutra1]

America:

1) Symantec/Norton
2) McAffee
3) Trend
4) AVG
5) avast!, maybe...

Alphalutra1

[Firecat]

In India:

1)Symantec (Norton)
2)Trend Micro (PC-cillin)
3)McAfee (almost the same amount of sales as Trend)
4)AVG
5)Panda

[rdsu]

{QUOTE-> Norton seems to rule the market...some haven't heard of NOD32 and Kaspersky. :( <-QUOTE}
Same in Portugal... :(

[Grumble]

Here in the U.S. of A, the average typical computer user that I've met doesn't even know if they have antivirus, antitrojan, antimalware, or firewall... some know they have "Norton"... a few others McAfee... but they usually have little or no idea of what those programs consist of or what they are supposed to do other than "protect them"... and many of these people never bothered to subscribe to updates beyond the free 90 day trial that came installed on their computer. Such is life.

[gerardwil]

Norton
Norton
Norton
McAfee
McAfee

[lifehacker]

My guess for America
1. Norton
2. McAfee
3. AVG
4. Pc Cillin
5. Avast
...

[TAP]

My guess for Thailand and some countries in Southeast Asia...

1. Norton (government/corporate/home users)
2. McAfee (government/corporate/home users)
3. Trend Micro and CA eTrust (government/corporate users)
4. AVG
5. avast!

and the new comer, Fortinet for the government/corporate users.

In my opinion, Norton, McAfee, Tend Micro, these big three rule the market because of their acceptable quality, good reputation and good marketing strategy, these 3 brands are so strong and can make the government/corporate users feel trust even they have to pay more.

I think Grisoft AVG must doing something right in the real world, this AV is very popular and seems to getting even more popular, not just because of it has a free version for home users.

[Graystoke]

{QUOTE-> Here in the U.S. of A, the average typical computer user that I've met doesn't even know if they have antivirus, antitrojan, antimalware, or firewall... some know they have "Norton"... a few others McAfee... but they usually have little or no idea of what those programs consist of or what they are supposed to do other than "protect them"... and many of these people never bothered to subscribe to updates beyond the free 90 day trial that came installed on their computer. Such is life. <-QUOTE}



You are describing a few of my friends. :)

[AndreyKa]

In Russia:
1. KAV
2. Dr.Web
3. Norton
4. NOD32
5. AVG / Avast!

[dw2108]

In the United States of Louisiana and Texas, we -- uhh -- we can almost afford F-Prot with Spybot's free active TeaTimer protection enabled!

Dave

[^Ale]

{QUOTE-> Italy, my guess:

- Symantec
- McAfee
- Trend Micro
- Panda
- Kaspersky <-QUOTE}

1.,2. & 3. agree because you find them in most of computer shops and preinstalled on PC and laptops
4. AntiVir/Avast (free)
5. Kaspersky/NOD32/Panda

But now in the biggest shops I see other than Symantec and McAfee also Kaspersky and GData AVK.

[fosius]

in Slovakia (i guess):
1. NOD32 - really surprising ;D
then AVAST, AVG, Kaspersky..

[pykko]

NOD32 needs to be much promoted. I've told all my friends about it and almost 99% of them liked it much than Bit Defender, Norton, etc.... advertising in mass-media or to sport competitions, or I don't know ;D may increase its popularity. ;) Also Kaspersky...he's not so well promoted either

[Blackcat]

{QUOTE-> My Guess (UK):

Norton
McAfee
Trend
eTrust <-QUOTE}

For the Home market, Norton then McAfee. KAV too must have a notable presence as it was the AV installed on many Time Computers before they went bust! After these, probably the free AVG/Avast.

Only Norton and McAfee are available in the main PC outlets and these two are generally the only AV's that the average user can name. Although NOD has a large advertisement spread in a number of PC/Game magazines here over the last year or so.

Sophos has a big base of customers within the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

[snowbound]

{QUOTE-> Norton seems to rule the market...some haven't heard of NOD32 and Kaspersky. :( <-QUOTE}
True here in Canada also.

Not one person i've talked to on this subject has ever heard of NOD or KAV. That includes computer shop employees, IT people, no one....


snowbound

[Brian N]

In Denmark

1: Norton
2: Kaspersky
3: BullGuard
4: Avast!
5: Avira (AntiVir)
200: NOD32

[tiagozt]

In BRAZIL:

1. Norton/Symantec (Oh! God!)
2. AVG (Oh! God!)
3. Mcafee
4. NOD32
5. Avast!

Oh! God!

:(

[Firefighter]

My guess in Finland:

1. F-secure

2. Symantec

3. Norman

4. AVG

5. Avast


Best regards,
Firefighter!

[YeOldeStonecat]

{QUOTE-> In Australia:

1. Nortons
2. McAfee
3. Nortons
4. McAfee

Sad really isnt it !!!! <-QUOTE}

LOL....same here in the States. Ahh the unfortunate masses.

[Graystoke]

{QUOTE-> True here in Canada also.

Not one person i've talked to on this subject has ever heard of NOD or KAV. That includes computer shop employees, IT people, no one....


snowbound <-QUOTE}


Same here in the city where I live in California. I've been to three local computer repair shops, and none have heard of NOD or KAV. When I mention KAV or especially NOD, at staples, the sales people just give me a blank stare.

[arneevillar]

here in the phillipines its....

1.mcafee (since thats what most regular users know)
2.norton (ditto!)
3.trend micro (usually preinstalled)
4.avg (hey! its free!!!)
5.kav, nod32, bit defender et al (divided among a small minority)

PS. i personally use NOD32/bitdefender8(on demand)

[Mack Jones]

In France, I would say

1/ Symantec
2/ McAfee
3/ Kaspersky
4/ F-Secure
and 5/ :-\ dunno...maybe Trend

[CJsDad]

Conversation with me and my friends at home and at work about using NOD32 or KAV and how much popular Norton and McAfee are in the US of A

Me: Have you tried NOD32 or KAV?
Friends: What? N-O- who? Whats a KAV?
Me: anti-virus programs and its NOD32 and KAV.
friends: oooooh, I got what ever came with my computer, some Norton thing or McA-something, that McA- thing seems pretty good though, have you tried that?
Me: No
Friends: Well I never heard of that N-O-whatever or that Kasper...uh, KA thing you're talking about.
Me: Well, would you be interested in trying them, you can try either one for free for 30 days
Friends: No, if I never heard of it I'm not using it.

These are the type of reponses I get any time we start talking about computers.
Dont get me wrong, some do know about NOD32 and Kaspersky but the "majority" don't know.

[izi]

{QUOTE-> Slovenia
1. NOD32
2. avast!
3. Kaspersky
4. Bit Defender
5. AntiVir

These are my observations, though some are very equal to others.
First 4 are basically sharing the sampe place, while AntiVir, AVG, Norton, McAfee are pushed back. Basically i don't know much ppl that actually use McAfee for example. <-QUOTE}

Are U sure: I think that this is the right one
1. Norton
2. Norman (more than 45.000 users, all primary and secondary schools, free for UL)
3. Bit Defender (SIOL)
4. NOD32
5. F-Secure
6. Kaspersky
7. Sophos

[RejZoR]

I doubt that Norton is in the first place izi. People simply don't like it.
BitDefender was pretty popular even before SiOL offered it.
avast! share was greatly increased by me. Kaspersky is also pretty popular because of brute detection (it's basically known just because of this in Slovenia). NOD32 is mostly popular because it's fast, light and with good heuristics. Norman? Well i've seen two copies in 4 years so no, not popular at all.
I'm talking about personal computers, not corporate/education systems.

[izi]

{QUOTE-> I doubt that Norton is in the first place izi. People simply don't like it.
BitDefender was pretty popular even before SiOL offered it.
avast! share was greatly increased by me. Kaspersky is also pretty popular because of brute detection (it's basically known just because of this in Slovenia). NOD32 is mostly popular because it's fast, light and with good heuristics. Norman? Well i've seen two copies in 4 years so no, not popular at all.
I'm talking about personal computers, not corporate/education systems. <-QUOTE}

People trust Norton, I realy don't know why. ;D 8) 8)
Norman: look at this file http://www.mss.gov.si/fileadmin/mss.gov.si/pageuploads/okroznice/Norman.doc, page 2 (OPIS LICENCE IN POGOJI ZA UPORABO). I'm talking about all users (for personal, corporate and goverment).

[RejZoR]

Yeah i know they ordered Norman, but it's pretty much crap.
I'd understand BitDefender or F-Secure, but Norman... :-\

[izi]

$$$$$$$ - this is most important:

http://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pubid=174405517 - A short overview of the antivirus industry

[gerardwil]

{QUOTE-> People trust Norton, I realy don't know why. ;D 8) 8)
<-QUOTE}

They trust only because when they enter a computer shop they see that big yellow wall (and a red wall) and ofcourse the shopkeeper advise them to buy these products.

Gerard

[izi]

{QUOTE-> They trust only because when they enter a computer shop they see that big yellow wall (and a red wall) and ofcourse the shopkeeper advise them to buy these products.

Gerard <-QUOTE}
...and if U buy new computer (HP...) there is Norton pre-installed for 6 months. Norton has the best market.

[^Ale]

{QUOTE-> (and a red wall)

Gerard <-QUOTE}

Now it's a black wall Gerard...:)

[Osaban]

I have been living in Seoul South Korea for 3 years, and this country is number one in the world in terms of DSL connections (as a matter of fact it's not possible in Seoul to have a dial-up- connection!).

As far as AVs, the most popular is definetly AhnLab V3 (Korean product) followed by Symantec NAV (quite predictable, as it comes pre-installed in most new machines), and Hauri ViRobot (korean product). I guess Trend Micro and McAfee are also quite popular.

Needless to say that NOD32 and Karspersky are absolutely unheard of in this country.

[pykko]

if ESET or KAV team are seeing this topic perhaps they'll react in a way or in other.... btw, in Romania, 1 year ago NOD32 was also unheared but now it started to be more and more used. It was not promoted too much in magazines or media, but by forums and from one friend to another. But, unfortunately ESET's sales dunno how much have increased here because many of them are using cracked versions....

[jg88swe]

Sweden

F-Secure
Norton
Norman
McAfee
Panda


Probably Correct if you ask me : )

[sweater]

I think...::) globally, it's Norton and AVG tops the lists, not unless many ordinary pc users started to visit forums like this and see anti-virus ratings. ;D

Norton was bundled free with when buying some brands of motherboards, and AVG is probably one of the most popular free anti-virus anywhere. Well, just like the well known free Spybot S & D anti-spyware... and the free Zone Alarm firewall. They are very popular especially in thirld world countries...beginning to make pc internet incorporating it into their daily life. :dry: 8)

[Lollan]

To be honest, I doubt the average home user knows enough about anitivirus products to have even heard of AVG in the US unless they have a saavy relative or had their PC worked on, not wanting to renew their 90 day trial.

I'd say atleast 3/4 of the OEM systems I get at the office have a trial or full version of Norton/McAfee and never activated it, renewed it, ran a scan or updated the definitions. The US is in a very sad, uninformed state when it comes to properly protecting their computers. :(

[xincentre]

In China, I think NOD, Kaspersky and McAfee are "advanced" users' chosing only. Most of Chinese use like kingsoft, rising or jiangmin (both of them is "Made in China").

[Ailric]

In Canada I would say:

Norton³
McAfee
AVG

NOD32, Kaspersky, F-Secure, F-Prot, Trend and others are foriegn to most people.

[TAP]

Can I say...

Norton
McAfee
AVG
Trend Micro


These 4 brands are the most used/known antivirus software in the world.

[dja2k]

Best Buy stores in Texas, don't know about the rest, seem to have a good amount of the ZoneAlarm Suites So ComputerAssociates for that AV there.

dja2k

[proactivelover]

in pakistan
1.mcafee
2.norton
3.trend-micro
4.panda
5.nod32(in progress)

[Chubb]

{QUOTE-> In China, I think NOD, Kaspersky and McAfee are "advanced" users' chosing only. Most of Chinese use like kingsoft, rising or jiangmin (both of them is "Made in China"). <-QUOTE}

In Hong Kong,

(1) Norton
(2) Norton
(3) Norton
(4) Norton
.
.
(100) Norton
(101) McAfee

Norton is the most well-known AV in HK because it is the most widely pirated antivirus software in HK. People in HK don't like NOD32 or KAV because it is not easy to find a pirated key, even though buying a 3 year license for NOD32 cost US$48 only and a two year license of KAV cost US$37 only (HK promotion price).

What is the number one criteria of choosing an AV in HK?
Ease of finding (a pirated one)!!!
They even don't bother to see which has the best detection rate. :(
Sometimes, people even post a thread in the HK newsgroup and ask which AV is the most user friendly!!! :(
Only very limited people know about BitDefender, F-PROT, Norman and Sophos because cracked version of these AV are rare.

[Lollan]

China is one of the highest sources of pirated software isn't it? Maybe it was Pakistan? :P

Reminds me of Shanijee :P

[Chubb]

{QUOTE-> China is one of the highest sources of pirated software isn't it? Maybe it was Pakistan? :P

Reminds me of Shanijee :P <-QUOTE}

I myself used licensed software but my friends simply say: you are wasting money and you are crazy. Why buy a license when pirated ones are freely available? :(

[Sputnik]

Problem is that there are many people who can't effort to buy licenses. Let's face it, many people in Russia earn around $100 (or less!) a month...
Personally I think companies should cut the prices for this regions way more. But that's wishfull thinking. Open-source is our future ;)

[Chubb]

{QUOTE-> Problem is that there are many people who can't effort to buy licenses. Let's face it, many people in Russia earn around $100 (or less!) a month...
Personally I think companies should cut the prices for this regions way more. But that's wishfull thinking. Open-source is our future ;) <-QUOTE}

In HK, the situation is different. People are willing to pay for new mobile phones which cost about US$250-400, or monthly fee of US$15 for mobile phone calls, but are reluctant to buy a 3 year license for NOD32 which cost US$48 only!!! People in HK simply take it for granted that pirated software can be easily available, so why bother to buy a license? They post threads in the newsgroup asking for cracked version of NOD32 every now and then, or asking for pirated keys of KAV.

Sometimes, they even ask for pirated copies of a Chinese Input software which only cost US$6.42.

[Sputnik]

@Chubb
That's a sad situation. Personally I can't effort myself to pay software licenses, I work full time and need to pay rent for my appartment (where I live in the weekend) and for my girlfriends study. With incomes around $100 a month such things very tight. I'm not complaining though, for my age I earn a lot of money here in the army ;D

Back to the subject. Pirated software is bad, I agree on this. However if you use a pirated copy of software you only use once on a couple of months, then I can understand. And for poor regions I also understand, people just can't effort it! But software you use on a daily base you should pay, especially if your financial position allows this...

[Chubb]

{QUOTE-> @Chubb
That's a sad situation. Personally I can't effort myself to pay software licenses, I work full time and need to pay rent for my appartment (where I live in the weekend) and for my girlfriends study. With incomes around $100 a month such things very tight. I'm not complaining though, for my age I earn a lot of money here in the army ;D

Back to the subject. Pirated software is bad, I agree on this. However if you use a pirated copy of software you only use once on a couple of months, then I can understand. And for poor regions I also understand, people just can't effort it! But software you use on a daily base you should pay, especially if your financial position allows this... <-QUOTE}

I could understand the situation in some countries where people are not earning too much, and some of the software are quite expensive, especially that from Microsoft and Adobe. But people in HK are not that poor. Most are willing to spend a lot for entertainment, singing karaoke, or having holiday trips to other countries. One of my friend is willing to buy a jeans for US$200 but he is reluctant to spend just $20 for an annual antivirus software license. Is that reasonable? He even asked me to give my User ID and password of my NOD32 license to him. I say NO and he said that I was selfish. Using licensed software without sharing my license is selfish. Huh!!! I really don't know what he think. He is earning US$2,500 a month!!! Even my another friend who earns US$10,000 per month asked me for serial number or registration code of software costing only $20!!!

[Sputnik]

@Chubb
Holy s**t men :o $2500 a month! I work two years for that. Anyone interested offering me a job abroad ;D ;) ?

[ronjor]

Several political posts removed. "Top 5 AVs in your country" is the topic of this thread.

[TAP]

{QUOTE-> Norton is the most well-known AV in HK because it is the most widely pirated antivirus software in HK. People in HK don't like NOD32 or KAV because it is not easy to find a pirated key, even though buying a 3 year license for NOD32 cost US$48 only and a two year license of KAV cost US$37 only (HK promotion price). <-QUOTE}


You are not alone.

As far as I know, in Thailand, NOD32 one year license is only US$ 6.25 (home user license), it can be purchased in many book stores almost everywhere in the country. But I've seen so many people still don't want to buy it, they ask/use for cracks, keygens and pirated version of NOD32.

Most of home users use Norton and McAfee that pre-installed when they buy computers, when it expired, some uses pirated version of Norton and McAfee and some goes to free AV such as avast! Home Edition and AVG Free.

[wx4545]

in china :
Kingsoft Rising Jiangming Kaspersky Norton Mcafee

[pykko]

{QUOTE-> You are not alone.

As far as I know, in Thailand, NOD32 one year license is only US$ 6.25 (home user license), it can be purchased in many book stores almost everywhere in the country. But I've seen so many people still don't want to buy it, they ask/use for cracks, keygens and pirated version of NOD32.

Most of home users use Norton and McAfee that pre-installed when they buy computers, when it expired, some uses pirated version of Norton and McAfee and some goes to free AV such as avast! Home Edition and AVG Free. <-QUOTE}


Only 6$? :o
In Romania we can hardly get 200$/month sallary and 50$ /license is really too much for an antivirus. :(

[Benvan45]

A lot of computer users spend thousands of whatever currency to have a flashing system with everything in and on it, but wouldn't dare to spend a few bucks on 'the very important' security part.
It amazes me all the time!

[pykko]

I'm not one of those spending money making their PC the best and these "few" moneys represent 1/4 of our sallarys, while in the US, France, etc is 1/20. ;)

[Chubb]

{QUOTE-> A lot of computer users spend thousands of whatever currency to have a flashing system with everything in and on it, but wouldn't dare to spend a few bucks on 'the very important' security part.
It amazes me all the time! <-QUOTE}

Simply because hardware cannot be downloaded. But pirated software can be downloaded anywhere.

So the most pirated AV would be the top AV in the country, because many people can find it and use it for free.

[Benvan45]

So true.....!

[xincentre]

{QUOTE-> Only 6$? :o
In Romania we can hardly get 200$/month sallary and 50$ /license is really too much for an antivirus. :( <-QUOTE}
in china, kaspersky personal suit (one year) sell only 8$ also.
but many chinese is prefer Rising(25$) Kingsoft(15$ one year) and JiangminKillVirus(25$ one year). and most of them the AV software is the only genuine on their computer.

[ink]

Privated software is used in every country, in China this is common, but some crakes come from US or other countries, we just download and translate into chinese.We can't offer the price the software charge indeed, and is not the time we pay for the software, when the time comes, most of the programmers will work in china or the biggest market for money. We use privated software is also make contribute to the producer like microsoft, we feedback and form the habits, then make the program better. In the future you will possibly be the winner for we use you software for nothing. Microsoft recently won the $100 million deal in windows.

I think besides local vendor kasperksy is the biggest seller for its price and the key easy to find, it also have good cooperation with the big site here.

[wujxin]

{QUOTE-> Privated software is used in every country, in China this is common, but some crakes come from US or other countries, we just download and translate into chinese.We can't offer the price the software charge indeed, and is not the time we pay for the software, when the time comes, most of the programmers will work in china or the biggest market for money. We use privated software is also make contribute to the producer like microsoft, we feedback and form the habits, then make the program better. In the future you will possibly be the winner for we use you software for nothing. Microsoft recently won the $100 million deal in windows.

I think besides local vendor kasperksy is the biggest seller for its price and the key easy to find, it also have good cooperation with the big site here. <-QUOTE}

some good softs or games are even not sold in China,so lots of people use privated software

[aluckystar]

IN CHINA

For Home Users :

1. Rising 60％ market share
Site in Chinese:http://www.rising.com.cn/default_sy.htm
Site in English:http://www.rising-global.com/

2. Jiangmin 16％ market share
Site in Chinese:http://www.jiangmin.com
Site in English:http://global.jiangmin.com/

3. Kingsoft 14％ market share
Site in Chinese:http://db.kingsoft.com/default.shtml
Site in English:http://www.kingsoft.com/en/index.shtml

4. Kaspersky 5％ market share
Site in Chinese:http://www.kaspersky.com.cn
Site in English:http://www.kaspersky.com

5. Norton 3％ market share
Site in Chinese:www.symantec.com/region/cn/
Site in English:www.symantec.com

6. Others 2％ market share
Mcafee http://www.mcafee.com/cn/default.asp
Panda http://www.pandaguard.com
PC-cillin http://www.trendmicro.com.cn
Guanghuahttp://www.viruschina.com/
http://www.viruschina.com/english/index.htm

etc.

[HiTech_boy]

{QUOTE-> Only 6$? :o
In Romania we can hardly get 200$/month sallary and 50$ /license is really too much for an antivirus. :( <-QUOTE}


The same here in Bulgaria :-\


I am still happy ;D

Sorry for the late answer but here in Bulgaria the situation is specific . In Bulgaria many users (both home and corporate) use illegal software - cracked versions . Unfortunately the authorities are doing nothing !!! Can you believe me that here in BG there are sites/servers which are legal firms and everybody in this country knows they are distibuting pirated software/films/music and so on . I guess you don't believe me but it is true . That's why I will make two tables/lists

Most used AVs (non-official,pirated softwares)

1. NOD32
2. Kaspersky
3. Norton/McAfee
4. Panda
5. F-prot


Most used AVs (official statistics, legal and genuie softwares)
1. Panda
2. Kaspersky
3. Norton AV /Symantec corporate
4. NOD32

Just 4 , yes , officially all people use only these and it is true , these 4 are most used officially ;D

Hope it is interesting

[pykko]

well, HiTech_boy, I think for Romania I must post also 2 statistics. ;D
The first I posted is a bit of mixture of both illegal and legal versions of AV.

[HiTech_boy]

{QUOTE-> well, HiTech_boy, I think for Romania I must post also 2 statistics. ;D
The first I posted is a bit of mixture of both illegal and legal versions of AV. <-QUOTE}

Oh , yes , I guess so. Unfortunately this is a global problem , not only here .

I only wanted to bold that here in Bulgaria this problem is really big . In the USA most softwares are genuie not like here .:'(

:thumb: Let's fight computer piracy :thumb:

[cupez80]

same in indonesia. people always looking for pirated software :D

[pykko]

{QUOTE-> :thumb: Let's fight computer piracy :thumb: <-QUOTE}

Yes, and software companies should help us also by reducing its prices in poor countries. ;)

[Sputnik]

{QUOTE-> Yes, and software companies should help us also by reducing its prices in poor countries. ;) <-QUOTE}
Indeed, but I wonder if this will happen (might result into cheap import in other 'rich' countries). Open-Source is the future my friends :-*

[modano]

;D in Latvia-------


kaspersky
nod32
AVG
norton
panda

[pykko]

{QUOTE-> Indeed, but I wonder if this will happen (might result into cheap import in other 'rich' countries). Open-Source is the future my friends :-* <-QUOTE}

I'm waiting for NOD32 or Kaspersky open-source. ;D ;D

[pykko]

{QUOTE-> ;D in Latvia-------


kaspersky
nod32
AVG
norton
panda <-QUOTE}

Your country is close to Russia, isn't it? ;D That explains Kaspersky...but where is Dr.WEb and VBA32? :P

[Sputnik]

{QUOTE-> I'm waiting for NOD32 or Kaspersky open-source. ;D ;D <-QUOTE}
;D Although I was referring to something like PC-BSD (http://www.pcbsd.org/), or one of the favorite Linux distributions of cource. Free and safe operating systems with excellent localisation support!

[modano]

{QUOTE-> Your country is close to Russia, isn't it? ;D That explains Kaspersky...but where is Dr.WEb and VBA32? :P <-QUOTE}
what is vba32?????dr.web has no publicity in latvia :P kaspersky,panda,nod32 and AVG has their own homepage in latvia like www.antivirus.lv, www.pandasoftware.lv:P www.nod32.lv :P :P

[pykko]

you may take a look here modano: http://www.anti-virus.by/

[modano]

{QUOTE-> you may take a look here modano: http://www.anti-virus.by/ <-QUOTE}
looks like nod32 clone :lurking:

[pykko]

well, not quite. ;)
I've noticed they have plenty of definitions from Kaspersky and they have a nice heuristic engine but with many FPs. :(

[modano]

FPs :ouch: :thumbd: than its only a average av :P

[iloveyou]

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For Home Users :

1. Rising 60％ market share (http://www.rising.com.cn)
2. Jiangmin 16％ market share (http://www.jiangmin.com)
3. Kingsoft 14％ market share (http://db.kingsoft.com)
4. Kaspersky 5％ market share (http://www.kaspersky.com.cn)
5. Norton 3％ market share (http://www.symantec.com.cn)
6. Others （Mcafee，Panda，PC-cillin，Guanghua，etc.） <-QUOTE}

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