How many different antivirus products have you tried in the last year?

4-6

 

2009 was probably the first year that I only used one AntiVirus: Microsoft Security Essentials. Before it was released, I wasn't using any antivirus.

Still using MSE and liking it a lot.

 

Avast, PCTools, Immunet/ClamAV, Comodo. I'm sure I'll at least try a few more out of boredome alone.

 

I've had avast! on my computers for 3 years.
I added Prevx 10 months ago.
That should do it.
No reason to try any others.

 

many antivirus, antimalware, behevious blockers and firewalls and not at once of course.

I generally use a test machine for this purpose or when possible a virtual machine at least.

Then after some periods of tests I decide what security software to use in my productive environment.
I make some exceptions of course

 

Avira, Norton, MSE and Vipre.

 

2 i used avg for years til it got bloated
so about a year ago switched to avira
hated the nag screen
switched to mse
very happy with mse,returnil2008 and sandboxie
and thats all i use and i surf the darkside

 

hmmm as far i remember i tried norton kis avast avira bitdefender PCTools MSE and find all of the a really great products

 

3 (Panda, AVG, Avast)

 

I have tried Immunet Protect, Avast AV 5, BitDefender AV 2011, Comodo AV 5, Emsisoft AM 5, G Data AV 2010, K7 Antivirus, Kingsoft 2010, Microsoft Security Essentials, Norman 7, Norton AV 2011, Panda AV 2011, and TrendMicro IS 2010 in last 6-7 months. All were tested and evaluated in VM. I checked their detection, security options, compatibility, and usability.

 

Nada - 0

 

Wow
What is your top 5?

 

KIS, EAM, Norton, Avast, and Prevx

 

I have tested more than 12 ...

 

Avast 5, Avira, Comodo v4, NIS 2011. Just out of curiosity.

 

I've used many in testing, but I continue to use NOD 32, and Avira.

 

This year:
Kaspersky
Norton
Bitdefender
MSE
Avast Free

Can't really complain about any! Great stuff!

 

Eset, Kaspersky, Avira, Prevx, Norman, Bitdefender, Dr Web, F-Secure, Norton, Avast,Immunet Protect, MSE, G-Data,McAfee,Twister,Panda,Clam AV,F-Prot,Trend Micro and VBA.

 

MSE - Avast! - Panda Cloud - Emsisoft AM - KIS 2011 - McAfee - NIS 2011 (NIS 2011 will probably stay for at least 2 years).

 

Just one Comodo V5, which surprised me positively.

 

avast!-mse-immunet-clamwin-eset-norton-avira-dr.web anti virus-bit defender-zen ok anti virus-F Prot,and some items i forget

 

I don't use any AV for Real-Time protection; just some On-Demand Scanners (i.e. HMP, MBAM, EAM, GMER etc.)
When there is a Major AV release (like avast!, MSE, Kaspersky etc.), however, I give it a try for a few days.

 

The big/common names among the AV industry, the ones that usually/typically rank high on AV-Comparatives, although that wasn't my intention...just happened to be.

But among the ones I've tried, these are the ones I liked best:

Free desktop AVs: Avira, Avast
Paid desktop AVs: Eset
Real-time Cloud AV: Panda Cloud Free/Pro, PrevX Facebook
On-demand Cloud AV: Hitman Pro

MSE...it's quite fair but it's a personal taste of me not liking the idea of updates channeled through Microsoft Update. MSE V2 beta was better in performance in comparison to V1.

Kaspersky 2010 was quite 'heavy' on my system. Norton 2010...had a few issues with it but was generally 'fine'. Haven't tried the 2011 versions though for both. Emsisoft was way way too heavy for my liking...

AVG free - it's just not my cup of tea so to say along with McAfee. Have had bad experiences with both in the past, and although they're *improving* in the later releases, headlines of their repeated "updates messing up PCs" isn't comfort to my ears.

P.S. I'm more keen to use/favor AVs that has a free counterpart for home users.

 

I work on computers here at my shop and I try all of the new Security products since I need to know what works well and what doesn't

 

3

BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices
ClamAV
Intego for my wife's Mac (I'm the one that plays with it).