Is protection weaker replacing Avira with Panda cloud free?

This on w7 with gswall, comodo-"internet security"config (safe mode), emet, hardenit, and SAS for occasional scans.

Im thinking panda might be stronger protection from 0 day exploits, and maybe slightly faster. Any informed opinions?

Thanks in advance (i hope).

Oh...its Avira personal im referring to.

 

well, if you go here Panda provides better protection but Avira is better on repair. I find this test fairly accurate. So it comes down to which is more important.

 

Thanks trjam, ill keep that in mind.
Anyone else have knowledge or experience to help in deciding between these two AVs?

 

If you have GeSWall, I don't think you need Comodo Internet Security. I also hope you're not using the antivirus from it if you already have Avira, as that would cause conflicts.

 

Emet, Panda Pro 1.9 and backup scans with MBAM is a very secure outfit and very light.

 

Nope...not using Comodo AV, but i still like to use their FW/hips, sandbox, that add other layers of protection.

Off topic: I noticed geswall updating yesterday which i was happy to see. (i hope it was something meaningful)

 

From most of the tests i've seen over several years, Avira gives top protection but is not the best on repair !

Anyway isn't this a sorta AvB thread

 

Party-Pooper

 

I've used Avira personal with GesWall and it was "bullet proof" for me and extremely light too. However, this was a couple years ago and things change alot with detection abilities. Panda has been performing very well (good detection, low resource usage, and low false positives) as of late.

 

It's bordering very closely on A vs B thread.

Ziaul

 

Thats OT! (smiley)

Anyways...my main concern is 0 day protection and was hoping for some advice on that. I think Ill go with Panda for a while and see how it goes.
Thanks for most of your replies.

 

Good choice my friend. If you want a 6 month free license to 1.5 go here

Have you ever noticed, a thread doesnt become a A vs B thread, until 4 people point it out.

 

Thanks anyways, but im Facebook free.

Cheers

 

Yeah. I'm sure the mods are watching so I'm not really sure we need to police ourselves. As long as everyone is playing nicely.

 

This is just my opinion but if you use GeSWall, Comodo Def+ plus sandbox is just wasting resources, as GeSWall will block everything, without any popups and such. Using Comodo too just seems like overkill. I would use just one or the other.

 

agree

 

Re: This is just my opinion but if you use GeSWall, Comodo Def+ plus sandbox is just wasting resources, as GeSWall will block everything, without any popups and such. Using Comodo too just seems like overkill. I would use just one or the other.

Im not incredibly knowlegable about all this, but because there are so many kinds of exploits, i hesitate to rely too heavily on one kind protection. Another point is that from what i read Gswall is very slow with updates/developement and for me comodo has had very little impact on performance, so i dont mind having it running.

PS: Since switching to Panda Ive had noticable improvement in speed on my rig, especially internet (latest version of Opera).

 

Can anyone comment on strengths/weaknesses regarding 0 day exploits and aforementioned AVs?
Which is stronger protection?
C or D?
I will not mention A or B.