Many people use cloud av's in different ways while some do not use any at all. If you use one please list which brand and whether as an on-demand scanner only, real time supplement to another av or real time with no supplement. By "cloud" I do not mean a traditional, installed resident antivirus with signatures and a cloud component. Thanks
HitmanPro, although Avast is becoming rather cloud-dependant. Actually what exactly separates a "Cloud AV" from traditional, don't they both rely on Internet connection to update and submit samples?
The poll should have multiple choice. Like I use Hitman Pro and WSA. One is on-demand and another realtime. Some may even use another AV along with the two that would make the last three options in the poll valid.
I'm currently using Webroot SecureAnywhere (real-time cloud AV) together with Shadow Defender (to virtualize my system partition).
No cloud scanner: I don't trust the clouding system: too servers involved, too users, too data exchanges, transfers... who sends what ? Really it's possible to check all them ?
I need a light anti-virus solution for my laptop. At the time, there were reports of on-going compatibility issues between comodo and some other anti-viruses. I didn't see anything for Panda, keeping in mind it was new, so I decided to give it a try. Has worked well for my needs. It can be buggy at times. I don't really use the data protection feature, as its overlap and could cause compatibility issues. In regards to aesthetics, Avast and Panda seem the most attractive based on color scheme, UI design, etc.
I did try Panda Cloud for a little while and liked its liteness, but returned to a more conventional AV. Edit: Was having issues with my firewall not logging activity. Switched out of both the firewall & AV. So back to Panda Cloud for now.
No, and I will never use one. If sometime in the future all AV solutions will be cloud based, I will find alternative ways of protecting my computer.
Not currently although Avira has some cloud components now. I wouldn't be afraid to use one in the future though. I did use Panda Cloud for a while on my netbook.
No cloud anything, if you try and camp a network port or try and connect to the net with out consent or so much as say the world cloud anywhere in your app, you are spyware and the enemy. Its that simple
Avira V14 has cloud technology, I don't mind at all, but I also know that Avira is very effective without an internet connection (unlike some other AVs).
No. At this point I figure that if I can't find malware using Sysinternals tools, I probably won't find it using Hitman Pro.