bitdefender or nod32

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by theshadow247, Dec 4, 2005.

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  1. Brian N

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    Sure you can, although a little tweaking never hurt ;)
    Despite the guide is awesome & very nicely done, I do like running NOD with my own settings.

    But for the casual user, I guess NOD can be a little tricky to setup properly the first time because there are so many different things you can tweak. However, do remember that NOD comes with an excellent help file that explains all aspects of the program, so you are never really truly lost ;)

    It's all good though.
     
  2. msu

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    The answer to your question is also part of the reason I went with BitDender 9.0 over NOD32. The out of the box standard setup of BitDender performs very well. Having two kids in college, my wife's pc and my own pcs, I made my choice on the following criteria:
    1) Does well on the anti-virus test.
    2) Not a resource hog - I don't care how long a scheduled scan takes, I run those overnight, but I do care about impact while using the system
    3) Easy of settup
    4) Easy of use
    5) Stable

    I found BitDefender easier to setup and easy to use. Based upon this I choose it over NOD32. I've been running BitDefender 9.0 over a month now on three PCs and have been happy with my choice.
     
  3. hollywoodpc

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    Acadia .
    A suggestion from an FD user . lol . Buy NOD and use BD 8 free as an on-demand to back it up
    Best of both worlds that way .

    Awwww . Come on Taz . POS ?
    AVG ? No way , um , err.....ok,,,, WAYYY
     
  4. Acadia

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    Hollywood, I was about to purchase NOD, when I realized that it was messing up my SECOND favorite program, MacroExpress. It is way too complicated to explain, even to NOD tech support. Everytime I turned NOD off, ME worked just fine, everytime I turned it back on, ME tried to work, you could see it trying on the System Tray Icon, but it just couldn't.

    This is ironic: I have now tried KAV, NOD32, f-Secure, and BitDefender, and the only AV that so far is compatible with my system is what I already have -- NAV2005! :eek:

    Acadia

    EDIT: next on the list, well, McAfee is free for us Comast users, so maybe I'll that next. That's one of many nice things about FirstDefense: I have no fear of trying stuff.
     
  5. Technodrome

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    How about:

    DrWeb
    F-Prot
    Pc-Cillin
    avast

    There's got to be something else out there. ;)


    tD
     
  6. Albinoni

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    The $64.95 is for BD Internet Security Suite. $39.00 for NOD32 is purely an antivirus, so this is why BD costs more.

    The BD AV costs less than the NOD32 AV.
     
  7. Acadia

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    Yes, I realized that, see my previous post, thank you.

    Acadia
     
  8. Acadia

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    LOL. Sorry, but I want something good.

    Acadia (As Acadia puts on his flack jacket) :D
     
  9. tazdevl

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    Nope. Blackspears settings are the most secure... go through the changes in the sticky thread and it will become readily apparent which offers the highest level of detection.
     
  10. Graystoke

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    Acadia.

    I'm a Comcast customer and a AV butterfly. I go from one AV to another. Right now, I'm taking advantage of the Comcast free McAfee VS 10 offer once again. There are a few things I don't like about McAfee, but I think the good things out weigh the bad. Over all, it runs very nicely on my machine. Give it a try and let us know how you like it.
     
  11. Firefighter

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    :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
  12. Happy Bytes

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    :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
     
  13. Peter2150

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    Does it come with their stupid security center which tells you that you aren't protected if you don't have all their stuff install. Arg. I am also a comcast user, but I don't want their stuff, as they are sloppy. When I first installed comcast, I found that their dumb support program, held a port open. That was an easy solve.

    Pete
     
  14. Technodrome

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    Sure...Keep looking.



    tD
     
  15. Acadia

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    Peter: Yes, it is a full-fledged version with all the good and bad that comes with buying a boxed version off the shelf.

    Graystoke: It did not last long on my system. It ran smoothly enough and seemed compatible with everything. But two things made it too annoying to keep. First: I have a 17" LCD monitor and with my "over 50" eyes, I have always used the 120 DPI setting to enlarge the items and text on the Desktop. With McAfee, some of the lines of text, and even the button to do a full system scan, were off the screen; I could not read or use them.

    Second: those $%#& activeX dialog boxes were popping up every single time that I want to do even the slightest thing with this program: update, scan, look at options, ANYTHING. Yes, I could have loosened my activeX settings, but I was not about to do that.

    Back to the drawing board. So far my two favorites have been NOD and BitDefender, especially BitDefender, if only they were more compatible with my system.

    Acadia
     
  16. Technodrome

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    But you said you want something good...?
    As tD puts on his flack jacket. :D



    tD
     
  17. Acadia

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    Oooooooooo ;)

    Acadia
     
  18. Technodrome

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    But seriously, as for your 120 DPI setting problem, I think you have to wait for Windows Vista to correct this. They're developing a new graphic engine which will be able to correct all these annoying problems. It will only cost around $ 200. ;)


    tD
     
  19. Acadia

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    Thanks, Technodrome.

    Acadia
     
  20. Sputnik

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    Or use an Linux distrobution with X.Org as xwindows system. Will cost you around $ 000... Sorry for the troll ;)
     
  21. Graystoke

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    Acadia...I have that same over 50 eyes syndrome also. :D

    I know what you mean about McAfee. Actually, my two favorites at the moment are NAV 2006 and Nod32. I'm leaning more towards NOD32, because I don't like the Norton Protection Center in NAV 2006. It reminds me too much of the McAfee Control Center. It can be removed in XP's Sevices, but not sure if that screws things up with NAV's inner workings.

    I didn't like NOD32 too much at first, with having to set up AMON, IMON, etc, but I've gotten to the point where it doesn't bother me any more. And I like the support you get here at the forum from all the expert NOD32'ers. :)
     
  22. Acadia

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    Graystoke, yes, I really like NOD too. Unfortunately, it appears to be incompatible with my second favorite program, MacroExpress, so given a choice, NOD has to go.

    Acadia
     
  23. Blackspear

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    I would email support, I know they will get you sorted. Have you tried excluding that program with AMON?

    Cheers :D
     
  24. Acadia

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    Hmmmm, just might have to try that, thanks, Blackspear. :cool:

    Acadia
     
  25. Graystoke

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    McAfee off, NOD32 back on. :)

    Acadia,

    Good luck with getting NOD working on your system.
     
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