The best AV - free or otherwise

Discussion in 'polls' started by no13, Sep 30, 2004.

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Which AV is the best

  1. Norton

    9 vote(s)
    9.0%
  2. McAfee

    3 vote(s)
    3.0%
  3. F-Prot Dos (free)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. F-Prot (win)

    3 vote(s)
    3.0%
  5. Avast

    7 vote(s)
    7.0%
  6. Antivir

    1 vote(s)
    1.0%
  7. BitDefender - free or otherwise

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. AVG

    5 vote(s)
    5.0%
  9. GAV

    2 vote(s)
    2.0%
  10. ETrust EZ Antivirus

    4 vote(s)
    4.0%
  11. ZoneAlarm AV

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. Kaspersky

    30 vote(s)
    30.0%
  13. PC-Cillin

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  14. Nod32

    32 vote(s)
    32.0%
  15. Panda AV

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  16. Vexira Antivirus

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  17. RAV (reliable antivirus)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  18. DrWeb Antivirus

    2 vote(s)
    2.0%
  19. MicroWorld eScan

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  20. F-secure

    2 vote(s)
    2.0%
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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    Incorrect statement. Realtime scanner is transparent and very fast.
     
  2. Zplastic

    Zplastic Guest

    Well, NOD32's Realtime Scanner WAS very slow on MY Pc.
    And that's MY experience - so stop call it "Incorrect statement" - I think you should balance your own opinion a bit.

    Regards
     
  3. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    I'll temper it this way. I have NOD and F-Prot on my machine. At times I will swap the realtime scanners. I always go back to NOD. It seems to have a noticeable edge, in my experience. :)
     
  4. wildman

    wildman Registered Member

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    :rolleyes: Hum, zplastic what are your qualifications? Against what did you test all these, and on what type of machine? What O/S were you using? Are you telling us that you found none of the free ones to be worth mention? In other words give us much more information than what appears to be just your opinion. If you read the post here at Wilder's, over a period of time you will see many different opinions, it is the ones that have been substantiated that seem to be believed the most.

    Thanks
    Wildman
    :cool:
     
  5. mercurie

    mercurie A Friendly Creature

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    Sorry. That has not been my experience with Command AV. o_O
     
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  6. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    command antivirus is a well behaved antivirus program with good detection rates and is easy to set up and use.
     
  7. no13

    no13 Retired Major Resident Nutcase

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    Wouldn't YOU like to know?
    I was talking about ZLOCK AV which had bneen mentioned earlier in the thread. Sorry for the confusion.
    NOTICE: I haven't tried command AV yet, and I do not intend to do that soon.
     
  8. mercurie

    mercurie A Friendly Creature

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    I see. Sorry I misunderstood. Several minutes after posting, On my mind, "I wonder if he meant Zlock AV. Hmm No13 always posts reply I'm sure he will let me know."
     
  9. no13

    no13 Retired Major Resident Nutcase

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    Wouldn't YOU like to know?
    Thank you, kind Sir.
     
  10. yeuxbleus

    yeuxbleus Registered Member

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    The following is a comment based my experience:

    I still have a Win98SE machine (no cat calls or egg-throwing, please :D ). I had AVP 3.5 as my AV since it is very light on resources, compatible with Win98SE and did not slow my system down when using the RTM. When I took a leap of faith and installed KAV 5.0, I was pleasantly surprised that there was no noticeable difference in speed, even with the RTM running...I've stuck with it since. ;)
     
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