What is your favourite online scanner?

Discussion in 'polls' started by progress, Feb 7, 2010.

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What is your favourite online scanner? :)

  1. BitDefender

    13 vote(s)
    8.2%
  2. Kaspersky

    16 vote(s)
    10.1%
  3. F-Secure

    1 vote(s)
    0.6%
  4. ESET

    42 vote(s)
    26.6%
  5. Symantec

    6 vote(s)
    3.8%
  6. Panda

    4 vote(s)
    2.5%
  7. TrendMicro

    6 vote(s)
    3.8%
  8. Other [Specify]

    18 vote(s)
    11.4%
  9. None

    52 vote(s)
    32.9%
  1. progress

    progress Guest

    What is your favourite online scanner? :)
     
  2. guest

    guest Guest

    They are all at the same poor level, offering way less detection than the installed version. Some of them include a smaller malware database, some don't include heuristics, others aren't always updated...

    BTW, I voted to Other, because sometimes I use http://virustotal.com and http://virusscan.jotti.org/ to check suspicious files with many antivirus engines at the same time.
     
  3. YanK33

    YanK33 Registered Member

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    i use Karspersky time to time
     
  4. zfactor

    zfactor Registered Member

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    i personally like dr web cure it.
     
  5. icr

    icr Registered Member

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    I don't use any;)
     
  6. Noob

    Noob Registered Member

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    Im with guest, i use none but i do upload files to those websites sometimes to be sure :rolleyes:
     
  7. nikanthpromod

    nikanthpromod Registered Member

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    oops i voted None. Actually my favorite online scanners are Hitman pro, MalAware, Prevx Free
     
  8. Get

    Get Registered Member

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    None.
     
  9. trjam

    trjam Registered Member

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    Eset :thumb:
     
  10. WSFuser

    WSFuser Registered Member

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    I use VirusTotal for scanning individual files. Never used an online scanner for an entire system.
     
  11. Seer

    Seer Registered Member

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    I don't recall I used one... ever.
     
  12. minacross

    minacross Registered Member

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    I do the same :)
     
  13. SIR****TMG

    SIR****TMG Registered Member

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    I use none
     
  14. The Hammer

    The Hammer Registered Member

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    BitDefender, when I want an alternative as I already have Eset on my computer.
     
  15. Boost

    Boost Registered Member

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  16. Osaban

    Osaban Registered Member

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    I don't think they are very useful. Another form of promotion which gives a false sense of security.
     
  17. xcata

    xcata Registered Member

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  18. AvinashR

    AvinashR Registered Member

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    I have never used any online scanner for my entire system..So my vote goes to "Mr. None"
     
  19. ameyap

    ameyap Registered Member

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    bitdefender gives pretty accurate results i find
     
  20. progress

    progress Guest

    +1 :thumb:
     
  21. blacknight

    blacknight Registered Member

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    I voted Kaspersky because once I used it; actually, I don't use and I don't need an online scanner.
     
  22. Threedog

    Threedog Registered Member

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    Virus Total or Jotti. Never used any of the main stream online scanners.
     
  23. Creer

    Creer Registered Member

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    None.
     
  24. FiOS Dan

    FiOS Dan Registered Member

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    Not an AV but my favorite online scanner is Secunia OSI.
     
  25. progress

    progress Guest

    Here you go :)
     
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