Best free anti virus?

[SAWYER]

I am about to do a reinstall of Vista and I have been using avg free for years. Do you recommend anything different?

 

[MrChad]

Avira AntiVir

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

 

[Ultralight]

I have Advast on my second PC and on 2 Laptops and it works great.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

all of the above.
Just follow this to lose the small annoyances.
http://www.elitekiller.com/fil...isable_antivir_nag.htm

 

[ultimatebob]

How is Avira better than either AVG or Avast?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
How is Avira better than either AVG or Avast?

detection rate

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

all of the above.
Just follow this to lose the small annoyances.
http://www.elitekiller.com/fil...isable_antivir_nag.htm

:disgust: Isn't it worth the single daily popup for such a great FREE product?

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

all of the above.
Just follow this to lose the small annoyances.
http://www.elitekiller.com/fil...isable_antivir_nag.htm

ditto.

 

[nova2]

i agree as well.
try Avira AntiVir first, imo.

There are some others worth testing if you don't like something about Avira's product.
like Kaspersky, f-secure, bitdefender

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: Quiksilver

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

all of the above.
Just follow this to lose the small annoyances.
http://www.elitekiller.com/fil...isable_antivir_nag.htm

:disgust: Isn't it worth the single daily popup for such a great FREE product?

It doesn't bother me that much. And I think the pop up is only when you do an update (every 3 days in my case).

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

What that home slice said.

 

[OCNewbie]

I just use kaspersky's free online scanner if I'm going to run an executable in which I'm not 100% confident in.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: OCNewbie
I just use kaspersky's free online scanner if I'm going to run an executable in which I'm not 100% confident in.

Great, that puts your odds at around 60-70%! :evil:

 

[OCNewbie]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: OCNewbie
I just use kaspersky's free online scanner if I'm going to run an executable in which I'm not 100% confident in.

Great, that puts your odds at around 60-70%! :evil:

Why is that? I'm under the impression the free online scanner uses the same updates as the full paid Kaspersky program? I thought Kaspersky was the best AV software there was. Hmm...

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: OCNewbie

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: OCNewbie
I just use kaspersky's free online scanner if I'm going to run an executable in which I'm not 100% confident in.

Great, that puts your odds at around 60-70%! :evil:

Why is that? I'm under the impression the free online scanner uses the same updates as the full paid Kaspersky program? I thought Kaspersky was the best AV software there was. Hmm...

It's one of the best as far as signature/heuristic detection rates go, but if you collect a sample set of fresh malware that's just minutes old, and scan it with Kaspersky's online scanner, you are probably going to get results similar to mine: http://www.antisource.com/arti...ntispyware-comparisons

In the set of 95 samples used there, there were some that none of the antivirus softwares recognized by signatures or heuristics. Behavioral blocking might see something suspicious when the malware was actually doing its thing on your system, but that requires having full-ride Kaspersky (or whatever) actually installed and running its Proactive Defense module.

These days, it's best not to play with executable files that are of questionable origin, no matter what the antivirus scanner says. The bad guys know how to bait a hook... :evil:

 

[wwswimming]

PC Tools Anti Virus + SuperAntiSpyWare

 

[superandroid]

kaspersky is best

 

[Ryland]

Antivir's big "problem" is that the free version doesn't scan pop3 mail. Im using Avast because of that.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MrChad
Avira AntiVir

What this guy said ;^)

What those guys said.

x4

 

[Chapbass]

xp/vista antivirus/antispyware 2008/2009 or some variant of it. they look so pretty.


(For those taking that recommendation seriously, please dont. The programs listed above are rogue products and should never be used, once again, please dont.)


for a more serious recommendation: x5 on Avira Antivir. Solid little program.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Ryland
Antivir's big "problem" is that the free version doesn't scan pop3 mail. Im using Avast because of that.

It doesn't scan it in transit, but if you try to open an infected attachment, the real-time protection is going to take care of it. Having seen Avast miss a few extremely-common email worm samples in a row (namely Storm), I think I'd rather have AntiVir, even if it doesn't scan POP3 traffic on-the-fly.

 

[nerp]

AVG is bloaty and sluggish these days. Avoid it.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: nerp
AVG is bloaty and sluggish these days. Avoid it.

How so? Performance is fine for me, really unobtrusive, occupies about 20mb RAM.