NOD32

[ManBearPig]

I keep on seeing this being called the best anti-virus. is it?

 

[KoolDrew]

"Best" is subjective. However, it is good. It uses very little system resources which is one of the main reasons people prefer it over others.

Just try it out yourself. They probably have a 30-day trial.

 

[WildHorse]

In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:

Brand.........................# of viruses detected
McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

 

[Azndude2190]

NOD32 is one of the best...but it is not free.I reccommend Antivir as a free alternative.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Onlt one I use

M@rc

 

[evilharp]

NOD32 is good, but not as good as Kaspersky or F-Secure. In most tests, it falls behind these 2 excellent scanners. (A good example of AV testing: www.virus.gr see the comparative tests)

Both are available for download for evaluation. Give them a try, and see:

http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser
http://www.f-secure.com/solutions/home.shtml <== good for viruses, worms, rootkits, spyware, etc....

 

[BW86]

Awesome AV that doesnt take up alot of resources like kaspersky.

 

[Unkno]

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:


McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

 

[ManBearPig]

Is kaspersky 40 bucks too?

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: Unkno

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:


McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

Error 404 - File not found

The requested file could not be found.

 

[Stangs55]

For me, NOD32 is the only antivirus I run. I also have it running on all out 30+ computers at work and it has never failed to catch a virus.

 

[ManBearPig]

I got the nod32 trial version. whats the difference between the in depth analysis, local, and run nod-32 scanning options?

thanks...kinda confusing. how come it says there are a bunch of files that are locked and it cant get into?

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: Unkno

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:

Brand............................# viruses detected
McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

I don't understand what you mean about "just writings." I apologize for failing to umnderstand you, but your comment doesn't make sense to me.

I ran 5 brands of virus scanners on the exact same day on the same computer, and ONLY Kaspersky the detected viruses infecting it

McAfee, NOD32, TrendMicro, and Panda all failed to detect a single one of the 23 viruses which were indeed present. This empirically convinces me that NOD32 is no good, since it utterly failed the test. Kaspersky is the brand to buy.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Kaspersky. Read the stickied thread at the top of this board (Consolidated Security Thread). For anyone to say Kaspersky is a resource hog, I would be forced to wonder if you were still using an IBM-compatible PC from the early 90's. The amount of RAM in today's machines means that using 4,500 K of your memory is far from tacing your PC :Q.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Kaspersky. Read the stickied thread at the top of this board (Consolidated Security Thread). For anyone to say Kaspersky is a resource hog, I would be forced to wonder if you were still using an IBM-compatible PC from the early 90's. The amount of RAM in today's machines means that using 4,500 K of your memory is far from tacing your PC :Q.

I'll do one good.

Summary of that thread says: if you wanna pay money, Kaspersky wins - if you want free Antivir wins.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: scott

Originally posted by: Unkno

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:

Brand............................# viruses detected
McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

I don't understand what you mean about "just writings." I apologize for failing to umnderstand you, but your comment doesn't make sense to me.

I ran 5 brands of virus scanners on the exact same day on the same computer, and ONLY Kaspersky the detected viruses infecting it

McAfee, NOD32, TrendMicro, and Panda all failed to detect a single one of the 23 viruses which were indeed present. This empirically convinces me that NOD32 is no good, since it utterly failed the test. Kaspersky is the brand to buy.

he means that you have no proof, no screenshots, nothing. for all we know, you could have just typed that out. like this:

hey, i just ran this test!
Brand............................# viruses detected
McAfee...............................23
NOD32...............................1
TrendMicro.........................10
Panda................................105
Kaspersky........................3

woohoo! Panda is the best!!!

also, you had 23 viruses (virii, wtf ever) on your pc??? were they viruses or spyware or a mixture of both? did you put those infections there yourself? were all the scanners updated to the latest version?

your post is worthless

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: scott

Originally posted by: Unkno

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:

Brand............................# viruses detected
McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

I don't understand what you mean about "just writings." I apologize for failing to umnderstand you, but your comment doesn't make sense to me.

I ran 5 brands of virus scanners on the exact same day on the same computer, and ONLY Kaspersky the detected viruses infecting it

McAfee, NOD32, TrendMicro, and Panda all failed to detect a single one of the 23 viruses which were indeed present. This empirically convinces me that NOD32 is no good, since it utterly failed the test. Kaspersky is the brand to buy.

he means that you have no proof, no screenshots, nothing. for all we know, you could have just typed that out. like this:

hey, i just ran this test!
Brand............................# viruses detected
McAfee...............................23
NOD32...............................1
TrendMicro.........................10
Panda................................105
Kaspersky........................3

woohoo! Panda is the best!!!

also, you had 23 viruses (virii, wtf ever) on your pc??? were they viruses or spyware or a mixture of both? did you put those infections there yourself? were all the scanners updated to the latest version?

your post is worthless

Let me guess, you ran Kaspersky before you ran the others too right?

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Kaspersky. Read the stickied thread at the top of this board (Consolidated Security Thread). For anyone to say Kaspersky is a resource hog, I would be forced to wonder if you were still using an IBM-compatible PC from the early 90's. The amount of RAM in today's machines means that using 4,500 K of your memory is far from tacing your PC :Q.

I'll do one good.

Summary of that thread says: if you wanna pay money, Kaspersky wins - if you want free Antivir wins.

That's what the CS Thread says, and what the independant testing confirms. You can get a 2 year key when downloading Kaspersky Personal Securtiy for $60 if I recall correctly. It's definitely worth it.

 

[ManBearPig]

Hmmm...

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Let me guess, you ran Kaspersky before you ran the others too right?

No, Crusty, for perhaps the very first time in 2006, you're wrong.

I've had McAfee VirusScan for maybe ten years or so, and update it and run it daily, plus other protections & cleaners.

On this board I read somebody's post about Kaspersky and based on that post I decided to give it a try.

I was shocked when Kaspersky reported 23 virus infections, because the fully updated McAfee which I had trusted reported nothing day after day.

Faced with the surprising result, I decided to test out a few other brands I read about on this board too, before removing the viruses.

That's why I decided to take my test data.

My post reports actual results based on real test data on the same day on the same computer.

If you want to disparage actual test data and prefer to toss opinions around instead, be my guest. If you want to rely on unreliable NOD32 or Panda or AVG or whatever, go do that & be happy.

At this time, Kaspersky's the best available that I know of. Who knows, that may change some future day, or maybe there's some other even better brand out there now .

pontifex, in answer to your question, this is only about viruses, not spywear, not a mixture of both. No, I did not put the viruses there myself. They arrived by e-mail. All 5 virus scanners were fully updated, as I previously said in the 3rd post of this thread, above.

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: Stangs55
For me, NOD32 is the only antivirus I run. I also have it running on all out 30+ computers at work and it has never failed to catch a virus.

Think about what you said here.

"NOD32 is the only antivirus I run."

It does NOT follow that
"it has never failed to catch a virus."

You don't know. You can ONLY say NOD32 hasn't detected anything. You may have lurking viruses that NOD32 doesn't see.

 

[vexingv]

nod32 is great. i started using it in november when i replaced NAV. just be aware that you might need to tinker w/ the settings (particularly those concerning the internet/network protection) if you encounter your programs not functioning correctly (eg. bittorrent stalls after XX number of peers connect, itunes sluggish, etc)

 

[Unkno]

Originally posted by: MBrown

Originally posted by: Unkno

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:


McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

do you have any more "proof" than just writings? according to many review, nod32 is very comparable to the best anti-viruses, it is ONE of the best. Out of the top 3 best (nod32 is third but not by much), it uses the least amount of resources and fully scans the HD FASTEST, mine took 15mins to fully scan 160GB of data with settings to scan all archives and everything on.

Error 404 - File not found

The requested file could not be found.

strange, it works for me....

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Heen05
I keep on seeing this being called the best anti-virus. is it?

it IS subjective and depends on your requirements.

For me i was doing "research" means i wanted an AV with good destection rate and at the same time FEW "system-intrusion" and resource-use. I think NOD32 is the best compromise of both worlds because it uses relatively few resources, is VERY un-intrusive (eg. comapred to Kaspesky or so) and barely noticeable that it's there...and it has a pretty good detection rate.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: scott
In Dec 2005 I had an experience where I ran each of these virus scanners (each fully updated) with following results:

Brand.........................# of viruses detected
McAfee...............................0,
NOD32...............................0,
TrendMicro.........................0,
Panda................................0
Kaspersky........................23 !!!

ONLY Kaspersky found the infections.

This experience has proven to me that at this time, Kaspersky is definitely the best of these 5.

To directly answer the OP, "NO", NOD32 is no good.

There is no question that KAV has the bestr detection rate - you just need to do some research, there are websites MANY covering this.

However (without going into detail) i have reasons NOT to use KAV (i tried almost all AVs out there). NOD32 comes second or so, on par with Norton, uses not many resources and integreates NICELY.

Calling NOD32 "no good" is just ignorant....KAV has like 100% detection rate but makes your machine truly a "virus scanner" computer, including altering filesystem-streams and all that.....NOD has (correct me if i am wrong) like 95% or so detection rate....and there is FAR WORSE out.....eg. many people use Antivir and its detection rate is pretty POOR.