Who makes the best Virus scan?

[Londog007]

Looking for a good virus scan that will not intertwine itself in everything. I use my computer for games alot. Thanks again.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

I have Norton AntiVirus 2001. And it is the best out of all of the others I have used... and i play alot of games, dosnt seem to bog down my computer or mess it up any.

 

[Stealth1024]

I second the vote for Norton 2001.

 

[LevcoS]

I first the vote for Sophos.

LevcoS

 

[Motorheader]

Trend Micro or Command Antivirus are also a good lot. I really like the Trend - scans mail as it comes in and no system stability issues and other unnecessary add-ons.

 

[Tonec]

Trend, Mcafee, Innoculate, Norton - Tried all but don't really see much difference. Running Innoculate but agree that Trend was very good too.

 

[uOoGLy]

i used mcafee and norton but i prefer mcafee...

 

[yllus]

How about a freeware solution?

InoculateIT Personal Edition

Free Virus Protection for Your PC
InoculateIT Personal Edition is complete virus protection for Windows 98/95/ME PCs, Windows NT Workstation and Windows 2000 Professional. InoculateIT Personal Edition is based on one of the leading anti-virus products in the worldwide market, consistently performing well in independent tests. InoculateIT PE automatically detects and cleans conventional file and boot sector viruses as well as macro viruses that infect Office 95, Office 98, and Office 2000 Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint files, and Access databases. It provides excellent protection against Internet and email-borne viruses, protecting your PC from infected files downloaded from web sites around the world, and from infected attachments sent to you via email.

Free Unlimited Upgrades
CA's commitment to this initiative is complete as illustrated by the fact that in addition to FREE virus protection, CA also will provide free signature updates. This will ensure that your PC will be virus free.

Works quite well for me, love the free updates. Enjoy if you so wish.

 

[Tominator]

Innoculate, although free, scores at the bottom of any comparison of virus proyection. I think in this case one gets what they pay for..

 

[Mem]

Mcafee new version is pretty good plus you get free updates on DAT files even after a year unlike some other anti-virus programs.Btw I`ve never had problems with Mcafee anti-virus programs in the last 4 years I have been using them.

 

[Horsepower]

I've used McAfee since 1992 when I wanted to update the virus definitions in DOS 6 and Microsoft suggested them.

 

[chicken]

Definately McAfee. They're not the biggest for nothing...

 

[andrey]

Norton has the biggest virus database, as of December 12 there are 48,412.
Every other program I've seen, usually ranges in 20,000 - 30,000 range.

 

[Mem]

Norton`s is overated,infact I know someone that downloaded two updates from Norton`s website & had two viruses attached,Norton`s did apologize.

 

[TnT83]

I use Norton AntiVirus 2000 (v5.0) and I'm pretty happy with it. Although it's a real RAM sucker. I have 128MB PC133 RAM, and I get "Out of memory" messages when playing CounterStrike.
So I have to turn it off, to continue playing.
Except for that, it's a nice program. Especially with the ease of updating and all.

 

[celeritas]

We used to have problems with McAfee, but the program has been pretty reliable the past year or so. In a corporate environment (or anywhere else for that matter), I wouldn't run the "home" version 5.x; I'd run VirusScan v4.5 + SP1 + newest SDAT. Also, I'd definitely upgrade v4.0x or older if you're still running them. I just read on McAfee's site that they rolled their DATs back to 4109 because of some issues with v4.02 with NTFS. 4.02 is ancient. People still using that version (and probably don't update their DAT files weekly, either) deserve to have problems IMHO.

BTW, VirusScan scans for ~60,000 virii, worms, trojans currently.

 

[ube]

I know I shouldnt do this and I will learn when I get hit by a big one but I dont use any constant virus checker. I only download AVP to scan my comp once every few months and then uninstall it!

 

[celeritas]

Ouch. That will be a painful lesson to learn. From your sig, your PC should have just enough power to run AV software...

 

[velvtelvis]

The university I work at swears by Command anti-viris.

It provides up to the minute updates that rival norton, costs less, and doesn't try and take over your system.

It's caught everything we've encountered, and this is a public lab setting.

I use it on my home machines as well.

 

[PhaZe]

AVP.
anti viral toolkit pro
it cleaned my pc from CIH..
mcafee is good, norton is inaccurate...
I think avp is the best, they update there definitions weekly


AVP homepage

 

[yoshald]

I like McAfee Clinic. The updates are small and quick to download. It checks automatically for updates daily. Email me if you want a free trial...