Need help with choosing a good anti virus program.

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

Well what anti virus program is best to use and one of options was to go with Norton Ainti Virus 2010 is that good or is there far better anti virus programs?

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[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Avira

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

norton sucks, get avast pro. that shit works.

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

ok so far avast pro is another option but is there any more suggestions?

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Avira

I had AVG, Trend micro, Kaspersky, Avira , norton and its a tos up between kaspersky and Avira.. Im running avira now cuz it seems to run faster for me ( windows 7 ) and do just as good of a job picking up anything like Kaspersky

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

ok good so far and yeah i hate it when my computer crashes which sucks......lol

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

ok so should i get the avira security suite version???

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

AVG, Avast, Avira or Microsoft Security Essentials. They are all free and all work fairly well.

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

The free Anti virus programs sucks........IMO

 

[CLNFREAK 10+ year member]

avast

its free and works, also isnt a pig

had macafee and got 4 viruses that wiped out my desktop 4x and its a pig , bought norton and dumped it cause it sucks and its a pig. paid for both and got shit with both havent had a problem since I installed avast

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

the avira looks good but im also thinking about getting the kaspersky anti virus

 

[CLNFREAK 10+ year member]

the avira looks good but im also thinking about getting the kaspersky anti virus

I forgot I had kaspersky to in between a few versions of macafee.... got a virus with that to

these were all on my desktop, I dont use it my wife dose for facebook, and myspace, and a few other sites, I have avast on my laptop and I am all over the net and never got a thing

I never used it but have herd good things about panda

I look for a anti virus that isnt a pig and slows everything down,

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

avast
its free and works, also isnt a pig

had macafee and got 4 viruses that wiped out my desktop 4x and its a pig , bought norton and dumped it cause it sucks and its a pig. paid for both and got shit with both havent had a problem since I installed avast

yeah dude macafee is a joke. I have had viruses with that too.

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

ok so should i get the avira security suite version???

yea, internet security if you want , But Ive had both "paid" versions of Avira and Kaspersky, and I like Avira better.. Both are very good, But give Avira a shot.. Its good shit, runs quick, catches everything and easy to use

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Ok seriously I do this shit for a living. Heres a bunch of info to read up on:

Matousec

This site tests firewalls. It does alot more than just your regular TCP and UDP connections. It also tests a firewall in its HIPs protection.

They have since renamed their research to the Proactive Security Challenge. Here is a link to the results:

Results and comments - www.matousec.com

This is the set of tools that they use for testing. If your security setup isnt on the test feel free to get a rating yourself.

Security Software Testing Suite - www.matousec.com

Virus Bulletin

This site basically tests antivirus softwares and either gives them a VB100 award or fails the software. It compiles recent results so you can see the timeline of a software based on if it passed or not. To see the results of the latest AV comparatives you need to register for a free account. This site also malware and other security related articles as well.

Virus Bulletin : Independent Malware Advice

ICSA Labs

This site basically runs some tests and certifies or denies security programs. It rates antispam, antispyware, IPSEC, antivirus, and various other networking softwares. All it really tells you is if a software has become certified, the operating system used for certification, and what level of certification it received.

Unfortunately nothing comes close to the AV Comparatives site in the way of Anti-Malware program testings and this is as close as it gets.

ICSA Labs

AV Comparatives

This is probably the most significant resource here. While we all are worried to some extent about what the firewall lets in and out, we are all more concerned about our AVs detection rate and weather or not its deleting something that we need.

On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products.

Basically this site takes a huge collection of malware, keyloggers, trojans, and rootkits and tests each of the AV softwares in detection rates and the amount of false positives they identify. They also do performance testing on AVs to figure out scan speed and various other things.

AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org

I hope this helps when you are looking for a new firewall or AV to use.

Dennis Technology Labs

This test aims to compare the effectiveness of the most recent releases of popular anti-virus software. The list ofproducts includes a selection of commercial and free programs (see below).

A total of 10 products were exposed to genuine internet threats that real customers could have encountered during

the test period. Crucially, this exposure was carried out in a realistic way, reflecting a customer’s experience as closely

as possible. For example, each test system visited genuinely infected websites and downloaded files exactly as an

average user would

The results of this test must be downloaded and read with a .pdf viewer.

http://community.norton.com/norton/attachments/norton/ModBoard/58/1/PC-Virus-Protection-2010-DTL-Report-consumer.pdf

The best free software is Avast v5 or Avira Antivir AV only(99.7% detection rate, Best on the market). You can use a third party firewall or Windows firewall. Windows firewall is decent and should be sufficient if you are on Vista or Win7. The Windows firewall in XP doesnt offer outbound protection, only inbound.