Best Anti-Virus Software

What is the best Anti-Virus Software

  • Microsoft Security Essentials

    Votes: 14 15.7%
  • Eset nod32

    Votes: 19 21.3%
  • Kaspersky Antivirus

    Votes: 34 38.2%
  • Norton Antivirus

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Panda Antivirus

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 15 16.9%

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greenthunder

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    Do u think it's effective?
    have u tried other software as well?

    ive tried several antivir softwers through out past years like norton,nod32,avira,kaspersky.
    among them i find kaspersky as the most effective but the key prob was a major turn off.nod32 is not effective,norton is good but it eats up my resources(my com is a 100000 years old one):rofl:
    then i moved to avast and im happy with its effectiveness when it comes to viruses.check out its overall protection system.

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    since avast only provides basic antivr protection i use malwarebyte too

    BTW
    pros suggest that we use avast+comodo firewall+malwarebyte as total free all round protection suit.but i haven't tried comodo yet.
     
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    NoughtyLuke

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    ive tried several antivir softwers through out past years like norton,nod32,avira,kaspersky.
    among them i find kaspersky as the most effective but the key prob was a major turn off.nod32 is not effective,norton is good but it eats up my resources(my com is a 100000 years old one):rofl:
    then i moved to avast and im happy with its effectiveness when it comes to viruses.check out its overall protection system.

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    since avast only provides basic antivr protection i use malwarebyte too

    BTW
    pros suggest that we use avast+comodo firewall+malwarebyte as total free all round protection suit.but i haven't tried comodo yet.

    wow....thanx a lot for your information.....
    by the way 1 prob - y do u say ESET is not effective?
    u talking about ESET Antivirus or ESET Smart Security?
     

    roshan87

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    ESET NOD 32
    Here are the advantages of this antivirus :
    1) It gives the best protection from malwares and potential harmful files.
    2) It does not let your system slowdown.
    3) Its updates are pretty small in size and are downloaded very quickly (This is the most important advantage).
    4) Good and cool attractive design.
    5) One of the best antivirus in prospect internet security.
    6) It also finds out potentially harmful files to give maximum protection.
     
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    msvperera

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    Thanx a lot for the information machan.....
    By the way haven't u used Microsoft Security Essentials?

    ow, Windows eka amaruwen genuine karala Microsoft Security Essentials ekath use kara , eth eka demmata PC eke security ekak thiyeda kiyala danenneth ne... eka internet use karaddi witharak podi help ekak denawa wagei.
    anith AV wage pc security ekata godak help karanne ne kiyalai matanam denenne, ekath ekka thawa AV ekak use karanna wenawa,ethakota pc is too slow..:baffled::baffled::baffled:
     

    *danushka*

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    mama use karanne ESET smart security 4.eka anith awata wada honai da narakai da kiyala kiyanna tharam danumak nam mata na.habai mama dan more than 1 year endan use karanawa.thama kisima aulak nam wela na.......
     

    jarayaka

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    මචංලා,, මන මේ දන්නේ නැති නිසයි අහන්නේ,, Anti-Virus කියන එකෙයි Internet Security කියන එකෙයි අතර වෙනස මොකද්ද,, දන්නා කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් පොඩි පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් කරන්න,,
     

    MetalGi

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    I'm pretty sure computer will be protectd since u using 2 software......bt doesn't it slow down the computer? I mean using 2 software?

    And the other problem - does Microsoft Security Essentials detect spyware as well? cz as I knw ESET doesn't do it :)

    I haven't had any virus/malware/spyware issues with my PC till now... I use two pcs with a core2duo 2.2 and an i7... haven't felt any difference in the performance using ESET and MSE which I did feel with KasperskyIS.
    One of my friends uninstalled KasperskyIS recently and scanned is with ESET and found out 46 viruses that got through Kaspersky so the person who said that ESET is not effective is proved wrong...

    I would also recommend Avast because its free and has a good detection rate and its hassle free.

    So my recommendations would be
    1. Eset Smart Security (can be used with MSE or Malwarebytes antimalware)
    2. Avast


    Check Norton Internet Security 2011, many reviews are positive on that as well because supposedly they have rewritten the whole program and that its now less of a resource hog than Kaspersky.
     
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    greenthunder

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    wow....thanx a lot for your information.....
    by the way 1 prob - y do u say ESET is not effective?
    u talking about ESET Antivirus or ESET Smart Security?

    i was talking about esetnod32 antivirus not smart security.well, after uninstalling eset and installing avast i found few viruses in my com and i didnt use internet during the removal and installation.so im pretty sure nod32 missed them.but you should try up to date reviews in order to choose the best.
     

    *danushka*

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    මචංලා,, මන මේ දන්නේ නැති නිසයි අහන්නේ,, Anti-Virus කියන එකෙයි Internet Security කියන එකෙයි අතර වෙනස මොකද්ද,, දන්නා කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් පොඩි පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් කරන්න,,
    machan anti virus ekata wada internet security eke protection eka wade.specially internet use karana aya internet security ekak use karanawa nam thama honda.
    example ekak vidiyata meka balanna ko...:):)
    http://www.kaspersky.com/compare
     

    member01

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    Y don't you talk about Bitdefender Total Security 2011. I ' using it few weeks now since it causes me no problem at all with better performance and protection.

    I have used several antiviruses(internet security suits) which are available on the market.

    1. Used Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 for about 3-4 months and its quite good with the new crack. But found it always troubling me with its messages. And with some malware or virusus it could not remove. Also it slowed my PC a lot. Takes a lot of time to update and search. :(

    2. Tried Eset Smart Security 4 , its good, fast, better performance. But couldn't find a better crack or serial :(
    If anybody have please give me a full updatable cracked version of it. then i'll shift back to it :D

    3. Used AVG Internet Security 2011. Good. fast , removes most of the viruses which kaspersky could not. But I always suspect it to be the best antivirus , because it still not the best in the market. ALso found a good key :)

    4. Used Bitdefender Total Security 2011. Best performance, loads of features and quick update and quick search. And found a good crack too

    Main reasons to use them are because they are easy to crack and easy fast performance. Since I dont want to spend mony on antiviruses I now use BitDefender. :)


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    MetalGi

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    Anti Virus එකෙන් වෙන්නේ ගොඩක් වෙලාවට Internet එකෙන් නැතුව වෙන බාහිර මාධ්‍ය වලින්(USB drives, CDs, Floopy Disks) එන පරිඝනකයට අහිතකර දේවල් වලින් (auto run virus, bootstrappers, trojans) ආරක්ශා කරන එක
    Internet Security වලින් මීට අමතරව Internet (malware sites, malicious plugins, 3rd party add-ons, tracking cookies), Mail (through Outlook, Sea Monkey and other email clients) සහ Phishing sites (password, username stealing sites) වලින් අරක්ශා කරනවා
     

    waparc

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    please post the reason plz....cz most of us think norton slow down da computer....i'm sure u agree wit dt.....so wt's da reason u choose norton? z it effectiveness?

    newer versions doesn't slow down the computer. i've used norton IS 2011.
    only problem when using trial reset, it get blocked when norton issues a program update
     

    NoughtyLuke

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    ESET NOD 32
    Here are the advantages of this antivirus :
    1) It gives the best protection from malwares and potential harmful files.
    2) It does not let your system slowdown.
    3) Its updates are pretty small in size and are downloaded very quickly (This is the most important advantage).
    4) Good and cool attractive design.
    5) One of the best antivirus in prospect internet security.
    6) It also finds out potentially harmful files to give maximum protection.

    Thanx a lot 4 ur info bruv....very useful :)
    bdw can u plz tell is it about ESET Antivirus or ESET Smart Security? :D
     
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    NoughtyLuke

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    ow, Windows eka amaruwen genuine karala Microsoft Security Essentials ekath use kara , eth eka demmata PC eke security ekak thiyeda kiyala danenneth ne... eka internet use karaddi witharak podi help ekak denawa wagei.
    anith AV wage pc security ekata godak help karanne ne kiyalai matanam denenne, ekath ekka thawa AV ekak use karanna wenawa,ethakota pc is too slow..:baffled::baffled::baffled:

    ohh i c....looks like MSE is not that effective.....thanx for info bruv :D
     

    NoughtyLuke

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    mama use karanne ESET smart security 4.eka anith awata wada honai da narakai da kiyala kiyanna tharam danumak nam mata na.habai mama dan more than 1 year endan use karanawa.thama kisima aulak nam wela na.......

    hmm.....it's a good choice I guess machan....I'm also planning to go for that :D
    bdw those trial keys are working for that what we use in ESET Antivirus?