Thread: Best antivirus to use ??

Originally Posted by DM111PUSP

just for fun?? buddy...
and you yourself said...

Yes. I just asked it, because I just wanted to.
Anyway, it looks good when your mouth is shut up.. :lol:

kis is better than kav.kis takes up very little memory.infact,it is the easiest on memory comapres to any other av.with kis running,my total mem consumption is only 20 25%

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

kis is better than kav.kis takes up very little memory.infact,it is the easiest on memory comapres to any other av.with kis running,my total mem consumption is only 20 25%

have u tried eset nod32 av?.. when it comes to memory consumption ... it is the lightest av ... and one of the most effiecient also

One of the portals i would suggest for AV enthusiasts is www.shadowserver.org The site is self explanatory.

bit defender is te best..but it takes up a lot of memory.plus it slows down the computer.
kaspersky and bit-def are 19-20.less mem consumption by kis makes it better i guess.
and nod32 is not as effective as kis.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

The decline of AVG started with the release of version 8. Too bulky on the system resources, especially the link scanner (which turned out to be a nightmare for broadband users with data limits). Link scanner can be omitted during the installation using a command line switch.

i guess after 8th version it got better with all the things..........system resources thing wont matter for more than 1 GB RAM users........personally i think norton is the best if u hav 2 GB RAM or more than that........

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I would suggest someone with proper authority close this thread. Repeated postings saying my AV is the best is being cluttered up.

You shouldn't be thinking about just your own view. It is not actually spam that is cluttering up (I hope so :lol: ). Everyone would always like to give a review on their antivirus suite. If this thread is closed, then many new ones to this thread wouldn't be able to express their views and opinions and won't be able to ask doubts in any posts here. (Starting a new thread wouldn't be so good)...

no need to tell ur antivirus is good just clik this one

AntiVirus Software Review 2009 - TopTenREVIEWS

ha ha ha

I am agree with totallyfandu

Reviews from that site is not accurate. It's calculated by the total features in the product and not exactly the quality of that feature.

Bitdefender & Kaspersky are the best paid antivirus software. And when it's comes to free ant-virus, Avast and Avira are the best.

Any board member tried accessing www.shadowserver.org ? Towards the bottom left part u will find daily analysis of AV softwares. Weekly, monthly, 60 days, 90 days statistics are also available in the site.

u will get any antivirus free on net just u will have to work hard

Originally Posted by Archer

Reviews from that site is not accurate. It's calculated by the total features in the product and not exactly the quality of that feature.

Bitdefender & Kaspersky are the best paid antivirus software. And when it's comes to free ant-virus, Avast and Avira are the best.

i agree ... such reviews differ from site to site ... u will find many sites with such reviews and mostly they would differ ...

Originally Posted by totallyfandu

u will get any antivirus free on net just u will have to work hard

what do u mean by working hard to get a free antivirus .. ?? :lol:

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

i agree ... such reviews differ from site to site ... u will find many sites with such reviews and mostly they would differ ...

most sites differ.but bit and kas are always 1 and 2,no matter what site u look-up!
i've got kaspersky,so i am happy!!

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

what do u mean by working hard to get a free antivirus .. ?? :lol:

Some sites offers 6 month or 1 year license of popular Antivirus softwares for free. I think that's what he meant.

Work= Google Search.

i know of a site that provides free 6 month sub for kav.but mind you its for kav, and not for kis.

if one uses too much internet, i think kis would be the obvious choice!!

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

i know of a site that provides free 6 month sub for kav.but mind you its for kav, and not for kis.

I hope its not yuvayantra. They have stopped the free offer and have clubbed the free offer along with a retail product purchase.

Originally Posted by totallyfandu

no need to tell ur antivirus is good just clik this one

AntiVirus Software Review 2009 - TopTenREVIEWS

ha ha ha

OMG where is the NORTON in the List.....:

anyone here tried symantec antivirus? ... not norton .... it is also very resource friendly

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

anyone here tried symantec antivirus? ... not norton .... it is also very resource friendly

1st of all dear norton is a software(anti virus) by symantec nd what i think is u r talking about that symantec corporate edition version......ya it was a very nice and light weight(less resource leecher) software.........

norton does not detecct many trojans that kaspersky detects.
i think those who have not used kas, should for once use it and then see which one i best..

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

norton does not detecct many trojans that kaspersky detects.
i think those who have not used kas, should for once use it and then see which one i best..

than may be most of the trozans are made by the kaspersky guys only....coz every anti virus company used to spread a virus to sell their own software....(one of my friend told me this thing from Mcafee)....

u can try this as for check ur anti virus is working or not..............

• open notepad
• paste the bold letters in it X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
• save file by ne name but with .txt extension......

• now check this file with ur anti virus........if ur AV found this as a visus than ur version is working.........

I think for this post i deserve few repo points..........

have you tried it?
and if the av judges it as a virus,is it not an unwise thing to do: to create an unwanted file??

and how canjust checking one file confirm it??

mcafee will even return kas or norton setup as virus.. so does norton.but not kas..
cos Kaspersky labs are smart.. and best.

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

mcafee will even return kas or norton setup as virus.. so does norton.but not kas..
cos Kaspersky labs are smart.. and best.

bhaiya ji now u r talkin like a noob........every software(AV) can show any setup as virus if it was a warez..........mostly all the keygen nd patches nd cracks contains trojans in them.......just becoz they contains some malicious scripts.........just give that script a try it was not a harmful one....

try kaspersky,then we shall talk..
and moreover,the kaspersky installation file does not have any patch or crack or serial inbuilt.it comes separately,as far as i know,as a file called kis.exe !!

the setup file,the one called kis.exe is the one that is detected as malware.same with norton.but kaspersky will never say that a mcafee setup file,ie, setup.exe, as a malware!!