How does Windows Live OneCare compare?
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Another bump for iolo from da munkeh. Still going strong.
If you would have put up the specs of your system with the question, you could have got the best answer for it.
Just visit this site and you will know whats da best antivirus
Well, as a personal opinion I would always recommend Kaspersky Antivirus 2009
I agree the smaller and the less known companies I found have the best software. I wouldn't even care about Window live care because it is just another microsoft product
I only use 3 things. Nod 32 [anti-virus] Malwarebytes [ for malware ], and CC Cleaner [ for general cleaning ]
BitDefender and Norton 360 have worked best for me. Really depends on the apps on your machine as well and compatibility with them against your anti-virus. Currently, I took off BitDefender Total Security 2009 and installed Norton 360. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate (64-Bit) and BitDefender scanning (auto and manual) kept not working. I reinstalled BitDefender for the 6th time, had the issue again and put Norton 360 on the machine. I've been running Norton 360 for about 2 months and have loved it.
Differences I've noticed with Norton 360:
It's much more light-weightDoesn't lag my PC AT ALL during scansLot less a pain to configureUpdates more real-time than anything else I've seen.
I'd highly recommend it.. When people ask well "why believe you".. I'll tell you.. lol
I'm MCITP:EST and MCTS Certified for Windows Vista. So, if you're using Vista... Take my word for it and save a lot of time. I've been there and done that with almost all apps. First and foremost regardless of what you hear on this site.. Don't get anything free. It won't help you and you mideswell not have anything in that case. You get what you pay for. Good luck!
I would fire your IT guy if he made that recommendation to me.
KAV or NOD32 ftw.
i used nod32 from the day vista was released until last week. nod32 is great, in my opinion, but i've found vipre to be a bit better. vipre seems to use a tad bit less memory and also icludes a malware detector. it's pretty darned inexpensive, too. 30 bucks for a year's subscription. i believe it has unlimited subs for 50 bucks a year, making it great for home networks.
Kaspersky is statistically the best AV out there. I was doing research on what AV software i was gonna use for my new gaming system, i found a credited study that found kaspersky to be the most efficient at detecting not yet "known" malware, trojans etc. i believe it was at 36% while the 2nd best was around 24%. I wish i had bookmarked that article. was very informative.
Could have been at av-comparatives.
If you read their first main test of the year, you'll notice that Symantec beats pretty much every other suite. It detects more malware than Kaspersky (incidentally, ESET Nod32 falls behind on pretty much everything too), it does it faster, and with less false positives.
Personally, I call Symantec the overall winner in that test because it's the only suite combining great detection and low amount of false positives with great scanning speed.
It'll be interesting to see the next few tests. ESET beware..
DO NOT pay for bloated anti-virus software! AVG free works great, and if that doesn't catch everything you can run a free scan from Trend Micro's website. Besides that, run Ad-Aware or C Cleaner often, defrag your HD often, and your PC will run like a top.
Oh, and try not to look at too much pr0n! Sex causes viruses in cyberspace too.
Tell me, how would you define a bloated anti-virus software?
I originally had McAfee and love it, especially since it’s easy to switch off when needed. Currently I do have Norton, and it has corrupted my dlls. And since I cannot order Demigod (age of minority... damn you government and your discrimination!), and I have to wait for it to come to my area still... I decided to pirate it for now. The pirate copy wouldn't work due to a missing dll, and I didn't even occur to me that this may happen on the actually demigod game. Guess I should skip it.
Did you talk to symantec about it, or do you just assume it corrupts DLLs because you use a pirated version of it where the crack actually cause the issues (which is VERY common). I've used NIS 2009 since it was released, and haven't had a single network issue...
If you are using cracked software,is it any wonder you have problems?