any one know any antivirus software on offer at the momernt that you can reccommend as mine runs out in a month

Only thing I'll say is don't buy Norton. Might be worth posting in the Computer section too?

hi try avast or avg they are both free and you can run both together if you like works for me

both of the above are crap

AntiVir is free and great check this out

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

all of the results for last years antivir has been top.

And if you want a free Firewall id get Comodo also free

and free anti spyware Spybot SD most likely.

Use AVAST its free and ive had it on for years without getting anything on my pc.

DONT touch nortons with a barge pole. it slows your pc down to a crawl and is more like a virus than tho's it finds. install and uninstall it and have a look at the state of the registry after, it leaves more crap than a community of gypsies

hi try avast or avg they are both free and you can run both together if you like works for me

Seconded used one at work and one at home.

Though I now use Linux so don't use anti virus any more.

if you read post i put on avast did badly in alot of the recent tests this months wasnt to bad but last load have been really bad.

Use ANTIVIR its never bad check the results

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_11.php

avast gets 37% and antivir gets 81 speaks for itself
and the "great" avg got a laughable 25%

Though I now use Linux so don't use anti virus any more.

I think you should.

I use AVG, it's free and just as good as anything else out there.

I think you should.

I use AVG, it's free and just as good as anything else out there.

with 25% lol yer ok mate
and linux doesnt exactly need antiviruses has a unix based system and no registry there are a very small number of viruses and the actually core removes them

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_11.php

avast gets 37% and antivir gets 81 speaks for itself
and the "great" avg got a laughable 25%

You on commision ?

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_11.php

avast gets 37% and antivir gets 81 speaks for itself
and the "great" avg got a laughable 25%


As my great great grandma used to say, never trust someone whose link doesn't work ;)

You on commision ?

no im trying to help lol but all you lot are recommending aweful antiviruses

As my great great grandma used to say, never trust someone whose link doesn't work ;)

one sec sort it now

you have to go on the site yourself and look it wont let me link the php page

look at last test not just most recent as all did well in recent but last one is more inportant

antivir website
http://www.free-av.com/

also for linux for the guy above on linux

heres a a review http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/120449/avira-antivir-personaledition-classic.html?searchString=avira

no im trying to help lol but all you lot are recommending aweful antiviruses

AVG works, and has done for years, no doubt what you are recommending is almost identical (most anti-virus software works in the same way) it's just a different "brand name", I'm sure they haven't made some kind of radical breakthrough in the field of security.

I use NOD32 myself....just noticed Kapersky is on offer today from Scan....

http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/

antivir website
http://www.free-av.com/

also for linux for the guy above on linux


I thought you didn't need it ?

nick2 you seriously know nothing mate little antiviruses are alike as they all use different engines and different detections rules.

read the website 81% vs 25% says it all if your a idea who wants to only be able to remove 25% of viruses on your pc then good luck

i use antivir but have also use nod32 both are very good but antivir updates more and detects more so i use it
and i have a linux box and windows xp i use xp alot more

nick2 you seriously know nothing mate

And you're an expert I assume ?

And you're an expert I assume ?

well i read up about them quite a lot.
Ive told 2 anti virus companies how to remove a certain msn virus that was kicking around for ages.
Ive helped tons of people remove viruses they have on there pc via use of good anti viruses and skill.

So yes id call myself a pretty experienced person you?

CozzyB - You're doing well to call yourself an expert at 17 (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=3201116#post3201116) ;)

well i read up about them quite a lot.
Ive told 2 anti virus companies how to remove a certain msn virus that was kicking around for ages.
Ive helped tons of people remove viruses they have on there pc via use of good anti viruses and skill.

So yes id call myself a pretty experienced person you?

I know nothing about computers.

..........

I am not very good on computers at all but can I ask a question while we are talking about antivirus stuff. It is relevant to the OP. I have McAfee as I bought it after a free trial. It has just automatically renewed at a cost of £40. I do have a cancellation period & am unsure what to do. My sister says i don't need it & to get a free one. However after having tons of problems with a virus on a previous computer & am tempted just to leave it on, particularly as if there was a problems I would not know what to do.

What would people advise? I have 3 kids & although I don't think they go onto any dodgy websites they do go on lots of sites between them, particularly one's with free games. I am happy with McAfee but am not sure if it is worth the money.

Is Norton really that bad?

I've just bought 'Norton Internet Security 2008' although I haven't got round to installing it yet.

I Use norton 2008 myself and so do plenty of other people,i have never had any trouble with it at all,ive been using norton products along time i tried others but always end up back with norton...i think its all down to personal experience some people love it while others hate it.
Read review's about it on google etc it gets a decent rating in most places aloso plenty of reviews about other av software so you can compare,it could help you decide whats right for you :)

yeah avg shld do the trick

AVG, free...so pretty cheap!.. and i've never had any problems with it....much better than norton antivirus that i paid for years ago

I'm fully aware that I may be misreading this site, but if this is the latest report, then all are in the high 90s?:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_11.php

If that doesn't work click on "Comparatives" and select the bottom (latest) report.

one sec sort it now

Nope. Still broke:D.

Also, the page the link is supposed to point to compares commercial versions only.

A better example would be the one here (http://freesoftwarecomparison.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/free-antivirus-comparison/):thumbsup:

AVG best one ive had! Norton is crap!

..........

Add me to the list of AVG supporters.

Never had a problem, and I trawl all sorts of filth .....

:)

well i read up about them quite a lot.
Ive told 2 anti virus companies how to remove a certain msn virus that was kicking around for ages.
Ive helped tons of people remove viruses they have on there pc via use of good anti viruses and skill.

So yes id call myself a pretty experienced person you?


you sound like a right plonker to me.

nick2 you seriously know nothing mate little antiviruses are alike as they all use different engines and different detections rules.

read the website 81% vs 25% says it all if your a idea who wants to only be able to remove 25% of viruses on your pc then good luck

Actually I think you're the one who knows nothing...

The report you linked to does give Antivir a score of 81%, but it also says that it only reached "standard" certification level (others are reaching Advanced and Advanced+) and that there are 'many' false positives... a low false positive detection rate should be crucial.

If you've bothered to read the pdf report on page 14 you'll see it clearly states:

Users cannot rely on a product that causes too many false alarms... which includes Antivir :loopy:

So, to the OP, personally if I was buying a product, I would go for the likes of Kaspersky / NOD32. :) as has already been stated, Kaspersky is on offer at the mo.

To cozzyb - get your facts straight before providing your apparent 'advice' :hihi:

AVG here too

What would people advise? I have 3 kids & although I don't think they go onto any dodgy websites they do go on lots of sites between them, particularly one's with free games. I am happy with McAfee but am not sure if it is worth the money.

I'm not a fan of McAfee, having had problems with it in the past. It is a matter of taste and how comfortable you feel going for something different.

Personally I use f-secure (http://www.f-secure.com/) as I get a deal on it, but there are good free ones out there like antivir (http://free-av.com/) and Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php). These would stop most problems, but my brother plays on free game sites as well, and managed to leave my Grandad with 30,000 (yep, that is 30,000) infected and virus produced files. With kids on the keyboard there is no 100% protection...

Just my penny's worth.
I do ICT support in a large school and we always install AVG free on machines that are outside our network ie staff personal machines and the like - not had one back yet for a virus infection. Use it at home too - nuff said:P

AVG seems to work for me. My attitude to anti-virus software's similar to my opinion of cirrhosis of the liver. I'm not gonna worry too much until it happens.

any one know any antivirus software on offer at the momernt that you can reccommend as mine runs out in a month

dont pay for software... download AVG . its free and it is perfectly ok. it updates all the time and u can do usual scans etc of files and stuff. try it see how it goes.

Is Norton really that bad?

I've just bought 'Norton Internet Security 2008' although I haven't got round to installing it yet.

id take it back for a refund and get free software AVG

wow thanks guys.. so whats it to be lol? xxxxxxxx

CozzyB - You're doing well to call yourself an expert at 17 (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=3201116#post3201116) ;)

I think you have scared him off, he has not been on this thread since.:hihi:

NOD32 or Kaspersky would be my choice for paid for AV.

AVG, Avast for free AV.

no some of us have other things to do then post on forums all day im afraid.

Also yes i am very experienced for 17 and seems as many people at 30+ cant do bugger all on a pc never mind build one from parts like i can i doubt age comes into it.

Also Antivir no longer gives anywhere near same amount of false positives plus id rather have false positives then have it only find 25% of any virus as thats pathetic in fact i believe Microsoft anti virus nearly beat it.

well toonarmani one who the hell names themselves after a designer brand? im not going to take advice over what is most likely a chav.
Secondly kaspersky is unbelievably slow at scanning and incompatible with many programs (trust me I've used it) although nod32 is good just not as good as antivir which is what i moved from nod32 too.

Nope. Still broke:D.

Also, the page the link is supposed to point to compares commercial versions only.

A better example would be the one here (http://freesoftwarecomparison.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/free-antivirus-comparison/):thumbsup:

although i don't like the unprofessional looking site it does seem a good review and antivir wins so lol i guess thats 3 reviews now.

Also btw people if you like avg so much try the new Avg 8 beta you'll see AVG sucks, i installed it and it basically made my internet slow down and was eating my memory like it was vista.

no some of us have other things to do then post on forums all day im afraid.

You are back! :wave: Did you enjoy your time away from the forum?


Also yes i am very experienced for 17 and seems as many people at 30+ cant do bugger all on a pc never mind build one from parts like i can i doubt age comes into it.
It really isn't hard to build a PC...is it? ;)


Also Antivir no longer gives anywhere near same amount of false positives plus id rather have false positives then have it only find 25% of any virus as thats pathetic in fact i believe Microsoft anti virus nearly beat it.

I assume you have never had a virus using Antivir?
On one of my PCs I have never had a virus using AVG Free. :o

You are back! :wave: Did you enjoy your time away from the forum?

yes i did thank you.

It really isn't hard to build a PC...is it? ;)

well seems as people pay for people to do it, and pay a huge premium for companies to pre build pcs for them yes i would say it is.

I assume you have never had a virus using Antivir?
On one of my PCs I have never had a virus using AVG Free. :o

this is true but obviously you dont understand the testing of various websites.
They fill a pc with lots of known viruses and do a scan and check how many are removed.
Avg doesnt get rid of many while antivir does.
Also i have helped about humm 50 people remove viruses from there pc some using avg, norton etc all of them packed full and everytime i do a scan it finds some... antivir finds all once i put it on so tbh i dont see why use avg when antivir is free also and is better. Let me try and explain more... would you rather i gave you a flat or a mansion for free? your picking the flat at the moment and im picking the mansion.

btw the claim NEVER had a virus is a little silly as if you had a crap Antivirus how would you know?

also some viruses i.e Keyloggers dont get found a lot of the time so tbh you would have no clue if you didn't know what to look for.

this is true but obviously you dont understand the testing of various websites.

Obliviously I don't. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

They fill a pc with lots of known viruses and do a scan and check how many are removed.
Strange! I use to do that to when I was testing AV programs.


Avg doesnt get rid of many while antivir does.
Also i have helped about humm 50 people remove viruses from there pc some using avg, norton etc all of them packed full and everytime i do a scan it finds some... antivir finds all once i put it on so tbh i dont see why use avg when antivir is free also and is better.

I have used Antivir and I agree it is a good free program, a little slow, but does the job.


Let me try and explain more... would you rather i gave you a flat or a mansion for free? your picking the flat at the moment and im picking the mansion.

Now when it comes to places to live I will have my little flat over a mansion anyday. ;)
I also have to tell you that I do not use AVG, haven't done for a few years and the PC I am making this post from hasn't even got AV software installed. Have I got any viruses...afraid not.

Some people need better protection than others - their suring and downloading habits dictate so. ;)

btw the claim NEVER had a virus is a little silly as if you had a crap Antivirus how would you know?

also some viruses i.e Keyloggers dont get found a lot of the time so tbh you would have no clue if you didn't know what to look for.

Now you are sounding a little pretentious. :roll: :roll:

cozzyb... if you manage to make a career out of computers (good luck to you if that's the path you take), look back at this thread in 5 years and see how 'wet around the ears' it makes you look ;)

well toonarmani one who the hell names themselves after a designer brand? im not going to take advice over what is most likely a chav.
Secondly kaspersky is unbelievably slow at scanning and incompatible with many programs (trust me I've used it) although nod32 is good just not as good as antivir which is what i moved from nod32 too.

Such a grown-up comment but I'm not going to even go down the route of what my tagname refers to and the origins of it, as I certainly don't need to justify myself to an oik like you.

The comments I made in my post were 100% correct, you haven't read the report in full (or understood it). All you can come back with is a 'ooh look at your name' comment.

If you are going to quote a website with testing information from various anti-virus vendors, then you should at least be able to understand it and follow what it says.

To state Antivir is the best based on 1 figure within this report is flawed. You may have experience of using it, but the report (which you are recommending people read and follow) clearly states that the product is substandard compared to other vendors.

So grow up ... and shut up, you're beginning to bore me. :loopy:

I have used Antivir and I agree it is a good free program, a little slow, but does the job

It's also quite heavy on resources when idle & scanning:(.

It's also quite heavy on resources when idle & scanning:(.

well im using it right now and idling its using 8 meg of memory... i wouldnt call that heavy to be fair scanning may be heavy but i consider that a good sign imo.

and toon you call me sad for going on name but your using age as a insult which is obviously pathetic as age does not mean intelligence so i will ignore you from now on.

well im using it right now and idling its using 8 meg of memory... i wouldnt call that heavy to be fair scanning may be heavy but i consider that a good sign imo.

and toon you call me sad for going on name but your using age as a insult which is obviously pathetic as age does not mean intelligence so i will ignore you from now on.

erm, pardon my ignorance, but please can you show where I mentioned age in either of my posts ..? to make it easy for you, here they are again:

POST1:
Actually I think you're the one who knows nothing...

The report you linked to does give Antivir a score of 81%, but it also says that it only reached "standard" certification level (others are reaching Advanced and Advanced+) and that there are 'many' false positives... a low false positive detection rate should be crucial.

If you've bothered to read the pdf report on page 14 you'll see it clearly states:

Users cannot rely on a product that causes too many false alarms... which includes Antivir

So, to the OP, personally if I was buying a product, I would go for the likes of Kaspersky / NOD32. as has already been stated, Kaspersky is on offer at the mo.

To cozzyb - get your facts straight before providing your apparent 'advice'


POST2:

Such a grown-up comment but I'm not going to even go down the route of what my tagname refers to and the origins of it, as I certainly don't need to justify myself to an oik like you.

The comments I made in my post were 100% correct, you haven't read the report in full (or understood it). All you can come back with is a 'ooh look at your name' comment.

If you are going to quote a website with testing information from various anti-virus vendors, then you should at least be able to understand it and follow what it says.

To state Antivir is the best based on 1 figure within this report is flawed. You may have experience of using it, but the report (which you are recommending people read and follow) clearly states that the product is substandard compared to other vendors.

So grow up ... and shut up, you're beginning to bore me.



Now ... where is age mentioned? :loopy::huh::loopy:

Yet again you fail to come back with a response to my comments relating to the OPs question. You are just blinkered to 1 AV product and that's it from your perspective, and you're not willing to budge when it is clear you are wrong and when you also dont even understand the content of the pdf report, have you actually read it in full?

If you want to know about 'intelligence' or 'experience', just bring it on, I have plenty when it comes to IT Security, it's actually my job. Just Google CISSP, EnCE, GAWN to name a few, then tell me who's got the 'intellifence' or 'experience'...

Oh, and on the 'name' front .. out of interest, who chooses a tagname based on a piece of ladies swimwear?! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

although nod32 is good just not as good as antivir which is what i moved from nod32 too.


NOD32 to Antivir? :confused: I assume you moved because Antivir is free.

Antivir better than NOD32? :huh: :huh: :loopy:

It's also quite heavy on resources when idle & scanning:(.

I just tried Antivir tonight, got to agree with you, I found it heavy on resources too.
For most people an AV that you have to update manually is not ideal. :o
btw Antivir found no viruses on my PC that I don't have AV software installed on. :)

would you rather i gave you a flat or a mansion for free? your picking the flat at the moment and im picking the mansion.

Keep the Mansion, and expensive council tax that comes with it! :hihi:

Can't believe this thread has over 60 posts!

AVG, Avast! and AntiVir are three free anti-virus solutions. Try one, if you like it. Stick with it. If you don't try another. If you don't like any of them, pay for your A/V software.

NOD, F-Secure and McAfee are all ok. I wouldn't recommend Norton.


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