Which free antivirus do you use?

Terarus · 02. Sep 2011, 12:55 PM

MidnightCowboy · 02. Sep 2011, 01:05 PM

Ad-Aware

BitDefender scanner installed on Linux

Terarus · 02. Sep 2011, 04:59 PM

is adware any good? i saw CNET give it quite a good review the other time

Anupam · 02. Sep 2011, 05:01 PM

I use Avast since a long time, and I voted for it

Taurus · 02. Sep 2011, 05:29 PM

None. Zip. Zero.

blues · 02. Sep 2011, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurus

None. Zip. Zero.

Hey, you forgot "nada".

J_L · 02. Sep 2011, 10:40 PM

Although I have 2 real-time and more on-demand, I chose Panda Cloud, because it's doing the traditional role (monitoring files on-access in the disk). Avast is custom installed for maximum compatibility and protection.

If counting on-demand scanners (with ones like Hitman Pro included), I wonder who's really using none.

MidnightCowboy · 03. Sep 2011, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terarus

is adware any good? i saw CNET give it quite a good review the other time

Yes, I like it and was first persuaded to have a look after reading the PCMag review

My decision was hardly scientific, but definitely up to YouTube standards

My tech no longer offers service contracts for Windows machines because folks were always getting infected no matter which AV was installed and he was losing money on it. This is partly due to the abundance of malware here in Brazil, but mostly due to the culture

However, he used to keep a record of infections and at my request he ran 12 of these past Ad-Aware and it blocked them all. Possibly other products would have done the same and maybe another 12 would have given different results.

Like most other programs it's slow opening a file full of .exe's or LibreOffice documents which, security issues apart, is one of the reasons why I run Linux 90% of the time. Otherwise I found it simple to set up and stable in use, more so with XP than W7 when occasionally it failed to re-materialize in the tray after an update. The program has just seen a significant upgrade though so maybe this is no longer relevant.

wdhpr · 03. Sep 2011, 08:34 PM

Rarely using Windoze anymore (which is a good thing) but when I do I use Avira despite of all the recent bad press.

MidnightCowboy · 04. Sep 2011, 08:33 AM

With more good appraisals appearing I'm being drawn towards AVG 2012 now. I'll wait for one of the independents to release some data then have a look myself.

View Poll Results: Which free antivirus do you use?
Avast	10	32.26%
Avira	2	6.45%
AVG	0	0%
Microsoft Security Essentials	8	25.81%
Panda Cloud	2	6.45%
Other	1	3.23%
None	8	25.81%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

02. Sep 2011, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Terarus Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 157	Which free antivirus do you use? Which free antivirus do you use?

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MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 9,250	Ad-Aware BitDefender scanner installed on Linux __________________ Knows nothing and cares even less

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Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	I use Avast since a long time, and I voted for it __________________ Anupam

02. Sep 2011, 05:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Taurus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northeast US Posts: 422	None. Zip. Zero. __________________ T

02. Sep 2011, 04:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Terarus Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 157	is adware any good? i saw CNET give it quite a good review the other time

02. Sep 2011, 10:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	Although I have 2 real-time and more on-demand, I chose Panda Cloud, because it's doing the traditional role (monitoring files on-access in the disk). Avast is custom installed for maximum compatibility and protection. If counting on-demand scanners (with ones like Hitman Pro included), I wonder who's really using none.

03. Sep 2011, 08:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
wdhpr Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The north Coast Posts: 1,117	Rarely using Windoze anymore (which is a good thing) but when I do I use Avira despite of all the recent bad press.

04. Sep 2011, 08:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 9,250	With more good appraisals appearing I'm being drawn towards AVG 2012 now. I'll wait for one of the independents to release some data then have a look myself. __________________ Knows nothing and cares even less

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