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    2009 Antivirus Software Home Buyers Guide Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 2, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 2, 2009
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  2. ChristopherAKAO4

    ChristopherAKAO4 Notebook Nut

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    Could y'all do a review like this comparing the top three free AV? (Avira, Avast, and AVG) I'd be interested in seeing the results.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jun 2, 2009
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  3. adyingwren

    adyingwren Notebook Evangelist

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    For protection, aren't u guys just better off citing AV-comparatives? With all due respect, it is what those guys do for a living.

    Otherwise, good guide. Norton's finally getting the love it deserves after the 2008 version.
     
    adyingwren, Jun 2, 2009
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  4. ChristopherAKAO4

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    I don't think they are really trying to determine which AV is "best" in the same since by running virus after virus against it to see if it will catch it. Just which is best option for the average consumer. Still, I agree a link to AV-Comparatives for further reference at the end might be nice.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jun 2, 2009
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  5. dbacchus

    dbacchus Notebook Consultant

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    It's very strange, to say the least, to see a comparison with "AVG Anti-Virus Free", but none with Avast, which is at least 2 times faster.
    If to compare (performance) with freeware products, then compare you must with the best-perfroming, not the least performing...
     
    dbacchus, Jun 2, 2009
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  6. dysonlu

    dysonlu Notebook Consultant

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    Which one is the most lightweight? I don't like having half a dozen resident processes running just for virus protection.
     
    dysonlu, Jun 2, 2009
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  7. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    I did some testing with all three. Turned out that Avira has the smallest memory usage.

    I also tested the influence on system performance with two different benchmarks (Crystal and Passmark). Differences were insignificant.

    Unfortunately I forgot to test the scanning performance.

    Based on my testing I concluded to stay with Avira.

    Avira.
     
    Phil, Jun 2, 2009
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  8. ChristopherAKAO4

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    Thanks for the info. I already run Avira because I've heard it consumed little resources and it scored the best on AV-Comparatives testing.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jun 2, 2009
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  9. RangerXML

    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    Decided I didn't was to be that big0 of an a**!
     
    RangerXML, Jun 3, 2009
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  10. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just speaking of Kaspersky 2009 - it also has plenty of additional features.

    It can create some sort of backup CD, it has a security analyzer, on screen keyboard (I believe that is against keyloggers)

    Nice review :)

    PS: You may have guessed, Kaspersky is my choice :D
     
    DetlevCM, Jun 12, 2009
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  11. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    Nice review, thanks..

    I have been using Norton 2009 and it has been great so far. Consumes around 8MB in the memory. Much better than the older versions of Norton..

    (paid $34.95, BTW)


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    ramgen, Jun 13, 2009
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  12. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    A very nice written AV Home Buyers Guide.



    Cin.
     
    Cin', Jun 13, 2009
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