The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Fastest anti-virus program

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by hooper1, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So regardless of price, what are the fastest anti-virus programs for XP and Vista? I'm tired of my system grinding to a halt for 8 hours while my virus program runs a system check.
     
    hooper1, Jan 28, 2008
    #1
  2. danny2001

    danny2001 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    288
    Messages:
    237
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    8 HOURS!? Holy moly... Avast, set to scan all files and archives, takes about an hour an a half to complete a full scan on my laptop... of course I only have a 60Gb drive. I usually have it set to scan in the middle of the night, so it doesn't do it while i'm using it.
     
    danny2001, Jan 28, 2008
    #2
  3. arjunned

    arjunned Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    288
    Messages:
    766
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    the fastest?? Eset Nod32 AV v3... absolute minimal resource hog!! and fast scans... recommend it to anyone... :)
    For free antivirus you could even try avira or avast... if your looking for some free AV then i'd recommend avira...
     
    arjunned, Jan 28, 2008
    #3
  4. arjunned

    arjunned Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    288
    Messages:
    766
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    oh its fairly priced too... :)
     
    arjunned, Jan 28, 2008
    #4
  5. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Thanks so much! Yea, my hard drive is only 80MB and I've tried both Norton and McAfee and it's an exercise in sheer frustration.
     
    hooper1, Jan 28, 2008
    #5
  6. Orlando Guy

    Orlando Guy Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    119
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    80mb? what is it a 386 or something? Maybe time for an upgrade?
     
    Orlando Guy, Jan 28, 2008
    #6
  7. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    805
    Messages:
    4,679
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    106
    80 MB HD can be scanned in seconds. Is that a micro hard drive in a cell phone?
     
    coolguy, Jan 28, 2008
    #7
  8. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    805
    Messages:
    4,679
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    106
    AVG free is fast. Norton AV 2008 is also worth trying. Avast, Avira are to name a few other freebies.
     
    coolguy, Jan 28, 2008
    #8
  9. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,886
    Messages:
    6,566
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Antivir works very fast for me with a 400GB HDD and it's almost full.
     
    Gintoki, Jan 28, 2008
    #9
  10. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,194
    Messages:
    1,889
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Second the antivir. It scans my 7k200 with 100 GB of used data in about 1-2 mins.
     
    jin07, Jan 28, 2008
    #10
  11. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    432
    Messages:
    1,906
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Fastest antivirus? NOD32 hands down!
     
    MaXimus, Jan 29, 2008
    #11
  12. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,194
    Messages:
    1,889
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Antivir takes only 1-2 mins, usually closer to 2 mins. Avast takes a long time though on thorough scan, about 1 hour 30 mins. Yes, antivir can scan that fast.
     
    jin07, Jan 29, 2008
    #12
  13. gspot333

    gspot333 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    158
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    just got a laptop with a 200gb hd and a 1year mcafee antivirus subscription. will i see a major slowdown?
     
    gspot333, Jan 29, 2008
    #13
  14. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,024
    Messages:
    7,755
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    i think kaspersky it scans very very fast u can use a trial
     
    dondadah88, Jan 29, 2008
    #14
  15. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Ohhhh! 80GB (of course), not 80MB. (I could scan 80 Mb myself by just reading all the files on the disk.)
     
    hooper1, Jan 29, 2008
    #15
  16. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,024
    Messages:
    7,755
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    lol i think i could to
     
    dondadah88, Jan 29, 2008
    #16
  17. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So I was going to try this out using the free trial offer but it doesn't seem to working on their website.


    http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial_download.php

    Has anyone successfully used the trial version?
     
    hooper1, Jan 29, 2008
    #17
  18. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    There's a downloadable version on CNET. Just search for ESET NOD32. Looks like version 3 just came out. Just downloaded it and my previous 8-hour McAfee scanning nightmare seems to be a thing of the past. 32% done and it's only been running for about 3 minutes. (note: this older machine is running on a Pentium 4, so I expect others will have much faster scanning times).
     
    hooper1, Jan 29, 2008
    #18
  19. taelrak

    taelrak Lost

    Reputations:
    860
    Messages:
    2,979
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Actually, I think Nod2.7 is even faster than 3.0...but that's beside the point. They're both incredibly fast and good.
     
    taelrak, Jan 29, 2008
    #19
  20. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    lol... It took 43 minutes to scan the 80GB with NOD32.
     
    hooper1, Jan 30, 2008
    #20
  21. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,024
    Messages:
    7,755
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    nod32 it scaned both my 7k200 with 200 gb each in 1 hour and 30 min total

    1st hard drive it partition
    154 for vista 52.5 gb free
    31.3 for xp 13.5 free
    2nd hard total 186 gb 67.9 gb free
     
    dondadah88, Jan 30, 2008
    #21