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    What antivirus? No, not the usual question

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Impactor, Jul 5, 2010.

  1. Impactor

    Impactor Notebook Consultant

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    I have XP 64bit and I am really stumped on the choice of antivirus. Here is why:

    ESS4
    I used to use ESS4 but it has been notoriously defeated by every other common virus found on emule (last case - yesterday). Is the old Nod32 2.7 (or something similar) still useful today?

    Avira
    It's policy of falsepositives is annoying. Besides, on XP64 I am only able to install version 9. 10 will not install and 9 will not run Guard module.

    MSE
    Does not support xp64! Ridiculous!

    Avast - far from being as good as, say, Avira.
    Kaspersky - I hear it is way too heavy.
    Panda Cloud - won't install on xp64.

    I also wonder your opinions on Trustport and G Data.
    Any suggestions will be appreciated.
     
    Impactor, Jul 5, 2010
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    You could try the free comodo internet security , it says it`s xp 64 compatible.

    Or try AVG , though i dont know if it`s xp 64 compatible.

    Download Comodo Internet Security
     
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  3. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Far from Avira as in what exactly? Detection rate, I/O load, CPU load?

    I can wholehartedly recommend Avast.
    I'm using it now on pretty old hardware; an IBM R51 with a (Dothan) PentiumM 1,6GHz processor. No problem.

    As far as detection rate and system load, Avast is pretty light and it's detection rate isn't that far below Avira's.
    Give it a try, I'd say
     
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