Comments on: 5 Popular Free Anti virus – Compared and Tested [ Windows ]

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:48:22 +0000

nice review
well im not using avg free edition since 2007 because when i update it its corrupt the real time protection
well now i use NOD32 get it free from my isp

By: Hands on with Microsoft Security Essentials : Morro

Hands on with Microsoft Security Essentials : Morro — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:05:13 +0000

[...] been using ESET Nod 32 Anti virus from more than a year. I would say the best anti virus of all we compared. Works silently , not heavy on system and knows if something is virus. It even passed the Anitvirus [...]

By: resur

resur — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:43:58 +0000

avg resident shield is turned off when no updates for 3 days so the viruses spread …
avira is the best!!!

By: ajay

ajay — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:15:14 +0000

Symantec™ Endpoint Protection v.11.0.4014.26 – 32bit
Benefits:
Stops malware such as viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, adware, bots, zero-day threats and rootkits.
Prevents security outbreaks thus reducing administrative overhead.
Lowers total cost of ownership for endpoint security.
Key Features:
Seamlessly integrates essential technologies such as antivirus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, device control.
Requires only a single agent that is managed by a single management console.
Provides unmatched endpoint protection from the market leader in endpoint security.
Enables instant NAC upgrade without additional software deployment for each endpoint.

By: New Generation of Antivirus Shaping up

New Generation of Antivirus Shaping up — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:48:59 +0000

[...] available in the market till date work and rely upon the Virus Signature Database, leaving few like Threatfire as an exception, Virus signature database, is a collection of mechanisms and algorithms to identify [...]

By: Manav

Manav — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:07:26 +0000

@ kreuz, That was definitely an awesome piece of information, pretty useful, well its like, assessing any AV program, just on the basis of one threat, or one file, is kind of not doing justice to it, because researches have already proved that none of the AV program present in market gives you a detection rate even close to 80%, so, naturally overall detection rate is the only criteria to judge.
As far as resource taking is concerned, the above post was written with a test on P3 processor system, with 160 MB ram (128+32), however the configurations which most of us using these days dont even need to be thought of resources been taking by and AV software

By: kreuz

kreuz — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:40:20 +0000

I rather prefer avast than AVG because i tested AVG, Avast, a full version of Bit Defender and the free version also in detecting a certain program i made. That program was a report-to-maker type of hidden keylogger, scratch-coded so that my code is unique. I tried to spread it to my classmates, taking into account that each one of them had a different AV program from the other.

Of course, Bit Defender (full version) killed my program upon download because of its keylogger nature. The free one didn’t even detect because it lacked resident scanning. But comparing AVG and Avast, Avast detected suspicious activity after brooding a day or two inside my classmate’s PC and even stated which program was doing it (my program) while the one with AVG didn’t even suspect anything.

It goes to show, Avast is more secure than AVG but sacrifices a little resource in doing it. But it doesn’t hurt to take a little resource right?

By: Kuldeep

Kuldeep — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:57:43 +0000

Thats a well comparison chart
ncely quoted move by author..

a good techincal stuff..
i do agree with author

i prefer avg antivirus as compared to other
antivirus..avg is good in terms of virus detection
and easily updatable..and free virus dcan..

well comparison above for normal user..

regares..