gest Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If you were to but an anti-virus standalone today, what would you buy? It is easy to throw around opinions when everyone can try/trial :lol: multitudes of a/v solutions. But if you were going to buy one for the next year, which would you choose? Nod32, Kaspersky, Avira, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would not buy stand alone as such there load of freewares- AVG, BitDefender 8, AviraPersonaly I Use Comodo Intenet Suite (CIS) and bit defender to scan ocasionaly (all freeware- no fixes or patches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If someone is willing to pay for me, I would go for EAV. :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ESET, since they always served me well and even now Avira 'beats' ESET ESET still has more options. I guess Avira would be better for the 'average computer user', but I know ESET is better for me :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 COMODO Internet Security will PWNZ every competition hands down once they release a complete stable build :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 COMODO Internet Security will PWNZ every competition hands down once they release a complete stable build :coolwink:agreed :sneaky:I find CIS to be the perfect choice of protection.Comodo Firewall Pro + Eset AntiVirus would be my 2nd choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 gest is asking for a standalone AV, so I guess CIS is out. :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 gest is asking for a standalone AV, so I guess CIS is out. :sneaky:Just disable all it's services except for the av, and it becomes standalone :coolwink:It all depends on how you look at the situation.Now....back to downloading submarine titans :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Husen Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If you were to but an anti-virus standalone today, what would you buy? It is easy to throw around opinions when everyone can try/trial :coolwink: multitudes of a/v solutions. But if you were going to buy one for the next year, which would you choose? Nod32, Kaspersky, Avira, etc...In these days of Freedom, Free-way & Free-Tibet we also need Free-warez,hence COMODO.Why pay for it when you can get it FREE.Besides, next year is 361 days away, things can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I've been using Avast in the last months and I like it very much. If you are going to buy, then imo you should go for ESET... if not, then Avast Home is just as good as Avast Pro, but without some functions (which don't affect the performance, since the antivirus kernel is the same for both versions). No point buying it (but you can support them of course and go pro).I've been using Outpost Firewall and Avast and I've had no problems with malware. I sometimes do routine scans with SAS or Malwarebytes' and Avast and rarely get some junk like tracking cookies, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 NOD32 - just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gest Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Seems Nod32 is the winner. Anyone no of any Eset issues/conflicts with other standalone firewalls - ZA, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 when it comes to Firewall, COMODO is your best bet ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Seems Nod32 is the winner. Anyone no of any Eset issues/conflicts with other standalone firewalls - ZA, etc?So far not heard of any issue. Had tried it with ZoneAlarm, Comodo and Outpost....no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gest Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Thanks for the input everybody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I may be late in joining this thread but I just wanted to add my $0.02. If you want to see a decent comparison based on performance benchmarks then please check this link. You can easily compare detection rates on various websites but I think performance benchmarks are just as important because it makes no sense using an AV that crawls your pc.My choice would be NOD32 though because it can do the following:* Minimal system performance impact, 33MB of ram is nothing when you have 4GB.* Fast system boot.* I can easily un-select all my web browsers from being scanned since I think http scanning is redundant.* NOD32 works flawlessly with other security programs. (this is most important).The last point is most important to me because it allows you to add additional security programs like Threatfire, Malwarebytes, a-squared anti malware free edition. etc. So yes if I had to pay for 1 AV it would be NOD32 mainly because it does not crash or conflict with other security programs. I know the benchmark I posted has NAV2009 as the best performing but the 1 and only reason I would never buy NAV is because it has activation process and only allows you to install it 3 times, so if you had to reformat more than 3 times in that year then you are screwed and their tech support is useless and could care less about you even though you are a customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lal krishna Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Standalone with No real time protection? Kaspersky has a free standalone version,which can be updated thru Nod32view(Otherwise it won't update).AVZ is another freeware(now bought by Kaspersky) which is real good.Just google it.If you still need help,PM me.[edit]Both these has no processes running automatically,unlike Bitdefender freeware version,which is a plus.Even if you choose something else,trying these won't hurt. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnixSofter Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Kaspersky has a free standalone version,which can be updated thru Nod32view(Otherwise it won't update).Something is not right there... :P---I think ESET AV should work great. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 End of the day you'll find it's NOD32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lal krishna Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Kaspersky has a free standalone version,which can be updated thru Nod32view(Otherwise it won't update).Something is not right there... :P---I think ESET AV should work great. :wtf:I know what you mean.The standalone version of Kaspersky does not update signatures,you have to manually download the new version(around 30MB) every time.But,if you use NODVIEW,which is a freeeware,you can actually 'update' it!!! That is all about saving some bandwidth.If you are familiar with the softs i am talking about and don't have a clue what I am talking abt,pl PM me.screenie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge52 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Honestly, if I was going to get a paid version I'd probably go with Eset Nod32 or Kaspersky. I've heard great things about both!Freeware is better IMO, so I'm a fan of Avira + Comodo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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