Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

Alien

Journeyman
Guys, i need help on antivirus for my laptop. I have used avira and avast on my desktop and am pretty happy with them. How do you rate Comodo Internet Security? Is it good?
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
use comodo firewall along with avira free av and malwarebytes antimalware- this trio will keep your laptop safe ;-)
 

Alien

Journeyman
Ok.. Thanks..:smile: But how is Comodo Internet Security, it includes Comodo firewall + Comodo Antivirus with Sandbox, Defense+ and all?
 

Skud

Super Moderator
Staff member
constantly getting this error message whenever I double click Avira tray icon. Is anything missing?
 
^Many people are having the same problem with no solution

avcenter.exe - Bad Image error windows 7 32 bit - Seite 2 - Avira Free Antivirus für Windows - Avira Support Forum


Some claim that manually downloading the latest update package and installing it after reinstalling Avira solves the problem. You can try it out.

*en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-71818-avira-update-problems
 

vaibhav23

In the zone
After installing avast 6.0 and comodo firewall my speed have become very bad.I get 20 kBps in IDM and 1 KBps in utorrent.When I had Kaspersky the download speeds were >200KBps in both.Please help friends
Another problem is that after formatting my pc I cannot see my data usage for any of the previous months at data.bsnl.in and it tells No records found
 

Tech.Masti

Wise Old Owl
^^ are you familiar with Comodo??? uninstall comodo, and see, comodo has some of strange problems with inexperienced users....
 

sygeek

Technomancer
When will you guys realize this? Paying for an antivirus is absurd at best. Instead of buying that antivirus for a thousand bucks, donate it somewhere else. At least that's where it'll be worthy :D

No offense though, anti-viruses discussions are fine. But I can't resist when someone says they bought that shiny new antivirus for $$.
 
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d3p

PowerHouse
When will you guys realize this? Paying for an antivirus is absurd at best. Instead of buying that antivirus for a thousand bucks, donate it somewhere else. At least that's where it'll be worthy :D

No offense though, anti-viruses discussions are fine. But I can't resist when someone says they bought that shiny new antivirus for $$.

Microsoft Security Essential is a capable solution, but only available for Genuine Windows users .....:wink:.
 

Tech.Masti

Wise Old Owl
AV-Comparative Survey
they are conducting their December survey...... participate the survey if u wish.....

AV-C Survey « AV-Comparatives weblog [Official blog info about survey]

*www.surveymonkey.com/s/avcblog [direct Survey page]


And , Removal Test result from AV-comparative.....
*www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/removal-tests
 

bippukt

In the zone
I was looking at the prices of security software on Flipkart and I saw a lot of them come in '3 PC 1 Year' variety. Does this mean that me and my dad can have it installed separately or does it mean that it can be installed on PCs belonging to one person only? I ask because we live in different cities.
 

Tarun

In the zone
i m using COMODO internet security (free full version) it provides firewall, Antivirus, and a spyware
AntiVirus Name: Emsisoft Antimalware
Free or Paid: Freeware mode i.e. just scan & remove. no protection.
Price in INR [If Paid]:
Protection Type: A2 antispyware engine + Ikarus antivirus engine (only in paid version). no firewall.

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly: 5
Detection Rate: 5
Price: 5
Overall: 4.75

Comments:best free antivirus i have seen
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
I was looking at the prices of security software on Flipkart and I saw a lot of them come in '3 PC 1 Year' variety. Does this mean that me and my dad can have it installed separately or does it mean that it can be installed on PCs belonging to one person only? I ask because we live in different cities.

You can install the same AV product on 3 pcs using the same key ;-)
 

MyGeekTips

script-kiddie geek
When will you guys realize this? Paying for an antivirus is absurd at best. Instead of buying that antivirus for a thousand bucks, donate it somewhere else. At least that's where it'll be worthy :D

No offense though, anti-viruses discussions are fine. But I can't resist when someone says they bought that shiny new antivirus for $$.

I think the same the person who pay for av is a serious noobto security world.

I don't use a sophisticated firewall program in my setup. Here is my setup:

1. Avast Free AV: This do basic & regular protection of my system. :)

2. Sandboxie: I use this for checking remote connection for suspicious files or files like keygen, etc. :p

3. Malwarebytes Free: This is my monster when everything fail it heuristic scan beats it. It's the best nothing in the world can bypass it's heuristic scan behavior. If you need real time protection you can buy the pro one.

Last but the most important thing my Brain. :p

People think a paid antivirus can prevent them from viruses but it's completely false. It will took me 30 minutes to crypt a virus that can bypassnorton sonar or kaspersky realtime protection. :p ;) Other all av's are easy to bypass.

I'm posting a recent scan of my crypted virus:

File Info

Report date: 2012-01-15.
Scan Occured: *my-avscan.com/result_time.php?t=i&w=MzUxODk4
Link to scan: My-AVScan.com | Virus Scan Results for steam1.Exe
File name: steam1.Exe
File size: 1770979 bytes
MD5 Hash: 84676973b3b50d148a5c8018fe57e796
SHA1 Hash: 7523e61bde5002737b5eb3b51c8bd56f27ba949e
Detection rate: 1 out of 36
Status: INFECTED

Detections

AVG - Clean.
Acavir - Clean.
Avast 5 -Clean.
Avast -Clean.
Avira -TR/Dropper.Gen.
BitDefender -Clean.
VirusBuster Internet Security -Clean.
Clam Antivirus -Clean.
COMODO Internet Security -Clean.
DrWeb -Clean.
eTrust-Vet -Clean.
F-PROT Antivirus -Clean.
F-Secure Internet Security -Clean.
G Data -Clean.
IKARUS Security-Clean.
Kaspersky Antivirus -Clean.
McAfee -Clean.
MS Security Essentials -Clean.
ESET NOD32 -Clean.
Norman -Clean.
Norton -Clean.
Panda Security -Clean.
A-Squared Security -Clean.
Quick Heal Antivirus -Clean.
Rising Antivirus -Clean.
Solo Antivirus -Clean.
Sophos -Clean.
Trend Micro Internet Security -Clean.
VBA32 Antivirus -Clean.
Vexira Antivirus -Clean.
Webroot Internet Security -Clean.
Zoner AntiVirus -Clean.
Ad-Aware -Clean.
AhnLab V3 Internet Security -Clean.
Bullguard -Clean.
Imunitet -Clean.

Scan report generated by
My-AVScan.com


Note: Above thing I posted is for educational purposes only.

Apologies: For going fully off topic. :p
 
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