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theserpent

theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
AntiVirus Name: Avira
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]:rs.0
Protection Type:Full Protection

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly:4/5
Detection Rate:4/5
Price::D free
Overall
 
theserpent

theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
^^^ I once Had uninstalled it and downloaded AVG and it detected some viruses which Avira Dint.But later i uninstalled AVG it was Hogging up the computer.Have the features are not proper.
All AVG Does is giving notifications that Google chrome is using 200 mb :lol:
 
topgear

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
AntiVirus Name:
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]:NA
Protection Type : Full Protection for 30 days

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly:5/5
Detection Rate:NA

My Views : The installer of the actually installs the pro trial version which should turn into a free version after 30 days and the pro version offers many nice features which can be turned off or on without much button clicking.

After it converts into a free version you will get these features
Ad-Aware Free - Download Internet Security Software with Antivirus & Spyware Removal - Lavasoft
which are enough for a free product IMO.

Now coming to the performance front the scanning engine is actually very slow ( tested on a P4 with 512MB ram ) and it did not detect any threat though Norton AV flagged a file as virus but it was a false positive anyway. There ain't lots of virus in my rig to test with ;-)

Now here's the funny part - I update the AV once in a week - after I perform an update the Av shows the update time correctly but if I restart the system it shows that the AV was updated on 23rd March ( I installed it on 20th March ) and even after 30 days the Av is still working in Pro mode for some strange reason ;-)
 
Anorion

Anorion

Sith Lord
Staff member
Admin
oh well

AntiVirus Name: none lol. I use my eyeballs and my brain to not get infected. Even the firewall is disabled.
my machine is not a honeypot, plz not to h4x
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]: Free
Protection Type: NONE

Ratings out of 5. 5
User Friendly: you bet
Detection Rate: 100%
Price: 0
Overall: YEAAH!

Recommend to Use: Yes

Comments:
an attack is no different from what you would experience IRL. even an updated AV cant protect you from a 0 day attack, or a targeted attack. you need to be careful on your own, and this is the best protection you can get. Humans are the weakest point in the security chain, its not some kind of techno magic that does the damage, its how gullible you are as a person.

that Anti-Virus stuff just hogs up system resources. Learn to use the net without getting infected, be wary of USB drives. you dont need that plugin to watch that video, or download the downlader for the file, or update the javax or vidx updater.... none of that stuff and you should be good to go. procexp.exe (*technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653) is a great tool to monitor haywire processes, and there are bound to be a bunch of these apart from outright malicious ones.
 
NitrousNavneet

NitrousNavneet

Racing 24X7
montsa007 said:
Congrats, now you can safely download half of the planet :twisted:
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Received it yesterday ,
Yes Packaging is too good ,
And After Installing It killed 6 malwares too :enforcer2: ,
But today when I started my PC I got a Problem

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p9zOEsTvlNs/T5914vkornI/AAAAAAAAARw/bAkvfUP6rLY/s512/Capture.JPG

It is not starting....:(:aaargh:
 
dashing.sujay

dashing.sujay

Moving
Staff member
Reinstall eset, if it doesn't, do a system restore. Then,
  • restart
  • run ccleaner (reg)
  • Install eset again in safe mode. Then fully scan the system.

Everything should be fine then.
 
M

Minion

Conversation Architect
Antivirus Name: Pctool antivirus 9 free
Free or Paid:free
Protection Type:file Guard,Email Guard,browser defender

Rating:4/5
User friendly:Yes
Detection Rate:5/5
Recommended to use:Yes
Overall:Great

Comment:
Its shows ads like Avg free but its not annoying. This version is much better than previous one which don't have anti spyware protection & had ugly interface,detection rate is very good I must say,scans are fast.Overall its a great improvement than previous version.
 
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mrintech

Technomancer
I am using KIS and Bitdefender on 2 different Laptops

Both are awesome :) But Bitdefender tends to block many softwares like K-Lite, VLC etc. :( BD sometimes do too much of blocking :mad:
 
topgear

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ Thanks for feedback on BitDefender.

Minion said:
Antivirus Name: Pctool antivirus 9 free
Free or Paid:free
Protection Type:file Guard,Email Guard,browser defender

Rating:4/5
User friendly:Yes
Detection Rate:5/5
Recommended to use:Yes
Overall:Great

Comment:
Its shows ads like Avg free but its not annoying. This version is much better than previous one which don't have anti spyware protection & had ugly interface,detection rate is very good I must say,scans are fast.Overall its a great improvement than previous version.
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^^ Will try this out instead of Ad-Aware.
 
M

Minion

Conversation Architect
topgear said:
AntiVirus Name:
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]:NA
Protection Type : Full Protection for 30 days

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly:5/5
Detection Rate:NA

My Views : The installer of the actually installs the pro trial version which should turn into a free version after 30 days and the pro version offers many nice features which can be turned off or on without much button clicking.

After it converts into a free version you will get these features
Ad-Aware Free - Download Internet Security Software with Antivirus & Spyware Removal - Lavasoft
which are enough for a free product IMO.

Now coming to the performance front the scanning engine is actually very slow ( tested on a P4 with 512MB ram ) and it did not detect any threat though Norton AV flagged a file as virus but it was a false positive anyway. There ain't lots of virus in my rig to test with ;-)

Now here's the funny part - I update the AV once in a week - after I perform an update the Av shows the update time correctly but if I restart the system it shows that the AV was updated on 23rd March ( I installed it on 20th March ) and even after 30 days the Av is still working in Pro mode for some strange reason ;-)
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I have used it detection rate although is very good but it is still buggy waiting for 10.1 when all bugs are ironed out.Very light on system though.
 
topgear

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ Yep, it's light on system resource and that's the main reason I installed it - currently re-installing it one more time to fix those above issues I'm facing with this.
 
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Minion

Conversation Architect
topgear said:
^^ Yep, it's light on system resource and that's the main reason I installed it - currently re-installing it one more time to fix those above issues I'm facing with this.
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You can't do anything just wait for next release when they fixed those bugs.:wink:
 
koolent

koolent

Youngling
AntiVirus Name: Avast Internet Security
Free or Paid: Paid
Price in INR [If Paid]: Rs. 2140/year
Protection Type: Complete PC Protection + Intrnet Security

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly: 4.3
Detection Rate: 4.6
Price: 3.4
Overall: 4.7

Recommend to Use: Yes
Comments: Definitely recommended, the best I have ever hit. I installed in 2009 and I haven't re-installed My windows YET !!! :) . Super happy. :cool:
 
bubusam13

bubusam13

Human
2 years without a single virus attack. Thanks to Microsoft Security Essentials.

Okay now guys I am a little bored with it. Suggest me some alternative. Should have good looking UI and light on system and of course effective. :D
 
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