Adware 10.3 is the lightest AV of all.
Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.
Adware 10.3 is the lightest AV of all.
. But it was for windows users.
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdXtalking about Linux and Pen Drive viruses here's something very interesting ..
Mandriva Linux Chronicles: When formatting a flash drive doesn't erase a virus
where X is the pen drive device.
This writes zero to all over the pen drive. Meaning the pen drive is as if it came out of factory.
Now create a new partition table.
^Or "clean" using diskpart?
AcceleratorX
Youngling
I think it's time I added a little clarity on selecting an AntiVirus or Internet Security Suite.
Trusted Tests
You can trust tests from sites like MRG-Effitas, AV-comparatives and AV-test. Generally speaking, even a product with a standard rating such that it doesn't fail to achieve certification will still be a good enough Anti-Malware application to protect you in everyday use.
Products that use other engines
These will have generally slightly lower or slightly higher detection rates than the products whose engines they use.
Good products for relatively cheap prices
Products like Emsisoft Anti-Malware/Internet Security (BitDefender engine), PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus/PC Tools Internet Security (Norton engine + own engine), AVG, Trend Micro and GDATA (Avast + BitDefender dual engine) can be had relatively cheap directly from the vendor. You can also find Kaspersky, BitDefender, TrustPort and GDATA for very cheap at Flipkart.
Emsisoft and BullGuard (Internet Security - BitDefender + own AV engine, NovaShield based Behaviour Blocker, Outpost Firewall) also have special discount deals (you can PM me if interested).
Good products for free
You have probably heard of AVG, Avira and Avast. Here I will post a few alternatives.
1) Kingsoft Cloud Antivirus: Uses Avira engine and it's own cloud. Detection rate is about the same as Avira. Not many nag screens. To get the Avira virus signatures you must download the "local lib integrated" version.
Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 - Best Free Antivirus Software Download
2) Roboscan Internet Security: Basic Internet Security suite; contains BitDefender engine as well as their own engine for free.
Roboscan - Download Antivirus Software and Internet Security Software
3) ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall : Contains the classic ZoneAlarm firewall with the Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine as well as their own antispyware engine and own cloud scanner.
Antivirus Software, Firewall, Spyware Removal, Virus Scan: Computer Security by ZoneAlarm
4) UnThreat AntiVirus Free: Uses VIPRE engine. VIPRE is a new entrant but has very good detection rates (AV-test/AV-comparatives).
Download Antivirus Software with Internet Security | UnThreat Antivirus
Yes. It's very good provided your computer has constant internet access. It's not that good when internet is not there. The thing with cloud-based products is that they tend to produce lots of false positives when internet connection is not available to verify in the cloud with.
yes; it's real time blocking is much more impressive than it's on-demand scanner detection rate. It's a bit too pricey for my tastes however.
Good advice: If you are trying to change the AV, uninstall it first using an uninstaller like AppRemover to remove all traces. That will save you a lot of problems.
Trusted Tests
You can trust tests from sites like MRG-Effitas, AV-comparatives and AV-test. Generally speaking, even a product with a standard rating such that it doesn't fail to achieve certification will still be a good enough Anti-Malware application to protect you in everyday use.
Products that use other engines
These will have generally slightly lower or slightly higher detection rates than the products whose engines they use.
Good products for relatively cheap prices
Products like Emsisoft Anti-Malware/Internet Security (BitDefender engine), PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus/PC Tools Internet Security (Norton engine + own engine), AVG, Trend Micro and GDATA (Avast + BitDefender dual engine) can be had relatively cheap directly from the vendor. You can also find Kaspersky, BitDefender, TrustPort and GDATA for very cheap at Flipkart.
Emsisoft and BullGuard (Internet Security - BitDefender + own AV engine, NovaShield based Behaviour Blocker, Outpost Firewall) also have special discount deals (you can PM me if interested).
Good products for free
You have probably heard of AVG, Avira and Avast. Here I will post a few alternatives.
1) Kingsoft Cloud Antivirus: Uses Avira engine and it's own cloud. Detection rate is about the same as Avira. Not many nag screens. To get the Avira virus signatures you must download the "local lib integrated" version.
Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 - Best Free Antivirus Software Download
2) Roboscan Internet Security: Basic Internet Security suite; contains BitDefender engine as well as their own engine for free.
Roboscan - Download Antivirus Software and Internet Security Software
3) ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall : Contains the classic ZoneAlarm firewall with the Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine as well as their own antispyware engine and own cloud scanner.
Antivirus Software, Firewall, Spyware Removal, Virus Scan: Computer Security by ZoneAlarm
4) UnThreat AntiVirus Free: Uses VIPRE engine. VIPRE is a new entrant but has very good detection rates (AV-test/AV-comparatives).
Download Antivirus Software with Internet Security | UnThreat Antivirus
TheMost said:
Yes. It's very good provided your computer has constant internet access. It's not that good when internet is not there. The thing with cloud-based products is that they tend to produce lots of false positives when internet connection is not available to verify in the cloud with.
Alien said:
yes; it's real time blocking is much more impressive than it's on-demand scanner detection rate. It's a bit too pricey for my tastes however.
Good advice: If you are trying to change the AV, uninstall it first using an uninstaller like AppRemover to remove all traces. That will save you a lot of problems.
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
i usually avoid A/V with multiple engine. Doesn't help much but increases false positive rate.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
It depends, actually as most of these products have FP rates very similar to their parent products. Especially in the cases where "own" engine is used as the second engine; the FP rates usually aren't increased much as they devote a lot of resources towards internal whitelists (pre-exclusion of well-known exe files from detection).
Multiple engine or single engine doesn't really matter much; what you need is good detection and low FP rate. If you can get a good product at a good price then that's good
AcceleratorX
Youngling
By the way, I wouldn't recommend using Quick Heal, NetProtector or any of those Indian AV brands (except eScan, which uses BitDefender engine) as the detection rates are still poor and most of these products do not have behaviour-based blocking modules. If price is not an issue use Kaspersky, Norton, BitDefender, F-Secure or BullGuard. If price is an issue I have offered some recommendations.
^Add ESET Smart security to paid list. Much better than Norton and sometimes even Kaspersky.
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
Spybot S&D Final is out: Spybot-Search & Destroy 2.0.12.0. More than 6 months in beta testing.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
Re: Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.
It's decent for a free application. If you're going to get the paid version however there are better products available at those prices.
Unfortunately Spybot is no longer relevant as an Anti-spyware software. MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware are the only decent tools left for this kind of application.
It's decent for a free application. If you're going to get the paid version however there are better products available at those prices.
Unfortunately Spybot is no longer relevant as an Anti-spyware software. MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware are the only decent tools left for this kind of application.
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
Emsisoft has turned into a full antivirus. Replaced IKARUS A/V engine with Bit Defender but size has ballooned to 200MB+ and no protection in free version (there never was). The detection rate is extremely high.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
^Emsisoft is available very cheap for Indian users through their website and if you want still cheaper prices there are affiliate discounts available from sites such as softcns.com. At the moment it is one of the most affordable Anti-Malware solutions right now; with discounts ranging from 30% to 60% for renewal.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
Just FYI new AV-test results are out, note that the FREE ZoneAlarm Antivirus + Firewall (which uses Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine) performs almost as well as Kaspersky itself:
AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Sep/Oct 2012
I personally think that as far as free goes you can't really get better than ZoneAlarm.
You can also look at other products you may be interested in or are using.
AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Sep/Oct 2012
I personally think that as far as free goes you can't really get better than ZoneAlarm.
You can also look at other products you may be interested in or are using.