vamsi_krishna
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I've got OEM of NIS 2008 bundled with mobo drivers DVD. How is NIS 2008?
has anyone tried panda cloud antivirus..??
it introduces "cloud computing" technique for scanning..and leaves small footprint on the host computer...runs ur pc considrably faster...
i hav tried it..must say i was impressed..but dint find much reviews about "panda cloud AV" ...hoping to get some review..
Some popular antivirus softwares :
Avira Antivir
Avast!
AVG
BitDefender
Kaspersky
Mcafee
ESET NOD32
Norton
Free Antivirus Software :
Out of these Avira, Avast!, AVG and Bitdefender have freeware versions.
Reviews :
Latest Av-comparatives.org Results
Unfortunately Av-comparatives doesnt allow other sites to republish their results. Hence, you need to go to the comparatives section and check out the results manually.
But the top 5 performers were : TrustPort AV WS, AntiVir PE Premium, AntiVirusKit (AVK), Kaspersky AV and AVG Anti-Malware. Out of these Trustport and AVK use multiple engines.
Latest Av-test.org Results are viewable here.
Latest Anti-malware-test.com Polymorphic viruses test Results :
GOLD
Avira Antivir Personal Edition Classic 7.06
(31 out of 33 points)
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2008 (31 out of 33)
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 (31 out of 33)
SILVER
Avast Professional Edition 4.7 (25 out of 33)
AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition 7.5
(22 out of 33)
DrWeb 4.44 (21 out of 33)
ESET Nod32 Antivirus 3.0 (20 out of 33)
BRONZE
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0 Pre-Release
(19 out of 33)
Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 (18 out of 33)
Symantec Anti-Virus 2008 (17 out of 33)
BitDefender Anti-Virus 2008 (16 out of 33)
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008
(15 out of 33)
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0 (14 out of 33)
Panda Antivirus 2008 (14 out of 33)
VBA32 Workstation 3.12.6 (14 out of 33)
FAILED
McAfee VirusScan 2008 (11 out of 33)
Also see Anti-malware-test.com Product Self-protection test
Latest Virus.gr Test Results :
Top 5 single-engine Premium Antivirus products :
4. Kaspersky version 8.0.0.357 - 97.95%
5. eScan version 9.0.742.1 - 97.44%
6. The Shield 2008 - 97.43%
7. AntiVir version 8.1.00.331 Premium - 97.13%
8. Ashampoo version 1.61 - 97.09%
Top 4 single-engine Free Antivirus products :
10. AntiVir version 8.1.00.295 Classic - 95.54%
11. AVG version 8.0.100 Free - 94.85%
13. Avast version 4.8.1201 Professional - 93.78% (virus.gr claims avast free uses the same engine hence would have identical result)
16. BitDefender version 10 Free - 91.32%
Top 3 multi-engine Antivirus products :
1. G DATA 2008 version 18.2.7310.844 - 99.05% (Avast and Kaspersky Engine)
2. F-Secure 2008 version 8.00.103 - 98.75% (Kaspersky extended base engine, Hydra, Gemini and Blacklight engines)
3. TrustPort version 2.8.0.1835 - 98.06% (Norman, AVG, Ewido and Dr. Web)
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Online Scanners
BitDefender Online Scanner
Kaspersky Online Spyware And Virus Scanner
ESET Online Antivirus Scan
Trend Micro's online virus scanner
(posted by thewisecrab)
Is it a Virus?
You can scan an individual file using multiple scanning engines at :
Jotti’s Malware Scan
Virustotal
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Since, one of the most commonly asked questions in this forum is "What is the best antivirus", I created this thread. Please post all relavent questions in this thread. Any other similar thread will be closed.
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QUICK HEAL is superior then all of above