Poll: What anti-virus software you got running?

Anybody here still remembers that ThunderByte antivirus from late 90s? It was one of the most powerful of the batch back then because it had heuristic features that can identify and cure even unknown viruses. Our poll for the week is to survey which anti-virus programs people are using nowadays.

On top of my head, I can easily point to AVG, Avast, Nod32, Kaspersky, F-Secure. And then, the more popular commercial ones like Norton, McAfee, PC-cillin and Sophos.

So which one of these you got installed and running on your PC. Please go ahead to the Polls section to submit your feedback.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

51 Comments

Kinnison says:

17 years ago

I’ve got ESET NOD32, simply the best IMO. I once had AVG Free but it had so many false positive detections.
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Kinnison says:

17 years ago

Follow up: Of course, if you’re on Mac, you obviously don’t need one, hehe.
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Arzon says:

17 years ago

Yeah right.

http://www.macforensicslab.com/ProductsAndServices/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=11&products_id=174
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2006/07/macinenterprise_mac_os_x_virus.html
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html

and Mac’s are pretty secure out of the box too.

http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/62378.html
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spidamang says:

17 years ago

avira
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Arbet says:

17 years ago

But there are malware that specifically target Macs.
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craver06 says:

17 years ago

I use Kaspersky AV.

Kaspersky is a memory hog, but its worth it.
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neis says:

17 years ago

Avira
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minor says:

17 years ago

format my hd
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BrianB says:

17 years ago

avast and avg in combo plus spybot, assuming you got windows defender as well should be good enough.
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JC John SESE Cuneta says:

17 years ago

Hmm I can’t vote… someone already voted NOD32 for me hehehe (the magic of dynamic IP).

Anyway, Eset’s NOD32 FTW! (For-the-Win)

NOD32 is very gamer and office friendly. It will not slow down your gaming and office work to a snail like what Sophos and Norton does, even at maximum settings.

And besides, NOD32 is being used by M$ hehehe… that alone shows us the power and effectiveness of NOD32. That alone also backs-up the claims of NOD32 as being the “best” and “#1” in many areas of an Anti-Virus versus the rest of the market (Proprietary or FLOSS).

Hands-down – Eset’s NOD32!
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