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    Best Antivirus for Vista

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by giancesa, Jun 26, 2007.

  1. giancesa

    giancesa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I just bought a new Dell Inspiron E1505 with Windows Vista. I want it to be protected from all kind of viruses, trojans....etc. Which antivirus do you guys recommend for Vista from the following list?

    -Kaspersky
    -NOD32
    -Bitdefender
    -Avast!
     
    giancesa, Jun 26, 2007
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  2. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    I recommend NOD32.
     
    odin243, Jun 26, 2007
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    Wingsbr NBR Decepticon NBR Reviewer

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    I would say that all are good, but NOD32 and Kapersky are at the top of the class.
     
    Wingsbr, Jun 26, 2007
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  4. DoubleBlack

    DoubleBlack Notebook Deity

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    I recommend Kaspersky. If you are actually interested, I have some discount licenses for Kaspersky Internet Security...
     
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  5. taelrak

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    From the following list, one can assume you're willing to pay for your protection.
    As a result, cross Avast! off since while it's decent for being free, you can get better from the paid ones.

    Of the remaining, NOD32 is and has always had the best proactive defense, while Kaspersky tops out the known viruses list. Up to you which you feel is a worse threat to your system.

    http://www.av-comparatives.org/
     
    taelrak, Jun 26, 2007
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    DoubleBlack Notebook Deity

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    Just an FYI, Kaspersky v7 has a detailed Heuristic Analyzer now :)
     
    DoubleBlack, Jun 26, 2007
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    FFWD Newbie

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    It does, and there's actually a review of it on that site as well.

    It still didn't do as well as NOD32 though.

    However, you'd probably want to check around a few more comparative sites and do more research just in case as well.

    What I really want to know is...when will NOD32 turn into NOD64? :p
     
    taelrak, Jun 26, 2007
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    crimsontwo Notebook Geek

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    NOD32 and only NOD32. read virusbulletin
     
    crimsontwo, Jun 26, 2007
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  10. giancesa

    giancesa Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks but I still can't decide which antivirus tu buy, either NOD32 or kaspersky.

    any other toughts
     
    giancesa, Jun 26, 2007
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    They both offer free trials. Test them out and see which one you like better. Although you probably wouldn't be able to compare how much better one is than the other at finding and cleaning viruses in that period of time (hopefully), you could at least get a feel for other factors, such as memory footprint, system slowdown, interface, conflicts with your existing software, etc.
     
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    I've heard both are good. I've also heard Kaspersky might be a little more user-friendly than NOD32. Probably can't go wrong with either.
     
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  13. crimsontwo

    crimsontwo Notebook Geek

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    NOD32 is user friendly and MUCH MUCH MUCH faster than KAV.
     
    crimsontwo, Jun 26, 2007
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