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The latest AV-Comparatives testing results of the performance impact of major antivirus solutions is out.
For a free security suite, MSE did very well. Norton edged out ESET by a margin, and Avira claims top spot.
Of course, this only addresses performance, and not how successful each antivirus was at blocking and removing threats.
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Kaspersky is my top choice for antivirus products
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i own a lic to avira and while i agree it is light its imo is def not the lightest one out there so i kinda disagree with this imo eset is lighter and norton is still lighter yet. as i said i own all three
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I see one problem... Kaspersky Anti Virus is just Anti Virus...
Microsoft Security Essentials is anti virus and Anti Spyware...
Also - on a SSD Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS not KAV) is much slower than MSE - especially at log in where its slowing it down for at least 10 seconds... and it delays programme startup - which this test showed too.
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What do you mean it doesn't detect spyware? And it takes care of serious threats/infections that MSE cant handle. MSE is great for being free not so much in terms of removal of serious problems.
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* Protects against viruses, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, bots and more
* Detects application vulnerabilities
* Scans web sites for malicious software
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Not sure about Kaspersky, since it's been a year since I've used it, but Norton Antivirus handles spyware and other malware as well as viruses. There are some antivirus programs out, though, that handle only viruses and not spyware (there's a separate antivirus + antispyware edition; I believe Webroot has this).
Antiviruses: next to browsers, the most contentious software preference among Windows users -
Ccleaner doesn't use any resources untils its in use and cleans out your history and cookies. Gets rid of some spy cookies. -
Very satisfied with Avast and glad to see it's results on the Performance Test are good.
AV-Comparatives Performance Test, December 2009
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by MidnightSun, Dec 23, 2009.