Stop Sign Antivirus

[Lil Magic]

What do you guys rate the Stop Sign Antivirus out of 10.

 

[KarmaSutra]

"Do you have worms?"

I hate this fruity commercial garbage.

I use AVG. That's it.

 

[bigjohnson]

AVG is OK for what it does. Get McAfee or Trend micro.

 

[speakeasy]

I use Avast. Totally free for individual use, not the resource hog of something like Norton and gets more praises from security geeks than some of the best commercial programs. There's no reason to even think about buying virus software anymore.

 

[KarmaSutra]

AVG is OK for what it does. Get McAfee or Trend micro.

Both McAfee and PC-cillin gobble up too much resources for any usefullness they provide.

Stay away from them.

I use AVG because it will not run consecutively and incessantly in the background.

 

[bigjohnson]

Both McAfee and PC-cillin gobble up too much resources for any usefullness they provide

Simply not true. The McAfee consumer stuff is annoyinly chatty but the Enterprise stuff (get it from CDW) is amazingly good and fairly light FOR WHAT IT DOES. Simple AV scanning isn't enough anymore.

In case you know more than I do, keep in mind I write AV software, and have code shipping from at least 2 different AV vendors as I write this.

What is your personal level of expertise in this domain?

 

[It's-Me]

NOD32 or Kaspersky.
AVG for free.

I've tried almost every anti-virus and you better bring so arguments to the table if you don't think NOD32 and Kaspersky are the best anti-viruses - I know my s**t.

 

[bigjohnson]

I've tried almost every anti-virus

Kaspersky isn't very good at securing your system with the AV alone. NOD32 from ESET is the best in the world most likely but they don't have a very strong salea nd support organization around their product for USA customers.

For American consumers Trend Micro and McAfee (Enterprise) are the best bet. For what it's worth my code is only running in ONE of those. The other product I helped write is stronger in Europe.

Realistically the only thing I would STOP using is Norton. If you have that uninstall and get something else.


I've ridden in almost every airliner on the market, I guess next time a carrier needs to buy new planes they should buy what I like.



EDIT:
Look at the latest CU AntiVirus testing.