Whats a good AV for Vista??

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:52 pm

Hi,

So yeah, I've decided to give Vista another shot (read: chance). My first experiences with it weren't good at all.

Anyways, I wanted to know if there is a good antivirus for vista available. I don't have any AV installed on Vista and I use Symantec AV on XP (its like 3-4 years old) which has never let me down and is damn fast. But it wouldn't install on Vista

. So is there any thing like that which I can use on Vista. Performance is a big priority as I don't have a very fast system.

AVG is already ruled out this means. Something that requires me to restart the system on every update can fuck off. I heard it also deletes some important Windows files.

And lastly, I am not necessarily looking for a "free" AV

.

EDIT:
It shouldn't open thousands of windows when I start the PC.

stay safe,

AamirM

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:24 pm

I've used NOD32 and it seems to work well. Fast, light, doesn't restart for updates and updates very often. It does have a splash screen when you start up but you might be able to disable it.

I've also heard good things about Avast!, Antivir and Kaspersky but I have limited experience with them.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:31 pm

Trend Micro PC Cillin (current versions are known as Internet Security) has never failed me since the 2006 edition. The 2006 edition failed some times but was ok, when it failed it was caused by "user error" IE: I opened something that I knew was a virus but that was due to a lapse in understanding what I was currently doing.

2007 had a goofy childish approach to the GUI and also, it has never failed me.

2008 (currently using 2008) has a excellent GUI and is fairly easy to use, it does not use much RAM unless it is scanning something and is pretty fast on multi-core systems. 2008 has also not failed me so far, and I believe we are soon getting a free upgrade to the 2009 edition too. (in 3 weeks~)

Post by **odditude** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:48 pm

on a C2D E6600-based machine with 2GB, avast! has no discernible performance impact and uses ~22MB of RAM. i'm quite satisfied with it.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:32 pm

paulguy wrote:I've also heard good things about Avast!, Antivir and Kaspersky but I have limited experience with them.

Last time I used anti-vir in Vista, it wouldn't work at all.

it's almost been a couple years since Vista's been out, so who knows it might work these days.

DOLLS (J) [!] · Post by **DOLLS (J) [!]** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:55 pm

AamirM wrote:Hi,

So yeah, I've decided to give Vista another shot (read: chance). My first experiences with it weren't good at all.

Why don't you give Windows Server 2008 a shot instead?.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:55 pm

He is after a virus scanner to use to stop viruses and you recommend a beta O/S? (every O/S by MS is considered public beta until Service pack 1 IMHO)

Post by **odditude** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:12 am

franpa wrote:He is after a virus scanner to use to stop viruses and you recommend a beta O/S? (every O/S by MS is considered public beta until Service pack 1 IMHO)

it is SP1, genius.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:27 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
paulguy wrote:I've also heard good things about Avast!, Antivir and Kaspersky but I have limited experience with them.
Last time I used anti-vir in Vista, it wouldn't work at all.

it's almost been a couple years since Vista's been out, so who knows it might work these days.

It works fine now.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:12 am

franpa wrote:He is after a virus scanner to use to stop viruses and you recommend a beta O/S? (every O/S by MS is considered public beta until Service pack 1 IMHO)

That's very helpful of you. Thank you for that insightful and relevant remark.

I consider ALL Linux builds to be public betas. So nyah!

And there's nothing H about your IMO.

MajereDB8 · Post by **MajereDB8** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:38 am

Avast! works extremely well in Vista, and is free for personal use. Avast tends to be far less memory/CPU intensive than Symantec, and has slightly better performance than AVG. It tends to rate reliably high in the VB 100 ratings. Manual virus scans can be a bit slow, but most people tend to rely on the automated service anyway. You need to "renew" your license once per year, but it's free to do so. There is a "professional" version that includes a script blocker for IE.

Since you mentioned restarts in AVG as a gripe, Avast is much better about that. It automatically downloads virus signature updates without the need for a reboot, but any program updates need to be manually authorized and WILL require a reboot. Incremental signature updates are put out roughly every two days, but the program will automatically download new signatures once per week. If the program is updated (roughly every 3-4 months), you'll get a visual notice, and need to click on that or force a software update.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:20 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
franpa wrote:He is after a virus scanner to use to stop viruses and you recommend a beta O/S? (every O/S by MS is considered public beta until Service pack 1 IMHO)
That's very helpful of you. Thank you for that insightful and relevant remark.

I consider ALL Linux builds to be public betas. So nyah!

And there's nothing H about your IMO.

(mostly aimed at franpa, not you Gil, wanted a reason to finally use the green one

)

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:36 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:
franpa wrote:He is after a virus scanner to use to stop viruses and you recommend a beta O/S? (every O/S by MS is considered public beta until Service pack 1 IMHO)
That's very helpful of you. Thank you for that insightful and relevant remark.

I consider ALL Linux builds to be public betas. So nyah!

And there's nothing H about your IMO.

(mostly aimed at franpa, not you Gil, wanted a reason to finally use the green one )

I forgot about those.

That's not bitter and sarcastic enough for me, though.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:33 am

Hi,

DOLLS (J) [!] wrote:
AamirM wrote:Hi,

So yeah, I've decided to give Vista another shot (read: chance). My first experiences with it weren't good at all.
Why don't you give Windows Server 2008 a shot instead?.

Very interesting, I will give it a shot for sure later. Thanks for it.

As for AV, I am looking at this Avira right now. I have heard good things about it so I'll be trying it. Thanks all for your suggestions.

stay safe,

AamirM

Cyrus · Post by **Cyrus** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:49 am

I'll throw in my 2 cents and say that I also recommend AntiVir. If there is ever any problem just email them and you'll get a response soon. I once suspected a false virus detection so I emailed them. Within just a few hours they responded telling me I was correct and released an update.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:26 pm

Hi,

I'll throw in my 2 cents and say that I also recommend AntiVir. If there is ever any problem just email them and you'll get a response soon. I once suspected a false virus detection so I emailed them. Within just a few hours they responded telling me I was correct and released an update.

Yeah, I installed it today and its working great so far. Didn't even had to restart PC after the install which many AV require and not to mention its quite fast.

Will be installing SP1 today as well and will get Windows Server 2008 in 2-3 days to try out.

EDIT:
Thank God I didn't install AVG. Read about its massive failure here.

stay safe,

AamirM

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:33 pm

the free version of avira doesn't scan email, and likes to throw nag screens at you.

gllt · Post by **gllt** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:41 pm

common sense av is all the rage

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:46 pm

AamirM wrote:Hi,

Thank God I didn't install AVG. Read about its massive failure.

stay safe,

AamirM

indeed, i also experience some of its failures.

one stupid thing about false positve, when it strikes the system files.
yet, avg's .vxd will lock and prevent any access to said files, if user haven't delete or move it to quarantine already...

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:03 pm

Hi,

funkyass wrote:the free version of avira doesn't scan email, and likes to throw nag screens at you.

If it becomes a problem, I'll try the paid version. But right now I am more than happy with it.

stay safe,

AamirM

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:47 pm

funkyass wrote:the free version of avira doesn't scan email, and likes to throw nag screens at you.

It's not so bad though. The nag screen is only once a day.

gllt · Post by **gllt** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:27 pm

I used it for years, Avira is pretty good.

But I just scan once in a blue moon with clamwin lol

otherwise Avira is cool (it has put up some stupid adverts though, like I remember one with a barbie doll)

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:13 pm

snkcube wrote:
funkyass wrote:the free version of avira doesn't scan email, and likes to throw nag screens at you.
It's not so bad though. The nag screen is only when you update anti-vir.

Fixed.

also, been a happy user of avira anti-vir for over three years running.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:18 am

You should have installed SP1 first thing o_o the update process isn't fully compatible with some drivers, so some devices may need to be reinstalled after the update is complete. Oh and there is no "Configuring Updates - Stage 2 of 3"... I only ever see Stage 3 of 3 and Stage 1 of 3 in that order o_o

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:00 am

Here, there is stage 1, then 2, then reboot, then 3, then log in.

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