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Mithun Pal
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Reply #26 May 13, 2006 12:38:17 PM
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having now fully read all the reviews in the first table, i'm very glad i'm using NOD32...the review for BitDefender seems as if it were written by BitDefender's marketing team...

all the AntiVirus programs, apart from AVG, passed all the June 2005 VB100% and all the level 1& 2 Checkmarks from West Coast Labs., whatever they may be...

the only reason that NOD32 was marked 'down' was because
Nod32 is a first-rate antivirus program that offers several levels of superior protection. However, the product is somewhat hard to understand because of the technical jargon and wouldn't be our first choice for the average home user.


i don't mean this as a plug for NOD32, just that the review was written for 'the average home user' and it's worth probably downloading a few different trial antivirus programs and see which one suits you best...

on a side note, for me the most important thing is how much resident memory the programs use...it's very hard to find any info on this...my memory usage is

nod32krn.exe 20MB
nod32kui.exe 1.5MB

total 21.5MB

that's with the email scanner, file system moniter and internet moniter all running..

it would be interesting to see the figures from other products
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Mithun Pal
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Reply #27 May 13, 2006 1:22:20 PM
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I've just switched from Norton Anti-virus 2002 to Bit Defender because I'd read it was top in the PC magazine.

With Norton this year they required a software update to 2006 instead of renewing the 2002 yearly subscription, so I decided to switch.

So far I really like Bit Defender....it has more updates and it caught two old trojans that I didn't even know I had on my computer. It's cheaper than Norton and my internet connection has speeded up...so I'm happy I switched!
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Reply #28 May 13, 2006 1:29:18 PM
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What about Spyware Blaster?
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Reply #29 May 13, 2006 6:34:20 PM
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Nothing from Norton will ever be on this machine again.

I can't put it more succinctly than that.

Literally YEARS of running Norton didn't find that old email attachment in my ancient PST file...so old it was via martinp@smart.net.au  [provider is LONG gone - 3 years or so]....BitDefender found it...and removed it.

I'm still running the 'trial'...it took forever to do a thorough scan of my half million files [or there abouts] on 4 physical drives ....350 gig or so ...but I'm fairly confident it's all cleaner than it was...

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Reply #30 May 13, 2006 8:17:05 PM
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Ive Tried pretty much every antivirus and spyware out there and they are all good, each with seperate strengths and weaknesses. Whichever antivirus you want depends on what your needs are:

1. If you want pure speed and performance: I suggest AVG Free
2. If you want #1 with good protection: I suggest NOD32
3. If you are one of those paranoid types that want the absolute best protection possible: I suggest Kaspersky
4. Bitdefender does everything REALLY good, but nothing exceptional
5. Avast free is good, but offers no scheduling
6. AntiVir took up 100% of my cpu straight on installation........
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Reply #31 May 14, 2006 1:31:47 AM
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Paul, I've always wondered how long it would take to scan 4 physical HDD's in RAID configuration along with having to defrag all that space as well....guess when you start you just leave everything running & hit the hay!!!
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Reply #32 May 14, 2006 7:41:34 AM
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guess when you start you just leave everything running & hit the hay!!!

Yep...

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Reply #33 May 14, 2006 1:38:24 PM
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How come no one mentioned Spybot???

Just wondering.
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Reply #34 May 14, 2006 2:27:54 PM
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Spybot S&D is average in detection (not great), offers minimal proctection, and makes actual files hard to delete manually

I have tried many Anti-Spy/Adware programs as well as antiviral programs, and in terms of anti-spyware:

The best in my opinion is Spy Sweeper, it has a very good detection rate, Updates frequently, and has good protection features
Ad-Aware has good scanning speed, but a mediocre detection rate
Spybot S&D isnt reccomended by me
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Reply #35 May 19, 2006 8:34:24 PM
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I've just downloaded and installed CounterSpy 1.5 trial. It has detected two keyloggers in my system. But, very soon as I reboot my computer in safe mode, to my surprise I found it running in safe mode. The third-party software can only run on demand in safe mode. But, it started running as a start up process. Look at the following pictures:

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Reply #36 May 19, 2006 8:51:24 PM
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I bit the bullet and bought BitDefender 9 standard .... only 'odd' thing is once a scan completes the icon disappears from the tray...[though the processes are still running] [could be a LS issue].

...and after every signature/update it sets a restore point...and since it can update every hour it pays to keep an eye on just how many points are made....[bit overkill, really]...

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Reply #37 May 20, 2006 3:44:20 AM
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I bit the bullet and bought BitDefender 9 standard .... only 'odd' thing is once a scan completes the icon disappears from the tray...[though the processes are still running] [could be a LS issue].

...and after every signature/update it sets a restore point...and since it can update every hour it pays to keep an eye on just how many points are made....[bit overkill, really]...

Share your experiences with BitDefender support team.
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Reply #38 May 29, 2006 9:46:15 AM
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My anti-spyware strategy is using Firefox for everything possible, IE7 for the rest (mainly just Windows Update), and avoiding downloads that look like they might have sketchy origins. The only spyware I've ever had was when a roommate tried to load a pirated program on my computer. It wasn't even the program that did it, but the keygen program. SpywareBlaster also is a nice bit of preventative maintenance. I run Spybot and AdAware every now and then for fun, but they never find anything. As for antivirus, I get McAfee free from my university so i just use that. No problems yet in 3 years.
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Reply #39 June 7, 2006 4:16:31 PM
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I bit the bullet and bought BitDefender 9 standard


I'm about to reformat, and am looking for a new AV prog. Would you recommend Bitdefender, Jafo?

What's the resource (memory) usage like?
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Reply #40 June 8, 2006 6:38:14 AM
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Norton 2006 screwed my computer. I had to reformat and now also looking for AV having to give up a 12 month subscription to Norton.

Jafo, what is your further experience with Bitdefender and did you manage to control restore point issues? After a time, accumulation of restore points can add up to a few gigs on the hard drive.
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Reply #41 June 8, 2006 4:41:44 PM
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Is it just me, or does it still say this post hasn't been responded to in 10 days...
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Reply #42 June 8, 2006 5:07:09 PM
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Bash2Cool gets responses. I can't even get lettering size to respond.
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Reply #43 June 9, 2006 2:29:50 PM
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Maybe it will update when using forums.wincustomize.com...

Edit: nope...

Anyone else seeing this problem in other threads?
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Reply #44 October 14, 2006 6:04:59 PM
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Before buying anything from Herman Street, I strongly suggest checking out their vendor reviews at ResellerRatings.com:

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller11505.html


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