THE Anti-virus/firewall/anti-spyware/anti-adware/anti-malware THREAD

[Imhotep Evil]

So guys what to you know/think can recomand.

AV:
free AVG, Avast, AOL AV, BitDefender 8
comercial: NOD32, Kaspersky, F Secure

Anti-spyware/adware:
free: AVG anti-spyware, Spyware Terminator, Super AntiSpyware, Spyware Blaster, Ad-aware, Spybot SD.

to be continued...

[shonguiz]

What i recommand: Bitdefender 10, F-Secure and Kaspersky.
What i don't recommand: The internationally known big s**t: Norton.

[Just_me]

Nod32 and Zonealarm works perfectly for me. I tried different programs and these two are the best IMO

[Imhotep Evil]

For firewalls:
free: Comodo and Jetico 1
comercial: Jetico 2 and Zone Alarm.


Latest leak test results.

Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.16.174FREE 9475 Excellent
Jetico v2 Icon Jetico Personal Firewall 2.0.0.28 beta 9375 Excellent
ZoneAlarm Pro Icon ZoneAlarm Pro 7.0.337.000 8600 Very good
...
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.2.614 7950 Very good
Jetico v1 Icon Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61 FreewareFREE 7750 Very good
...
Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 4600 Poor
...
Windows Firewall XP SP2FREE 0 None


Basicaly Comodo 2.4 (free) and Jetico 2 are way ahead of the field.

[mercmad]

For me, avast! free home edition is perfect for me... It is free, I think it is exellent and easy to use. I like the way when it finds a virus I think its cool

That is all I use...

P.S. can someone put up links on how to get these firewalls please.
Thanks in advance

[Just_me]

Originally Posted by Imhotep Evil

For firewalls:
free: Comodo and Jetico 1
comercial: Jetico 2 and Zone Alarm.


Latest leak test results.

Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.16.174FREE 9475 Excellent
Jetico v2 Icon Jetico Personal Firewall 2.0.0.28 beta 9375 Excellent
ZoneAlarm Pro Icon ZoneAlarm Pro 7.0.337.000 8600 Very good
...
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.2.614 7950 Very good
Jetico v1 Icon Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61 FreewareFREE 7750 Very good
...
Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 4600 Poor
...
Windows Firewall XP SP2FREE 0 None


Basicaly Comodo 2.4 (free) and Jetico 2 are way ahead of the field.

What about NOD32, I know this has won tests year after year. NOD32 not inlcuded this time?

anyway, nod 32 and zonealarm for me. I havent had a single problem with my computer in years

[Imhotep Evil]

Originally Posted by Just_me

What about NOD32, I know this has won tests year after year. NOD32 not inlcuded this time?

anyway, nod 32 and zonealarm for me. I havent had a single problem with my computer in years

That was a firewall not AV test.
... or does NOD32 come with firewall ?!

NOD32 is indeed a top notch AV.

[Just_me]

Originally Posted by Imhotep Evil

That was a firewall not AV test.
... or does NOD32 come with firewall ?!

nah I dont think so (its just_me reading wrong). I use NOD32 for AV and Zonealarm as firewall

[Imhotep Evil]

OK, good to clear that.

Also interesting is Cyberhawk as a HIPS application.

[Mikael]

I would add:


AV:
Avira Antivir, Dr. Web

Anti-Spyware: a-squared, ZeroAntispyware, Spyware Sweeper (commercial version)


Note: Spyware Terminator used to be "rogue software", but isn't considered anymore (call me paranoid but I won't download their (Crawler) software)


Couple of Anti-virus software comparison tests:

- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This is the firewall test IE go the results from:
- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER


Does anybody have any experiences with Advanced Windows OneCare v2 Personal?


And here are results from some Finnish guy's Spyware/Virus/Trojan test:


AntiVir 80,19%
eScan 76,05%
F-Secure 75,95%
Active Virus Shield 75,81%
BitDefender 74,66%
DrWeb 70,73%
NOD32 65,76%
Avast 62,70%
AVG Anti-Spyware 62,22%
Norton 61,31%
DrWeb CureIt 55,40%
Sophos 44,25
CounterSpy 42,61%
ClamWin 31,77%
a-squared 31,63%
Spyware Doctor 21,65%
SUPERAntiSpyware 20,72%
eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware 15,29%
Spy Sweeper 13,07%
Ahnlab SpyZero 12,90%
Spybot 9,70%
Ad-Aware 9,04%
Spyware Terminator 0,35%