What is the worst anti virus 4 you ?

[iShare_iCare]

What is the worst anti virus you have ever used ?
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McAfee is the worst I've ever seen.
It slowed down my computer horribly every time it did a scan or updated.

But

What's the point in getting a legal anti-virus program that will work for a year only?
Just wondering...:whistling

[gamer_addict]

symantec my opinion

[anon]

What is the worst anti virus you have ever used ?

Norton's... it made my computer as slow as hell :pinch: Heard it changed and is now pretty fast, though.

[db_la_23]

Norton for me. its the worst

[braveherat_7]

symantec and nortorn

[Assassin1]

Avira , I have it since 5 years

[bondgannu]

Well I must say Norton, back in days it use to catch no virus and made the system damn busy./
Lately them have improvised there technology,
still I will never get back to them.



Avira , I have it since 5 years

:( Well I thinks the question is worst av in your opinion,
I hope you have been using it for 5 years and its favourite./

[anon]

Avira , I have it since 5 years

You've been using the antivirus you consider the worst for five years? :pinch:

[Hombre]

:shit: :shit: :shit: Norton AV
makes me remind the time when I had a 286 @ 12mhz when i was kid.

[MrTao]

I had Norton some time ago and I concur it used to be damn slow. As I remember, Kaspersky was not big deal too. Recently I have some experience with Avast! – same like Norton. In contrast with these encounters I was pretty much satisfied with NOD.

[vrich187]

Norton for me.

[NETVIRUS]

Bitdefender for me

[Mokhtar]

norton must be. when i used it, my pc looked much slower, and when i check with other av, they always find virus norton forget to check.

[Slickerey]

Norton. I've never liked it and never will.

It's a ton of bloatware if you ask me. :dry:

[snaketop]

McAFee is the worst one ,,,

[lea88]

Norton Anti Virus for me
Slows down the pc as hell

[darkstate01]

Norton and Symantec, I haven't used them for over 5 yrs so maybe they are better now with the new technology os etc
But i can remember putting norton on then while it was scanning i got infected and it removed some stuff out of my system 32 folder which in turn gave me a bsod
Symantec was just slow and heavy on the cpu.
I'll stick with the free version of avira-2yrs and counting.

[peat moss]

symantec and nortorn

Yep I second that .

[Fitap]

In my opinion; Symantec without doubt !!

[aen]

I'm not sure between Norton, McAffee and fucking Nod32

[anon]

fucking Nod32

What was so bad about it?

[graywolf]

Yea.. Nod32 is supposed to be the best now.. :O

[2slick4u]

Panda was the worst crap ever

[ninja666]

Norton! made my pc slow,never liked it..
Nod32 is my favorite

[Chavez]

Norton

[654654sdsgs]

Norton/all antivirus software

[Tv Controls you]

fucking Nod32

What was so bad about it?

I must admit I'm not a huge fan of nod32, as the last time I used it (around a year ago) it would start before windows and take a long time.
It sort of took away from the performance of my machine.

I mean, its no where near as bad a norton, but I most likely wouldn't use it again.

[Slickerey]

Worst ones I've tried out are AVG and Norton...

I never used any of the newer versions of NOD32. They became crapware IMO.

I stuck to NOD32 v2.7 until I decided to try Avira... I don't have any regrets. :happy:

[deadfukkr]

norton is crap and avg did me good till about a year ago

using security essentials now

[sanfer]

I'm use Microsoft Security Essentials

He is very good

[Vash999]

Symantec/Norton's gotta be the worst. Slow, bloated, and enough of a pain to remove that you end up thinking "Maybe it'd just be quicker to format". Plus, how many companies make software that has it's own removal tool, not counting spyware makers?

[karachidude]

Norton2010 is very good :P

[gaco]

I hate norton antivirus and avast... I'm looking for a free good one.

[karachidude]

I hate norton antivirus and avast... I'm looking for a free good one.


ofcourse u do,AVG would be a really good choice in my opinion

[LtAda]

Symantec and Norton are bad. AVG, NOD32, ESET, Kaspersky are the good AVs. You can probably get those free from other sources :)

[Stabber]

f-secure , i had a very bad experience with this antivirus

[tito27]

I think bitdefender is the worst anti virus 4 me

[TTS]

NOD32 for me :)

[Condor]

trend micro is the worst

[7th]

I don't really know why but I don't like avast nor avg =/

[its]

nod32 rapes it is the best out their, its lightweight and very user friendly. i've been using it for years.

[iShare_iCare]

nod32 rapes it is the best out their, its lightweight and very user friendly. i've been using it for years.
What is the worst anti virus 4 you ?
the worst means the bad and not the best :huh:

[Expeto]

worst one which makes you feel most secure.

[anon]

What is the worst anti virus 4 you ?
the worst means the bad and not the best :huh:

Consider it some sort of IQ test for the people posting on this thread. :lol:

[Stabber]

Propably f-secure i had a very bad experience with it in the past

[Townsend]

Avira Antivir is the one that always heavily slowed down my computer. Especially the scans were horrible

[mmopt]

i had a bad exprience with avast . thats why i have the AVG now

[7th]

What is the worst anti virus 4 you ?
the worst means the bad and not the best :huh:

Consider it some sort of IQ test for the people posting on this thread. :lol:

gosh, things are getting even "worse" around here anon :unsure:

[Mischiu]

avast is the best

[anon]

avast is the best

See, you've exactly proven my point. :whistling

[TheTerminator]

AVG is the best

[anon]

AVG is the best

Because Mischiu's post wasn't enough. :rolleyes:

[akashi]

maybe avast i just hate that antivirus >.<

[CryBaby]

maybe avast i just hate that antivirus >.<

Yeah, I agree. One of the worst I had. THis avast spyware, avast antivirus, scan took years to finish and it did something with the interface. Just switched to NOD32 and everything worked fine.

[debrah48]

These days, it almost seems there are more bad scanners than good. Rogue scanners display false virus alerts, with instructions to buy the "full version" in order to remove the fictional infections. Wasting your hard-earned dollars on a bogus product isn't the only thing you need to worry about. There have been multiple reports from folks who fell for the scam only to end up with credit card charges much higher than expected - and often a series of fraudulent charges continue to appear on their statements. Victims typically encounter rogue scanners in one of three ways:

# Email scams disguised as greeting cards or breaking news alerts;
# Advertisements that offer a free scan or system tune-up;
# Compromised websites retrofitted to exploit software vulnerabilities.

You can help mitigate your risk of exposure by reading email in plain text only and avoid clicking links or opening attachments in email received unexpectedly - even if it comes from someone you know. Stick with the good guys: for a free online scan, use one of these top online scanners. Keep your system patched to prevent exploit.

[mosh]

symantec the older ones pre 2008
resources hoggers

[eddywong]

I use AVG. It is OK.

[iShare_iCare]

I use AVG. It is OK.
:pinch: :huh: :blink:

[TheTerminator]

Avg is the best

[anon]

Avg is the best

I really hope potential inviters read that post once you gain access to the invite area.

[union]

ESET NOD SS the best for me.

[softexupload]

i like KAS

[anon]

ESET NOD SS the best for me.


i like KAS

:pinch:

[fier13]

nod avg kaspersky for bad and fick me

[soks]

Norton for me. This AV is a big shit..

[FLEA]

AVG is the best



Avg is the best

:pinch:

[googleme]

Norton for me. This AV is a big shit..

Norton, McAfee, Avast

[buidanhthuy]

BKAV if you guys know it :|

[debrah48]

I dislike Norton as it insists on running 8 different program using like 40MB RAM in total and then not letting you turn the damn things off short of killing the processes.

[singuzjh]

Maybe Norton,but it's popular in my company...lol

[Stabber]

F-secure is the worst for me

[scorpius1945]

I used Norton for several years only because everyone mentioned it. It made my computer slow as hell and is a pathetic antivirus. Kaspersky is the best XD

[Whiteline]

Norton , avg and avast

[depp]

Norton Antivirus

[justask]

Norton Antivirus and Kaspersky ( yes )

[c0ld]

all of them. only n00bs get viruses.

[jayreal]

Norton

[musicaldj]

KAspersky, because I never can find working keys:D

[streetrider]

Nothing is more useless than Norton (Symantec). I purchased one in 2007 and what a waste of money. It's too bulky and a pain in the A**. But, I find that Kaspersky is Okay.

[jhon13]

norton

[bijoy]

AVG free...

[jamez14]

Norton, for sure.

Best (free) = avast!

[qonad]

Norton!

[RasToRizE]

Avast and norton are the worst

[-neo-]

Kaspersky 2009

[lovelovelove]

nod32 for me

[Chewie]

Propably f-secure i had a very bad experience with it in the past
Every time I plug in my USB stick at work, their damned F-Secure deletes Jellybean :@


all of them. only n00bs get viruses.
XD


KAspersky, because I never can find working keys:D
I use KIS and actually pay for mine - just search for the cheapest price on any version (ebay is good) and use the key to install the latest one.

[canatan]

Norton

[whatsalah]

If you are interested, I will say shich one is the best: Avira AntiVir Premium.

[vthl]

undoubtedly the kaspersky + avira thou kasp has more flase +vs but after proper settings no1 can beat it

[EchoAlpha]

AVG, it fails hardcore with detection

[Gorbux]

symantec, it consistently hogs up resources and locks your pc down so much that programs dont work.

[tippertime]

mcafee

[bigdogg2020]

defintely say mcafee. but, norton is right up there.

[sangos]

McAfee was the worst av i have ever used !!!
It slowed down my computer horribly every time it did a scan or updated or even when the the windows starts it took usually about 4-6 min. to just get past the welcome page !! really hate it !:@:@

[Boneruk]

Norton :)

[rdtphd]

I have tried macfee norton synaptec kaspersky micorsoft security essentials all recently new releases and I dont like having any. they all cause bad computer slowdowns and I still have had problems with viruses and junk with them. When i had protection it was like having a radar detector i thought i could push the limit and I still got caught out. So now I run bareback and just pay attention to the portals i dip my tool into. So the worst is having one and the best is using your brain and asking is it a good idea to d/l this. if this was a girl that was rumored to hav the herp would it still be worth the risk... and sometimes when i'm desparate i click anyway and yes it ends up in an aw F, time to reformat.

[Stabber]

I see some responses that norton is the worst antivirus . Norton is pretty decent nowadays . It used to be a resource hog but it got better . It's light and efficient but not as light as eset of course .

On the other hand f-secure is really really bad .

[jackywky]

norton is useless.

[moussafir92]

avast antivirus

[rounder]

norton bring me first reboting in 2004.. so never i use it again

[westyboy]

Yeah definitely nortons, slowed my machine to a standstill

[phokat]

i fully agree. norton is the worst.

[King_OF_Kings]

nortorn

[madmin]

Avast was a major headache and a big resource hog. CPU load was greatly affected while using it.

[King_OF_Kings]

Norton's....

[charliebee]

Definitely and without a doubt Symantec, all editions, both consumer and business!

[suz5cam]

I got hit with MS AntiSpyware 2009 virus about 2 months ago, and it, completely got by Norton. I spend 2 days trying to fix it up, what a waste of time. I tried a couple of free av trials, but they couldn't find it. The Cyberdefender free trial did find it, but I had to pay to fix it. So I did since it was about $40 to get the full version, which is about what it costs for others. It also came with a money back guarantee, so I figured to try it.

Anyway, it fixed some of the issues but not all, and since it comes with a 24 x 7 call center, I called it and they were really helpful. They told me that since I installed the software after I got the virus that they would need to fix it by remote access. 5 minutes later it was done and the system was clean.

Since then I have gotten a pop-up every now and then saying something is attacking my computer, and I click the button and it is blocked. Easy to use and I am happy with it. It does seem that it is really for non-technical users like myself, so some of the more experienced user may want something else. JMHO.

[sinman]

norton suck

[anon]

norton suck

Yeah, very good point.

[timmeh_timm]

Definitely and without a doubt Symantec, all editions, both consumer and business!

amen to that!!!

Symantec is the biggest pile of crap i have ever seen. most free AV solutions run circles around it, and even with updates it never finds things. total piece of crap.

[benzinladen]

mcafee.........is the worst ....

[Tool]

AVG + Norton + Mcafee
It's really difficult choose between this 3 av...

[spongeduckie]

wow I'm going to have to agree...Norton FTW haha or loss.

[rokky]

avg, my opinion..

[Frankthetank1]

i am thinking of uninstalling mine antivirus you dont really need one and its a hog. never had a virus either

[bijoy]

Norton.. I'll say...
Win 7 + Norton = worst combinaton.. ;)

[iLOVENZB]

Norton - Can't believe how hard it is to get rid of it.

[doug]

Norton , of course :)

[Itzik007]

norton 2009\2010

[niker]

kaspersky V9 is the best to me

[SelfMadeMMAn]

My opinion is Norton. It doesn't update as quick as it should, and it only quarantines viruses, it does not give you the option to delete