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SCHUMI-4-EVA · February 25th, 2008

I tried BitDefender a few years ago and it was pretty awfull...

It locked up my PC on a false positive repeatedly....unlike other AVs it seems it does not halt the process propperly when querying it with the user...which makes it generate a few 1000 exception pop-ups killing any PC.
At least that was back on BitDefender 8 or 9.

I have used AntiVir, AVG Free and Spybot Search and Destroy for 2 years on a PC which is pretty much permanently connected to the net and I was not hit by anthing really bad, the occasional grunt got through (and was dealth with), but nothing which actually adversely affected my system.
Meanwhile my parent's former PC...which hardly spent 24 hours a week online using Norton got hit by Bugbear twice.

Kaspersky was also nothing special. NOD32 I have never tried though.

The best commerical one I have actually seen in operation (at my dad's work and my preprimary school) has been F-Secure.

February 25th, 2008	#118 (permalink)
SCHUMI-4-EVA Devastating Force Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Governmentless South Africa Posts: 5,703	I tried BitDefender a few years ago and it was pretty awfull... It locked up my PC on a false positive repeatedly....unlike other AVs it seems it does not halt the process propperly when querying it with the user...which makes it generate a few 1000 exception pop-ups killing any PC. At least that was back on BitDefender 8 or 9. I have used AntiVir, AVG Free and Spybot Search and Destroy for 2 years on a PC which is pretty much permanently connected to the net and I was not hit by anthing really bad, the occasional grunt got through (and was dealth with), but nothing which actually adversely affected my system. Meanwhile my parent's former PC...which hardly spent 24 hours a week online using Norton got hit by Bugbear twice. Kaspersky was also nothing special. NOD32 I have never tried though. The best commerical one I have actually seen in operation (at my dad's work and my preprimary school) has been F-Secure. __________________ AMD Athlon64 3700+ (2.2Ghz rated as 3.7Ghz Pentium), ASUS A8NE-FM, 4x512MB DDR400 RAM, ATI Radeon X850XT, 320GB HDD, Windows XPSP2 Home, Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 The Champ has retired, but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!!