Antivirus ranking

Here is a list from August 2006 of various antivirus software and how they rank.

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/defaul...d=82&mnu=82

If anyone wonders about Active Virus Shield by AOL, then it is an antivirus software that AOL licensed from Kaspersky and then re-branded, stripped/crippled some funcionality, and then added adware to it.

They also have a list of antiviruses, including a free antivirus section on;

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/defaul...d=71&mnu=71

rofl...you can't really determine which anti-virus is the best since none can detect everything. You should use one the ones mentioned in the list and then just use online scanners as a precaution.

rofl...you can't really determine which anti-virus is the best since none can detect everything. You should use one the ones mentioned in the list and then just use online scanners as a precaution.

Yes, you can determine which antivirus software is the best.

There are coming new threats all the time. Of course no antivirus always detects everything. But by running a bunch of antivirus software against 147184 viruses you can see which one detects the most of them, hence is the best.

You can also test a bunch of antivirus software against thousand of viruses "not in the wild", to determine which antivirus software has the best heuristics.

Yes, you can determine which antivirus software is the best.

There are coming new threats all the time. Of course no antivirus always detects everything. But by running a bunch of antivirus software against 147184 viruses you can see which one detects the most of them, hence is the best.

You can also test a bunch of antivirus software against thousand of viruses "not in the wild", to determine which antivirus software has the best heuristics.

I just tried to download the new database for Kaspersky online scanner and I keep getting the blacklist is broken error message anyone else getting this message. I have uninstalled the older version I had on my system so I know thats not the problem.

When I realized how much Norton was slowing down my PC I switched to AVG (Free) and I?ve never looked back. Great piece of software and completely free!

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mickeyy please post in a newer thread :)

Thanks