Super Fast Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Malwarebytes Anti Malware kicks butt over AVG. How can you not compare and contrast? Is that the problem? Comparing and contrasting? That depends on what you call kicking butt. Have you used AVG 2012 (as opposed to the older versions 2009, 2010, etc?). There are a number of improvements in the newer versions, & also no antivirus is perfect, Norton nearly takes over your PC & slows it down, while McAfee just doesn't seem to ever work right for me (meaning protection wise). Avast seems to have a higher false positive rate, & has trouble removing certain things it finds, while Avira has to have a global policy set to block the daily advertisement in the Avira folder. AVG seems to use few system resources & does a decent job. _____ Things to remember when talking about an Antivirus: * All Antiviruses use Definition sets (Constantly updated to keep up with new viruses.) * Most Antiviruses include Heuristics (Try to find viruses based on pattern behavior.) _____ Now, as you might imagine, there are problems with both of these approaches regardless of AV vendor. Definition based means if a new virus comes out, you can be infected before the update for it is pushed out. Heuristics sometimes flag false positives & delete files that aren't viruses. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. _____ When comparing AVG (Or any AV, really) to Malwarebytes, you have to remember that AVG is an Anti-VIRUS while Malwarebytes is an Anti-MALWARE program. Meaning, what they look for is different. You could also go out on a limb & say that Webroot Spysweeper kicks Malwarebytes butt. But that would be irrevelant, because Spy Sweeper installs itself in such a way that there have been problems with a number of installations due to how they protect their definition sets folder & install in a certain way that can cause certain computers to crash. I was experimenting earlier with it years back, & their definitions are virtually impossible to manually move or update because they are marked system/read only/etc/etc. They have some other protection as well, because it is impossible to move the files in that folder. Always errors out. Unless you use Unlocker or some other program. To date, I have not had time to experiment to see what attribute or feature is causing this, but I might try again sometime in the future. _____ Malwarebytes does not generally cause these problems, so to just say Malwarebytes is better because you had a positive experience with it doesn't make sense. If you have certain malware, yes it is a good program & yes it does find quite a bit. But I have also seen malware that Malwarebytes could not fix & had to use Combofix or some other utility to remove it. _____ Hope this clarifies things a bit & helps you realize the difference in the two. Not necessarily better, just a different type of nasties it looks for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Switched to Norton at the beginning of this year. So far, so good. No major issues. Also use the free versions of Malwarebytes & SuperAntiSpyware. Had major system slowdown & conflict issues with my previous a/v. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Which AV did you use previously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 BitDefender. It messed up the Windows Indexing function and many of the user settings would not hold... reboots & product updates would lose the user settings. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Nikki, I used Norton before, but I detested the way it infested everything in the computer, & tried to be a little do it all app with it's own firewall, A/V, cleanup utility, etc. Have had it flag a few false positives, but overall, nothing too major usually. Besides that, I hated how the subscription key would run out & you'd have to but another one in 3 to 6 months. AVG free subscription lasts a year & is lite on resources. Gives relatively few problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 On both my WinXP desktop & Win7 x64 laptop, I found NIS to be lighter on system resources than BDAV. So far there have been no false positives. The subscription I have is for a year and hasn't nagged me any sooner. Over the years, I have been through several a/v products. At first, most were OK. But over the years and new releases, most developed problems that forced me to move on. Only time will tell if I change my mind about NIS. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 11, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 11, 2012 nikki605 you put things in a nutshell there really. Quite often what works well for one person doesn't for another. Most of us on here, like you, have been through different avs over the years. I just use whatever works well with the software on my pc at the time. Some avs are labelled as rubbish by users when in fact it's software conflict that is causing the problems. Also some avs are just badly designed and not user friendly. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I agree with - "I just use whatever works well with the software on my pc at the time.". Discussing a/v products can be as argumentative as religion and politics. I try to avoid those discussions. The one basic rule I do follow is NOT to have multiple a/v programs with real time protection installed at the same time. The biggest problem I have found is uninstalling an a/v program. Even using the company's "removal tool" will sometimes leave remnants behind - files, folders but mostly Registry entries. I've spent hours carefully investigating and manually removing leftover Registry entires. I've also found leftover hidden System Devices in Device Manager. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPL_Piriform Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I have COMODO Internet Security Premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I have heard bad stories about Comodo. Seems to be a mixed bag. Sometimes it works great, sometimes it don't. Hopefully, newer versions are changing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I only use the (Comodo) firewall (free), so don't know about other Comodo products. Don't even use Defense+ and/or Sandbox which are included in the firewall software. Never had problems. Same goes with Avira AntiVir (only use the AV, free) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 MSE has jumped version numbers from 2.x to 4.x I have updated it. So far, so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 3, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 3, 2012 MSE has jumped version numbers from 2.x to 4.x I have updated it. So far, so good. I updated on 24 April 2012 and completely removed it a few hours ago because the last three days it had been causing my system to freeze randomly. Interestingly enough I found this in the Event Viewer log: The Microsoft Antimalware Service service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the path specified. For me it's fairwell MSE, at least on this XP system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I haven't noticed any issues nor crashes but I am running W7 in all my machines now. Maybe it's a glitch in the XP version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 4, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 4, 2012 Maybe it's a glitch in the XP version. Probably is. Luckily I hadn't installed or updated anything new since MSE v4 so it was easy to figure out the culprit. I'm happily using Avast v7 now, and I thought I'd never use Avast again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Installed MSE 4.x on a pseudoinfected XP machine (SP3), after cleaning it, and it worked for me. Or, at least, I didn't notice anything out of normal. Eventually I formatted it and installed MSE 4.x again. No issues either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren39 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I use avast free anti-virus. the array of shields and protection is wonderful for a free program..How on earth can you knock this program when you see the protection it provides at no cost to the user.we should be very thankful to the avast team for giving us this lovely free anti virus. online armor firewall. Avast free anti virus. Malwarebytes . SuperAntiSpyware. Hitman Pro. Sandboxie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I was tinkiering with a PC with AVAST installed yesterday and It showed some annoying ads. I prefer "more silent" antivir programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 25, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2012 I was tinkiering with a PC with AVAST installed yesterday and It showed some annoying ads. That's one drawback of the ad-supported free version, and it would be nice if they'd do something like Panda Cloud Antivirus which lets you very easily hide the adverts and remembers that setting choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I think AVAST is quite okay if you can live with that. For a free antivirus program, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTruckDriver Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I use NIS-2012 & Webroot SecureAnywhere Essentials (Prevx). Late 2015 5K 27" Mac, 4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB Fusion Drive: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 iMac Clone and Backup with: SuperDuper, Time Machine & iCloud aka ~ "Popeye" on the Malwarebytes Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 KAV v8 and Avast are good, i agree. But I have a virus in my laptop named RECYCLER and these both antivirus cannot delete it. Is there any way to delete it? We no longer have an approved expert and refer you to http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=34786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 New laptop, new AV. Have decided to give Panda Cloud AV a run after only running Avira for last couple of years and so far, so good. Even if it does require so little interaction, and give no notifications of any sort, I had to download a test virus to just to satisfy myself that it was actually doing anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Does Panda Cloud also provide e-mail protection (attachments, etc.) when using an e-mail client? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Does Panda Cloud also provide e-mail protection (attachments, etc.) when using an e-mail client? No, but then it would pick up any malicious attachment as soon as soon as you downloaded or tried to run it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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