Best Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus software?

[Crindon]

What do you think is the best anti-malware and anti-virus software around?

[bryant.coleman]

Kasper. I am using it since 2010 and never ever had any issues.

[blacksails]

Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. Both of them I highly recommend with the approval of computer security section of the scandinavian Flashback forum.

[GTO911]

Bitdefender

[zolace]

Avast and nod32 use to be great and AVG.  Now I use malewarebytes and I use the bott technique, which is when you have to go in the command promt and use the CALCS command.

[bryant.coleman]

Check this as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software#Microsoft_Windows

Good for comparing various available antivirus suites.

[oli123123]

Kaspersky Internet Security is pretty good. I'm using it for 4 years.

[precrime3]

Norton is "granddaddy" of anti-virus software. Most well-known IMO and are very convenient for set it and forget it solution xD

[jbrnt]

I have never had a problem with malware and virus not because I had which ever antivirus software installed. It is because I am extremely careful. But if I have to recommend a solution, I would choose ESET and malwarebytes.

[Nobitcoin]

Kaspersky Internet Security and Malwarebytes Anti Malware... Both class

[ibakgs]

bitdefender

[nesty]

kaspersky

[Parham6]

BitDefender because it ONLY slows the system at startup and doesn't affect speed when you're working with your PC. It detects most of the new viruses too and the interface is really simple and easy to use. Best of all, it features an autopilot mode which makes all decisions for you without having you click a single time.

[Havelivi]

Eset Smart Security

[bluefirecorp]

Check out this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=582635.0

Personally, I rock MSE, but if I feel like something needs scanned more, then if it's small, I use virustotal. If it's large, I just scan it with malwarebytes.

I have never had a problem with malware and virus not because I had which ever antivirus software installed. It is because I am extremely careful. But if I have to recommend a solution, I would choose ESET and malwarebytes.

Just because it doesn't seem like you're infected doesn't mean you aren't. Literally visiting a webpage could infect your machine (even if you're careful). For example, MSN.com and yahoo.com have both spread malware in the past due to hacks.

0day exploits happen in the wild fairly often, and even if you do have an AV, it's not gonna stop it. It'll just detect it 2 weeks later when the virus signature is finally detected.

[Singlebyte]

Antivirus is Dead, claims Norton antivirus maker:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150743/antivirus-is-dead-says-maker-of-norton-antivirus.html.


"Dye told WSJ that he estimates traditional antivirus detects a mere 45 percent of all attacks. That's not good."

[bluefirecorp]

Antivirus is Dead, claims Norton antivirus maker:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150743/antivirus-is-dead-says-maker-of-norton-antivirus.html.


"Dye told WSJ that he estimates traditional antivirus detects a mere 45 percent of all attacks. That's not good."

Hmm, not quite. They just to peddle their security appliances and other pieces of software to make people feel safe.

Security is like an onion. There's layers to it. End-point detection is just another layer. It's silly to say "oh, well, this layer's not super thick, let's remove it".

[Singlebyte]

Assuming Dye's estimate is correct regarding their antivirus detection only has a 45% chance of detecting a virus on a PC, then they are selling a "false sense of security" product to the public.

 I don't know what you would consider good odds, but lets just say you will have better luck playing just-dice.com (49.5%) then detecting a virus.  And even if you stacked 5 or 6 virus detectors on your PC you would likely only improve your odds to 55%-60% because they mostly share the same virus database information.

I suspect the only way to stay somewhat safe is by using a closed architecture platform like Apple IOS or systems that sandbox apps.  It is really easy to disguise viruses so antivirus software doesn't detect their fingerprint/signature so I do believe the industry has a real challenge ahead.

[sanjoea]

I trust one and only kaspersky, i feel its best

[validium]

I use malwarebytes, but you should know malware can be "FUD". So i always use sysinternals process explorer to try and track down malware that cant be detected by the antivirus.