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Hello! I noticed that most of you support Avast antivirus, but a friend of mine told me that it doesn't pick up viruses. Is NOD32 better? Because I install these programs on every PC I use: Comodo Firewall, WinPatrol, Registry Mechanic, Ad-Aware, CleanUp. An I think an antivirus is needed. ...


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Old 25th Jul 2007, 04:03
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Hello!

I noticed that most of you support Avast antivirus, but a friend of mine told me that it doesn't pick up viruses.
Is NOD32 better?

Because I install these programs on every PC I use:
Comodo Firewall, WinPatrol, Registry Mechanic, Ad-Aware, CleanUp.

An I think an antivirus is needed.

Thanks!
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Old 25th Jul 2007, 04:10
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NOD32 is probably a little better, but it ain't free
Although I prefer Avira anti virus which is free and available for download in the download section
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Avast is one AV i have used that removes everything.

I have tried many that pickup viruses OK but struggle when it comes to removing them.

I havent tried NOD32 though.
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I have mostly seen that if you feel more comfortable with a paid version of AV then NOD32 is the best. If you have no problem with free versions then Avast is best.
I think a big factor is the resources they use.
NOD32 11.5
Avast 14.5
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Originally Posted by evilfantasy View Post
I have mostly seen that if you feel more comfortable with a paid version of AV then NOD32 is the best. If you have no problem with free versions then Avast is best.
I think a big factor is the resources they use.
NOD32 11.5
Avast 14.5
where'd you get these figures? link please? I'm looking for those stats for all AVs
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Old 25th Jul 2007, 10:43
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Sorry I got ahead of myself. Those are download sizes not resource usage. I have resource stats somewhere and will see if I can find them.
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