[Pcfreakske2000]

My favorite antivirus software is Panda Internet Security 2007.

I have used Norton an Mcafee and I didn't like them.

Then I bought Panda a few years ago and I first tried out Panda Antivirus Titanium and newer versions.

But then more virusses came on the web and I decided to try out Panda Platinum Internet Security ( now called Panda Internet Security 2007 ) and I have sticked with this one, because I think it's the best around.

It has TruPrevent Technologies aboard and that proactive shield protects you against new virusses and other malware.

I have seen TruPrevent Technologies into action once and it really works well.

I recommend Panda to everyone.


I even recommended Panda to my girlfriend, who was also using Norton on her laptop a few years ago.

Norton is mostly pre-installed on many computers nowadays.
It's called "bloatware", I recently saw on another website.
I hate Norton or Mcafee nowadays.

I don't recommend any freeware antivirus. That's just my opinion.

[evilfantasy]

Panda 30.9 mb

Avast! Home 14.5 mb with the same amount of free protection as any paid version.

AVG 22.5 mb

[Pcfreakske2000]

Originally Posted by evilfantasy

Panda 30.9 mb

Avast! Home 14.5 mb with the same amount of free protection as any paid version.

AVG 22.5 mb

@evilfantasy : Yes, but Panda also has TruPrevent Technologies that are installed.

[evilfantasy]

These are the results from a Trojan Simulator ran on multiple AV clients. As you can see TruPrevent Technologies may not be all they are cracked up to be. I am not saying Panda is bad. I am saying that Avast is on top of their game and I have the results to prove so.

A-Squared Found TrojanSimulator.TestFile
AntiVir Found SPR/TrojanSimulat.2
ArcaVir Found nothing
Avast Found Win32:TrojanSim
AVG Antivirus Found nothing
BitDefender Found Application.TrojanSimulator
ClamAV Found nothing
Dr.Web Found Program.AVTest
F-Prot Antivirus Found nothing
F-Secure Anti-Virus Found nothing
Fortinet Found W32/EICAR!tr
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Found nothing
NOD32 Found Win32/TrojanSimulator application
Norman Virus Control Found W32/TrojanSim.A
Panda Antivirus Found nothing
Rising Antivirus Found nothing
Sophos Antivirus Found Mal/Behav-053
VirusBuster Found nothing
VBA32 Found Joke.Trojan.Simulator

You can find the simulator here.
http://www.misec.net/trojansimulator/

[Blackmirror]

How many of those are false positives though
I tried spyware doctor and it said i had a nasty trojan which was not true
Bitdefender and panda and SAS found no trace

[SocialWarfare]

AntiVir ftw and is free for download in the download section

A-Squared Found TrojanSimulator.TestFile
AntiVir Found SPR/TrojanSimulat.2
ArcaVir Found nothing
Avast Found Win32:TrojanSim
AVG Antivirus Found nothing
BitDefender Found Application.TrojanSimulator
ClamAV Found nothing
Dr.Web Found Program.AVTest
F-Prot Antivirus Found nothing
F-Secure Anti-Virus Found nothing
Fortinet Found W32/EICAR!tr
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Found nothing
NOD32 Found Win32/TrojanSimulator application
Norman Virus Control Found W32/TrojanSim.A
Panda Antivirus Found nothing
Rising Antivirus Found nothing
Sophos Antivirus Found Mal/Behav-053
VirusBuster Found nothing
VBA32 Found Joke.Trojan.Simulator

[evilfantasy]

Originally Posted by Blackmirror

How many of those are false positives though

They are all false positives. It is the way it installs itself that should tip off the AV.

[Hybr!d]

I've tried them all and currently you won't convince me of anything other than Avast.

[H-Dogg]

I was told to use Avast earlier today, so I tried it and so far it's working good except for one little detail! It detects my hotmail as a virus/worm which makes it a pain to view my e-mail. Do any of you know how I could fix this?

[evilfantasy]

Originally Posted by H-Dogg

I was told to use Avast earlier today, so I tried it and so far it's working good except for one little detail! It detects my hotmail as a virus/worm which makes it a pain to view my e-mail. Do any of you know how I could fix this?

This is a known issue by Avast. It happened with the last update. Until they get it fixed (which should be soon?) they are suggesting that any user really needing to get to their Hotmail (before the avast team come up with a new VPS file) should pause the Webshield and the Standard Shield before accessing their Hotmail.

Remember to continue the Webshield and the Standard Shield when you have finished accessing your Hotmail.

Hope this helps!