Interesting Empirical Test of AntiVirus Programs: TrendMicro PC-cillin Wins With 10,000+ Virus Finds

Submitted by BruceCyr on Sun, 09/11/2005 - 21:58.

Nothing to do with SR

All the programs were fairly good in terms of virus detection. NAV was a close second but the tester didn't like it because its such a resource hog. Kapersky online scanner was the best finder, but it doesn't remove anything!

Bruce

Guy adds 12 more AV progs,

Submitted by BruceCyr on Wed, 09/14/2005 - 14:37.

Guy adds 12 more AV progs, finds a new overall champ: AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 6 noses out TrendMicro PC-cillin 2005 10086 to 10084!

Likes Kaspersky 5 for finding Trojans and rare viruses.

Use same link.

Bruce

Wow, Bruce. Wish I saw that

Submitted by frog_jr on Mon, 09/19/2005 - 02:00.

Wow, Bruce. Wish I saw that 2 days ago. Just paid for AV for the first time in years, after my hdd crash this wknd. Looks like I got the wrong one!

Here is another test, from 2004:

http://www.10ts.com/reviews/antivirus-test.htm

Note some similar results. Cheers, Tad

The most obvious commonality

Submitted by BruceCyr on Mon, 09/19/2005 - 19:00.

The most obvious commonality with the more recent test I cited is the relatively high placement in both of Kaspersky -- a product I've never used. What you got will probably work fine though.

Bruce

BruceCyr wrote:The most

Submitted by frog_jr on Tue, 09/20/2005 - 01:35.

BruceCyr wrote:

The most obvious commonality with the more recent test I cited is the relatively high placement in both of Kaspersky ...
Bruce

And the relatively low placement of the one I just gave money to. But hey, I've been using AVG free for years, so they certainly deserve it. I'm all for paying for your shareware. And Antivir appears to be in that slow move toward more commercial, as well. I think I will try theirs out, as well. And the new "commercial" version at $20/year doesn't break the bank, either.

With system security at the

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/19/2005 - 19:22.

With system security at the forefront these days, it seems the AntiVirus programs and firewalls are becoming much more 'invasive'. I guess it's possible it's needed to protect our systems.

Some of my thoughts about this:

Do any of these AV programs interfere with day to day use of SR programs or extension programs?
How many system resources and how much Ram/CPU time do these AV Programs want?
Do they slow down the system any?
Do they slow down recognition any?
Is there any interaction at all between them and SR?

That's what I'd like to see someone do a review on. This is something that I think we, as a community, really need to know.

Well, NAV is a well-known

Submitted by BruceCyr on Mon, 09/19/2005 - 19:39.

Well, NAV is a well-known resource hog/system slowdown/insidious system wormer, i.e., it burrows so deeply into your system that its almost impossible to completely remove it -- Symantec actually has a download that is a tool of last resort to remove various Norton components that develop an ineradicable bond with your system's components.

PCMag.com, for one, includes system performance statistics in its annual AV reviews, and NAV is perennially at the top, i.e., it slows down your system more than most other commercial AV packages. However, it is very effective at detecting and removing threats, so much so that it also typically wins PCMag's top recommendation. Also, the top slowdown is like 7% versus maybe 3% for the fastest detector, so its bearable and not particularly noticeable to most users.

I've used both TrendMicro PC-cillin and NOD32 and can attest to their minimal impact on system performance when their on alert for new threats. As for deep scanning performance, I can't say because I always schedule that for times when I'm not likely to use the machine.

Bruce

I had been using AVG free,

Submitted by crivon1 on Tue, 09/20/2005 - 11:57.

I had been using AVG free, and then I decided to pay for AVG Pro. It is extremely cheap. I think I paid $39 for two years sub, and I have a feeling it was just two years ago. I expect to get a reminder to pay up again within the next couple of weeks. Smiling

As far as I can see, it has picked up all attempted viruses and trojans. It used to update once every three days, but is now updating on a daily basis. Every so often it comes up with a totally new update of about 6 Mb.

It does not appear to interfere with VV or DNS, and does not appear to be a resource hugger. It runs quite comfortably with Zone Alarm firewall.

I gave up Norton many years ago because it was a resource hugger and did appear to interfere with SR.
Quentin