What Anti-Virus or Security Suite are you using with Windows 7

http://www.kaspersky.com/windows7
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I guess many of you - like me - are trying out Windows 7 RC..........and loving it!

What Anti-Virus or Security Suite are you all using?

I've got two machines running Windows 7 and one of them is covered by NIS 2009 and the other by Kasperskys tech preview of their Windows 7 offering.

I only have faith in three companies in the Security sector - Norton, Eset and Kaspersky and I'd suggest that if you are looking for something free try Kasperskys offering in the above link. Yes, it's free. It's beta but I've been using it for a few weeks and it seems to be very stable, effective and light on resource useage. You get a license for six months too. All for free.

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've been using Avira Antivir Personal...seems to work very well. :grin:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm using Kaspersky TP beta as well. Once W7 is released, and I buy/install it, I will probably go with Eset Nod32. For now though, Kaspersky seems to be working fine on my RC install.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have found Avast! Home Edition to be very lite and working well. It may not be the most complex anti-virus software.......but it fits my needs.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Avast anti virus. Windows Firewall since I am behind a router. Serves me well.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

http://www.norton.com/win7

There goes. :D

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ESET NOD32...Used and have sold it for years. We go around all day fixing or removing Symantec consumer suites. I'm blown away at what people put up with from a company like Symantec. It has got to be the biggest resource hog around.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Using Avast Antivirus Home Edition here for now, it would appear that my version of NOD32 is not compatible with Win7.  I know there is a newer version of NOD32 out, but I cannot afford to keep buying it every time they come out with a new version.  So far Avast is doing just as good a job for me, and it is free!

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm blown away at what people put up with from a company like Symantec. It has got to be the biggest resource hog around.
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But there's people these days saying it's a lot better now.....

 

I'm just betting they forgot that they'd just put another 2 gig of ram in their machines to compensate last time it slowed things to a crawl...;)

 

I'll wait for BitDefender....and stick their Win 7 ver on....with my nice new Win 7 public release...and my nice new machine....when they're all ready....;)

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

VIPRE. i used to be a devoted nod32 user until i tested VIPRE. it's inexpensive, too!

 

jafo, will you be changing the cpu cooler on that new machine? ;)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 8

I'm just betting they forgot that they'd just put another 2 gig of ram in their machines to compensate last time it slowed things to a crawl...
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In normal operation it uses less resources than taskmanager. Yes... REALLY.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I considered the new Norton products for W7, but they're only good for 14 days at a time. :S  

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting ToeJo, reply 6
ESET NOD32...Used and have sold it for years. We go around all day fixing or removing Symantec consumer suites. I'm blown away at what people put up with from a company like Symantec. It has got to be the biggest resource hog around.
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You obviously have not tried the Norton 2009 products

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting IAmPas, reply 9
VIPRE. i used to be a devoted nod32 user until i tested VIPRE. it's inexpensive, too!
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I've read comments on Vipre that claims it removed explorer.exe making their system unbootable, so I wouldn't recommend it to the less tech savvy. And in lack of professional testing of its efficiency, I don't trust it enough to consider using it myself.

Just because you or your security suite didn't detect a problem, it doesn't necessarily have to mean it's not there... Not all malware cause your computer to slow down or crash.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm still using AVG free for my Win7 machines.

 

Has anyone tried the Norton/Symantec gamer's A/V product? Does it really have a smaller footprint and still work?

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Hawkeye666, reply 14
I'm still using AVG free for my Win7 machines.

 

Has anyone tried the Norton/Symantec gamer's A/V product? Does it really have a smaller footprint and still work?
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I use NIS 2009 (not the gamer version). It has a negligible effect on gaming. With the exception of barely noticable (we're talking about fractions of a second here, rather than actually count several seconds like other suites) longer loading times, I haven't noticed any degradation at all in performance when playing games. The footprint of the NIS 2009 engine really is more like a toeprint, barely using any memory/cpu at all running resident. :P

If you have doubts... Try the free trial... When you've done that, if you still feel it's a resource hog, come back and tell me how you came to that comnclusion. :)

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ditto mickeko. It really pisses me of when people talk crap about a product which they have not tried or have no knowledge about. Norton products came back with a bang in 2009 and even the most Anti-Norton techs now agree that they have turned it around and produce one of the best security products out there. As you said..........Go try out the free trial and you'll be amazed at how good it is |-)