What security software do you use?

[ceejays88]

I cannot vote for some reason..But...
I used to be a kaspersky or Norton user until I moved to a new IT company that used ESET and since then I can say I have been highly impressed. Nod32 AV is pretty light and powerful, although the security sweet is abit too heavy for my liking.
But if Icouldnt pick ESET then it would have to be kaspersky, It has a great record and is nice and user friendly.

[ik9000]

Is there a user on here called talk talk, and if so are they one of the 5 pollsters entering in the bottom row?

[peterb]

I cannot vote for some reason..But...
I used to be a kaspersky or Norton user until I moved to a new IT company that used ESET and since then I can say I have been highly impressed. Nod32 AV is pretty light and powerful, although the security sweet is abit too heavy for my liking.
But if Icouldnt pick ESET then it would have to be kaspersky, It has a great record and is nice and user friendly.

This thread was started two years ago! If you look at the original post you will see that it was started by Scan as a consumer survey.

[Sanctimoniocity]

I use Bitdefender, I've found it to have excellent detection software rates with very few false positives (admittedly one involved it quarantining Steam.exe -_-), and it also slows down my computer far less than the Norton that I was using beforehand.

[Lee H]

I'm testing out the new Norton Internet Security suite this time around on my windows 10 machine.

No problems at all to report - its not sapping anything from the CPU/memory - It has really low requirements now and is not taxing at all on my i5 2500K with 8 GB RAM.

[ik9000]

I'm testing out the new Norton Internet Security suite this time around on my windows 10 machine.

No problems at all to report - its not sapping anything from the CPU/memory - It has really low requirements now and is not taxing at all on my i5 2500K with 8 GB RAM.

Is it actually doing anything?

[Lee H]

Is it actually doing anything?

Indeed it is

I've checked the logs, its scanning away and updating itself when the systems not in use and at idle or whenever I'm watching a video etc on the PC.
I have tested with a few test downloads for triggering the antivirus, plus I've internally probed the hell out of my PC using Kali Linux and the firewall did its Job to good standard.

its nothing like the older versions which were problematic at times and I have no issues recommending this nowadays.

[Sanctimoniocity]

Indeed it is

I've checked the logs, its scanning away and updating itself when the systems not in use and at idle or whenever I'm watching a video etc on the PC.
I have tested with a few test downloads for triggering the antivirus, plus I've internally probed the hell out of my PC using Kali Linux and the firewall did its Job to good standard.

its nothing like the older versions which were problematic at times and I have no issues recommending this nowadays.

That's good to know actually, I may actually give it a go again when my subscription ends in a few months, if only because Bitdefender seems to insist on activating the less secure 'Game' profile whenever Steam runs, including it the background, and has no exclusion list to stop it from happening

[Lee H]

Thats the thing I like about it, If I'm planning to do some gaming, I just switch it to silent mode and just forget about it

No noticeable FPS drop I can see as well, even when using 3D vision across the various titles I'm playing at the moment.

[Huyor]

I've sworn by ESET's Nod32 since I began using it years ago. It's lightweight, does the job, and hasn't failed me once. If it'd have to pick an alternative, it'd probably be Kaspersky for its reputation.

[me-yeah]

avira, its fast free and lightweight on your desktop and phone

[robert3892]

I found Bitdefender Total Security on sale and bought it. I also highly recommend Kaspersky.

[username2]

Bitdefender often has some promotions when giving keys for half a year for free, I am using mine like that, but propably I will have to look for other new key, or pay for it and definetly I will not change it, I was using
avast not so good for me but if you using free vesrion it is the best what you can get
avg and nod horribly slowing computer
kaspersky was fine but not so great
bit defender i do not like the way the computer scans are orginzed in program but it is the best what you can currently get (at least for me

[Haxorus]

I wanted to know if upgrading to Kaspersky/Bitdefender causes any system slowdowns. I am currently running Microsoft Defender and it's been alright so far.

[Haxorus]

I wanted to know if Kaspersky/BitDefender causes any system slowdowns? I've used Avast before and it caused me multiple bluescreens so i have reverted back to Microsoft Defender and it's been alright so far.

[duc]

Avast, Emisoft & Malwarebytes