What Antivirus Program are you using?

by Frank Jovine on 06/03/2009 in Antivirus Software, Security, Software

TechJaws takes internet security very serious. We have published many security articles to inform our visitors and friends about the current risks on the internet. We are conducting a poll to see what Antivirus solution everyone is using. If you are not using any Antivirus protection, please let us know why by commenting on this blog.

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16 Responses to “What Antivirus Program are you using?”

  1. Kikolani

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    I’ve been using Kaspersky for the past few months. Norton drives me bananas, and McAfee didn’t seem to catch things as they happened, just after the fact. It could have been user error on the last one, but at least Kaspersky installs and works right from the get go.

    ~ Kristi

  2. Frank J

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    @Kristi – I am a fan of two products, one being Avast and the other is Comodo.

  3. Za3mOn

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    what? where’s my NOD?!

    • Frank J

      Jun 3rd, 2009

      That would be other. Sorry I didn’t include that.

  4. HART (1-800-HART)

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    Zone Alarm and its updates are free from our DSL provider so, I choose to use that. Prior to that, I was an avid Norton Professional AV user, but when I got a wireless router .. Norton Internet interfered with my subscription.

  5. FASTERCAT

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    I like to hunt ‘em down and kill ‘em myself.

    • Frank J

      Jun 3rd, 2009

      Fatercat,

      You’re the beer drinking friend I admire!!

  6. Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    Hey Frank, I use Kaspersky because smarter people than me say it’s the best solution. I know Kristi uses it but the real question is: what do you use and why? How’s that for a 180 on the survey?

    • Frank J

      Jun 3rd, 2009

      I use Comodo, which is not only an Antivirus suit, but also a firewall solution. I also use Avast. I have to test many products, as a few manufacturers send me free licenses to test and review.

      I am fortunate, and hope to test many more AV programs in the future that I can share with all of you.

  7. Deb R

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    I’ve used Avast now for quite a while & have absolutely nothing but good to say about it.I never liked Norton or McAfee..

    • Frank J

      Jun 4th, 2009

      Deb,

      I use Avast to and have been pleased with it.

  8. John Sullivan

    Jun 3rd, 2009

    I don’t download much anymore but I got that Panda :)
    working.

  9. Bill D

    Jun 4th, 2009

    I use avira antivir premium security suite. Before that i used avast and pctools free firewall.

  10. Robert

    Jun 4th, 2009

    I use Linux, so don’t use Anti-virus on my personal computers, although I do run a firewall, both software and hard.

    However, when I fix peoples computers, I typically install ClamWin and Spybot, because ClamWin is really good on resources, unlike a lot of the other popular anti-virus programs. ClamWin is not a real time scanner though, which accounts for its better use of resources, so for those with limited computer experience, I like to install something more aggressive, like AVG.

    I might have to give Kaspersky a try though, because it seems a lot of people like it.

  11. irtiza104

    Jun 6th, 2009

    I use avast. previously i’ve used avg, norton and mcafee. but i think avast is the best. so sticking to it.

  12. Scott

    Jun 13th, 2009

    I switched to Ubuntu Linux OS so anti-virus software is not required.