Battle Avast 7 IS vs Kaspersky IS 2012 vs Bitdefender IS 2012

[.Sam.]

Tough battle
So which one will you choose?

 

[Imran]

I will choose BitDefender!

 

[ZeroDay]

I would have to choose kaspersky, From that line up I think the only 2 real contenders are bd and kis, I don't think Avast! is in the same legue as the other 2, that being said kis is known to be more stable than bd and has roughly the same detection rate, so it's kis for me.

 

[.Sam.]

Yeah I've tried KIS and Bitdefender IS and Avast IS, both BIS and AIS slowed my system and internet connection down, but as for KIS, they improved A LOT on system performance.

Now I'm using KIS and there's no lag at all

 

[Viking]

Kaspersky for me!

 

[muddappa]

I would go for Bitdefender. It has been consistent from the past few years.

 

[illumination]

I would have to choose kaspersky, From that line up I think the only 2 real contenders are bd and kis, I don't think Avast! is in the same legue as the other 2, that being said kis is known to be more stable than bd and has roughly the same detection rate, so it's kis for me.

Very well said, Avast is not in the same league as the other two. KIS has more settings to tweak the BD, is lighter, and more stable. So i would chose KIS also, if having to chose from just these 3.

 

[Plexx]

The poll between the 3 suites is based on what?
System usage/detection/cleaning or overall usage?

Also what population is targeted (beginner, intermediate or advanced)?

 

[jamescv7]

Both have really tough overall positive performance on suites but if I need to choose then I would go for Avast 7 IS for being simple and user friendly with great protection.

 

[McLovin]

I say Avast because Kaspersky is a reousce hog and Bitdefender is bloat where.

 

[malbky]

I say Kaspersky. Bitdefender 2011 was great and 2012 has gone the wrong way. Also Avast has a good Antivirus but the other components are not as mature as the AV.
McLovin KIS 2012 has improved a lot. Cant find slowdowns. KIS has a slowdown issue when Windows defender is enabled. Next time check if Windows Defender is switched off. KIS sometimes misses to do so.

 

[.Sam.]

I say Kaspersky. Bitdefender 2011 was great and 2012 has gone the wrong way. Also Avast has a good Antivirus but the other components are not as mature as the AV.
McLovin KIS 2012 has improved a lot. Cant find slowdowns. KIS has a slowdown issue when Windows defender is enabled. Next time check if Windows Defender is switched off. KIS sometimes misses to do so.

Yes, KIS 2012 improve their speed a lot,the performance (lagness) almost like eset , smooth

 

[ranget]

KISs i like to use KISS

 

[Ink]

None.

Internet Suites are over-rated. No one ever uses them to their full potential.

+1 biozfear

 

[Plexx]

None.

Internet Suites are over-rated. No one ever uses them to their full potential.

+1 biozfear

Earth does have a point. Even us as more advanced users don't use the suite to its full potential (well I speak for myself at least).

If we are to analyse all 3 suits:

Avast:
+: Decent Engine, easy interface, low on resources and rarely any slowdowns during scans.
-: Firewall and Anti-spam to be desired.

Kaspersky:
+: Good detection, Cleaning, Virtual Keyboard.
-: Issues with Safe Run for websites on 64bit OS, System slow downs when scanning, Scan Speed a bit slow, UI not that user friendly the moment you go into options, Firewall is not an easy in any way for the average user and specially for games, can be problematic.

Bitdefender:
+:UI is friendly although colours could be improved (ie like Comodo's skins options), friendly options to tweak the suite, detection rate is decent (during my tests), good privacy control options.
-: Resources usage was high, cleaning wasn't really very successful, Auto-Pilot Setting is something I personally did not like at all (auto pilot is my own opinion though).

Based on all the above, if I am to choose one of the 3, I would rather strip down each one and find alternatives for some of the features (for example, get Avast AV + a decent Firewall etc.

But if I had no choice at all, Avast, but with the - disabled of course.

Thats my opinion tho, don't read it as if it was the bible.

 

[malwarekiller]

AIS version 7 please for me...i love the IP tracker in AIS...

Avast 7 also did very well in latest tests on youtube,AV-compartives etc etc..excellent detection score in re-time dynamic testing and good enough features..

agree with earth's previous reply

 

[ranget]

kaspwersky For sure

after it Bitdefender

 

[spleentechie]

Bitdefender is my choice. KIS slowed down my windows 2000 VM system on my tests and Avast!'s free version is far better for me because I never use safezone.