Battle Avast 8 free or Comodo antivirus

[Nikos751]

Which one do you prefer in terms of protection and resources usage? I refer to these two specific products used along with Windows (8) firewall.

 

[spywar]

I agree, for me Prevention > Detection ; so i go for CAV.

Avast seems to be very good in prevention too, as spywar has done some very interesting tests that show it's strength. Has CAV the same level of protection in total or better?

I will do same tests with CIS soon, (in 2 weeks from now normally) and basically results should be almost the same.

 

[Nikos751]

So, which one would you choose?

None I'd use Avira free for it's signitures lol.

Good signatures/heur and/or good behaviour blocker (non cloud based) is needed. So Avira may be a good solution but I don't know about it's BB.

 

[Ink]

The question was in respect to the OP's choices.

None I'd use Avira free for it's signitures lol.

 

[ZeroDay]

Sorry Couldn't resist lol.

 

[Nikos751]

The question was in respect to the OP's choices.

None I'd use Avira free for it's signitures lol.

hahahaha.. the OP talked about Avira too, but let's talk about the options I gave
i would choose Avast for signatures. about offline BB I am not sure..

 

[jamescv7]

In terms of prevention and on demand, Comodo Antivirus managed it well from powerful components even their heuristics which is aggressive.

 

[Ashgop]

I trust only comodo,
find the favourite antivirus among the public from the below link,
http://www.matousec.com/info/poll-archive.php?poll=2

 

[Deleted member 178]

matousec... hahahaha :lolz:

 

[pardeep]

I have also used in MBAM

I already installed

 

[House_maniac]

I have also used in MBAM

I already installed

what do you mean?

 

[Amiga500]

I trust only comodo,
find the favourite antivirus among the public from the below link,
http://www.matousec.com/info/poll-archive.php?poll=2

It seems quite obvious who the main benefactor of matousec is.
Comodo must be paying quite a bit annually to keep this charade going for so long.
They are at the top with their firewall and now also with their av.!!
As far as im concerned matousec is a comodo funded cabaret show and not to be taken seriously.

 

[nclr11111]

I trust only comodo,
find the favourite antivirus among the public from the below link,
http://www.matousec.com/info/poll-archive.php?poll=2

It seems quite obvious who the main benefactor of matousec is.
Comodo must be paying quite a bit annually to keep this charade going for so long.
They are at the top with their firewall and now also with their av.!!
As far as im concerned matousec is a comodo funded cabaret show and not to be taken seriously.

Matousec only tests FW as far as i know!? And regarding FW Comodo is really good when tweaked a little bit.
Having a hard time to imagine Comodo AV, as a stand-alone feature, will win any prices in the near future. So i must say i´m too a bit confused over the results. One can wonder how many of those >30% that uses the suite and how many the stand-alone AV.

 

[spywar]

I trust only comodo,
find the favourite antivirus among the public from the below link,
http://www.matousec.com/info/poll-archive.php?poll=2

.....poor guy

 

[Zurchiboy]

I say they are very similar. As people said Avast 8 is quieter than comodo. But they both have there pros and cons.

 

[Gnosis]

I like 'em both. I like Comodo for advanced users and Avast Free for grandmas, grandpas and novices.

Personally, I select Comodo.

 

[Nikos751]

I don't think Avast is only for novices and if you are an advanced user you 'll need sth like Comodo; it's also for people who want an AV that needs little user interaction.

 

[Littlebits]

I like 'em both. I like Comodo for advanced users and Avast Free for grandmas, grandpas and novices.

Personally, I select Comodo.

Comodo is for paranoid users who have plenty of time to keep configuring it to allow trusted programs. Advanced users would only need a simple AV and Windows Firewall since they would know how to avoid malware by their own actions and they don't completely rely on security software.

I'm an advanced user and I don't use Comodo.
Real advanced users can safely get by with no infection using no security products just use UAC and their own knowledge.

The more advanced a user is should mean they need less protection from security products. Novice users are the ones that need more protection from security products but products like Comodo are far too complicated for them.

Thanks.