Battle Free Antivirus hunting (opinions welcome)

[JakeXPMan]

Okay these are my top 4 based on my research,

Forticlient or Lite / AVG / Comodo / Panda

Now, my Modem/Router is firewalled does this mean I have no need for another firewall besides Windows?

I'm trying to avoid bugs, Bitdefender free worked great for a few months, light, effective, caught 2 threats and a site with malware, but! a few missing functions and quick scan went funky on the 13th and stopped its cycle, won't fix. I don't like the SLOW boot time either.

MOST IMPORTANT: Low CPU for old PC processor/Quick boot time/Installer 200MB or less/Medium to Great Detection rate.

Panda is cloud only, is that a big deal? and I read conflicting stories of praise and distain.

Foritclient , I really want to try, but don't know it that well, but sounds good from privacy policy, web block, firewall etc.

RAM use : 0-80 / CPU (I want light on CPU!, RAM doesn't matter)

Comodo, sounds interesting as well, kinda like Forticlient... but worry about interruptions, bloat and complicated setting for this "advanced-basic" user.

AVG Could it be improving in time? How's the boot up, smooth or heavy?

I don't want a China antivirus, and Avast has IP address "collecting" and unwanted extras, without the firewall However, if I'm let down, I could go this direction before Qihoo-Baidu.

Thanks and lets see your votes and talk about your past or present thoughts of using these.

 

[eight]

Yep thats what I mean, not the best unless its paid in green $$

Otherwise noone would use a paid one, if free had the same features as paid

You just totally contradicted the gentleman who posted right before you

Comodo offers a truck full of goods, for a free AV solution

You want a truckload of bells & whistles or Rock Solid Online Protection

 

[Raul90]

I'd recommend Comodo there but you'd have to do some tweaking and if you do not mind the heavy updates of it's AV. AVG maybe also be one for you. Why no Bitdefender or Avira there...?

 

[yigido]

Glad you agree. Just a little point I forgot to add earlier. The Best is not Free

Then what is your best
Free security also provides security, most of time free suits better than paid ones. And remeber the question "free antivirus hunting opinions"

 

[eight]

Then what is your best

That is irrelevant. I am not promoting my favorite vendor here.

Free security also provides security

You said it yourself. The keyword is : also

most of time free suits better than paid ones

Would you choose the Free version of your favorite protection over the Premium version ?

And remeber the question "free antivirus hunting opinions"

I do remember. The OP seemed to want the whole world for Free, which is why I raised my objection : post # 29

 

[yigido]

That is irrelevant. I am not promoting my favorite vendor here.

Am I promoting?
Yes, Comodo pays me for spreading their softwares.

 

[tonibalas]

eight if the level of protection is about the same in the free version and the premium is bloated with unneeded staff yes
i will choose the free version for sure.
And to see what i mean just compare AVG FREE vs AVG Pro and compare Avast Free vs Avast Pro.
You will notice that there is little difference between them

 

[eight]

the level of protection is about the same in the free version

Have a look at the Malware Hub section.

07/10 times the ones really doing their job to the fullest are the paid ones & not the free.

If you still feel free is on par with paid I will respect your opinion.

 

[yigido]

Thanks for the users who pay those softwares. These cashs keep the company alive to provide us free softwares.
Thanks to companies also, I really appreciated

 

[eight]

For this :

Thanks for the users who pay those softwares. These cashs keep the company alive to provide us free softwares

Your gratitude is whole heartedly accepted :

 

[ddave]

hi guys, what about zonealarm free?

 

[tonibalas]

I didn't say that free programs are better than paid but in most cases such as Avast Free,AVG Free,Avira Free and others
can do a good job and protect your system.
I also said that sometimes free is better than paid because paid products are bloated with staff that i don't want.
Eset Smart Security is good example of a paid software that has ( for me at least ) exactly what i need for protection

I hope i have made clear what i mean

 

[eight]

paid products are bloated with staff that i don't want

You would not like to have all those features that are not available with the FREE version ? Be honest please.

 

[JakeXPMan]

Using Comodo now,

here's a ratings scan, fast scanner with firefox running too... easy on CPU, memory is also low. Boot time is very fast to what i expected!

default settings.

i'll see how it goes this week, so far so good

 

[yigido]

Using Comodo now,

here's a ratings scan, fast scanner with firefox running too... easy on CPU, memory is also low. Boot time is very fast to what i expected!

default settings.

i'll see how it goes this week, so far so good

Good for you then If you have questions about configuration, you can ask me via PM

 

[Davidov]

Good for you then If you have questions about configuration, you can ask me via PM

You can do a test comodo 8 hips off full virtualization and any of your nastaveni.System was infikovan.Baleni stohoto Threads http://malwaretips.com/threads/2014-12-24-9.39463/page-2. Thank you

Importantly HIPS off sandbox sam should be sufficient protection.

 

[yigido]

You can do a test comodo 8 hips off full virtualization and any of your nastaveni.System was infikovan.Baleni stohoto Threads http://malwaretips.com/threads/2014-12-24-9.39463/page-2. Thank you

Importantly HIPS off sandbox sam should be sufficient protection.

Maybe you should request it from our video tester @Malware Test , he is doing good job.
I have no VM right now, sorry. Maybe he can help you.

 

[MalwareT]

@yigido What kind of test ? I'll be glad to help if i get more details. Anyways, i digged trough my old threads and i found list of free antiviruses if someone is interested:

http://malwaretips.com/threads/list-of-free-antiviruses.28147/

 

[yigido]

@yigido What kind of test ? I'll be glad to help if i get more details. Anyways, i digged trough my old threads and i found list of free antiviruses if someone is interested:

http://malwaretips.com/threads/list-of-free-antiviruses.28147/

He said "HIPS off, Sandbox Full Virt. mode."
If I understand correctly he only wants to see "Sandbox protection while fully virtualized"
Can you do this?

 

[MalwareT]

He said "HIPS off, Sandbox Full Virt. mode."
If I understand correctly he only wants to see "Sandbox protection while fully virtualized"
Can you do this?

Hmmm, so i should just demonstrate power of COMODO sandbox ? I already did review on CIS 8.

 

[Atlas147]

I use the Comodo firewall but personally I chose to turn off Auto sandboxing because I find that it causes problems if it sandboxes your legitimate programmes which sometimes causes it to crash. Awesome HIPS and Firewall module though!