Battle Free Antivirus of the Year 2015 [POLL]

[jackuars]

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And the Winners for the Best Free Antivirus of the Year 2015 are

• 1. Qihoo 360 Total Security (33.33%)
• 2. Avast Free Antivirus (29.7%)
• 3. Comodo Internet Security Premium (19.8%)

Thanks to all your votes (111 of them)
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From your nominations at Free Antivirus of the Year [Nominations Thread], 5 products have been selected for the final poll phase starting today.

The poll will be closed on 31st Dec 2015 and the winner revealed on 1st Jan 2016.

Do reply in this thread which product you chose and why?
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Also please take a moment to mention the Pro's and Con's you have found in the Product, so that it will be helpful for others while making their decision.

Related Threads:

Avast Free Antivirus - The Pro's and Con's
Qihoo 360 Total Security - The Pro's and Con's
Comodo Internet Security Premium - The Pro's and Con's
Panda Free Antivirus - The Pro's and Con's
Avira Free Antivirus - The Pro's and Con's

 

[SloppyMcFloppy]

No, Q360 TS own database is updated very often and does not lag behind. Avira usually does update timely, too. BD is kinda problem. Sometimes, it lags behind for one day. In most cases, I need to manually update 3-4 times to get the new signatures (sure they might come by auto-update too). I manually update as soon as I start the PC, it's kinda habit I had with every AV I had.
According to VT + this forum, I noticed that Qihoo's Signatures a pretty strong, and they're cloud based.

As well as i noticed that Qihoo heuristic catches more than signature. I had been seen a lot of MT malware samples been detected by Qihoo as QVM something something than numbers at the end of it.

 

[Anupam]

I want them to fix their privacy policy.

I hope you have checked the privacy policy of other Free Antiviruses mentioned also Just because it's a China based company don't be like only they are stealing your privacy.

They are providing third party Signature and that must be costing them too. They don't even have paid Anti Virus. So I don't see any harm in get ting a good protection with the cost of my privacy ( Anyway there are plenty other softwares does the same so why only blame 360 )

 

[SloppyMcFloppy]

I hope you have checked the privacy policy of other Free Antiviruses mentioned also Just because it's a China based company don't be like only they are stealing your privacy.

They are providing third party Signature and that must be costing them too. They don't even have paid Anti Virus. So I don't see any harm in get ting a good protection with the cost of my privacy ( Anyway there are plenty other softwares does the same so why only blame 360 )

Well, i'm kinda okay with Qihoo privacy policy since i have nothing against their company and business, but my friends and my family don't like Qihoo privacy at all.

 

[Rishi]

Novice User = Qihoo, Intermediate User = Avast/Panda/Avira(require a bit of tweaking) Advanced user = Comodo(requires a lot of tweaking). It depends upon the user.

 

[Anupam]

Novice User = Qihoo, Intermediate User = Avast/Panda/Avira(require a bit of tweaking) Advanced user = Comodo(requires a lot of tweaking). It depends upon the user.

I agree with you but not fully.

Novice/ Intermediate/ Advanced User terms are not properly used. It's sounding like whoever uses 360 is a novice users ( hurts my ego since I am using 360 now )

 

[Rishi]

I agree with you but not fully.

Novice/ Intermediate/ Advanced User terms are not properly used. It's sounding like whoever uses 360 is a novice users ( hurts my ego since I am using 360 now )

My bad.. I am just saying Qihoo is easiest to operate amongst the options given hence it can cover users from novice to advanced. That goes the same for others too, we all started as novice, but yeah as we gain experience we can use all of these optimally and safely.(or use MT guides)

 

[Der.Reisende]

As well as i noticed that Qihoo heuristic catches more than signature. I had been seen a lot of MT malware samples been detected by Qihoo as QVM something something than numbers at the end of it.

Thank you for emphazising that

 

[jackuars]

Winners table has been updated! Thanks to all 111 of you who voted.

Happy New Year 2016 to all!

 

[jackuars]

Congratulations to

@Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200

For correctly predicting the outcome of the BET POLL (Margin: 1-5 votes) at

Free Antivirus of the Year [2015] Nominations Thread

as Qihoo beat Avast by 4 votes.....Cheers !

 

[Der.Reisende]

Congratulations to

@Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200

For correctly predicting the outcome of the BET POLL (Margin: 1-5 votes) at

Free Antivirus of the Year [2015] Nominations Thread

as Qihoo beat Avast by 4 votes.....Cheers !

Never thought it would be a close run like that Congrats @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK and @nikos200

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

As well as i noticed that Qihoo heuristic catches more than signature. I had been seen a lot of MT malware samples been detected by Qihoo as QVM something something than numbers at the end of it.

I also noticed that. If you don't enable BD and avira in real-time protection, quihoo detects most with his heuristics

 

[DracusNarcrym]

Congratulations to

@Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200

For correctly predicting the outcome of the BET POLL (Margin: 1-5 votes) at

Free Antivirus of the Year [2015] Nominations Thread

as Qihoo beat Avast by 4 votes.....Cheers !

There should have been rewards/prizes for winning this bet!

Congratulations to @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK, @nikos200!

 

[Pat MacKnife]

Congrats @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK and @nikos200
I also predicted Qihoo as nr 1 but with about 10 votes ahead.

 

[Jimmy HendriX]

my simple vote 360 Total Security: Free Antivirus Protection | Virus Scan & Removal for Windows, Mac and Android for its high, last detection rate and faster updates.

 

[Sr. Normal]

Congratulations to

@Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200

For correctly predicting the outcome of the BET POLL (Margin: 1-5 votes) at

Free Antivirus of the Year [2015] Nominations Thread

as Qihoo beat Avast by 4 votes.....Cheers !

Never thought it would be a close run like that Congrats @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK and @nikos200

There should have been rewards/prizes for winning this bet!

Congratulations to @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK, @nikos200!

Congrats @Sr. Normal, @Alex BK and @nikos200
I also predicted Qihoo as nr 1 but with about 10 votes ahead.

Hahaha! Thanks friends! Any luck ?, mistranslation? We will never know it

Congratulations @Alex BK and @nikos200! Surely you knew what you were doing

 

[Rishi]

Winners @Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200 get Free copy of Free Antivirus of the year each!Hats off to your judgement guys.

 

[Sr. Normal]

Winners @Sr. Normal , @Alex BK and @nikos200 get Free copy of Free Antivirus of the year each!Hats off to your judgement guys.

Hahaha! I'll grap it Just for the prize, worth having participated

 

[Alex BK]

Hmmm... I want the Grand Shaman title guys I can predict the future.

 

[DracusNarcrym]

Hmmm... I want the Grand Shaman title guys I can predict the future.

You should be making fortune cookies and selling them to people!

With enough luck you should earn enough money to purchase Microsoft and finally set them straight!

 

[Tabeer]

I think Avast Free Antivirus is good to protect your computer.