Battle Kaspersky Free Antivirus or Avast Free Antivirus for Default-Deny Protection?

[Wraith]

So guys this setup will be for one of my friends who is just an average Joe. He had his laptop infected with all sorts of malware and god knows what I had to do to restore the laptop. I flashed the BIOS, Secure Erased the HDD using Parted Magic, reset the Router to its defaults and then installed Windows 10 Home 64-bit ver 1809. I need to minimise the attack vectors. So far I've installed SysHardener(applied the tweaks)and OSArmor 1.4.2(just in case some malware manages to revert the changes made by SH). I had installed hard_configurator but it was too much of a hassle for my friend since he is unable to execute his softwares which he is downloading from the web. Maybe I'll try Comodo Firewall but that too I think will be too much for my friend since he is not so geeky. So it comes down to Avast free or Kaspersky Free. I like the System Watcher in KAF but it only jumps into action after any malicious activity is performed. I'm considering Avast just because of the Hardened Mode(Aggressive) since it will prevent any unknown file from executing. So what's your opinion guys? In this scenario which one should I choose? Avast or Kaspersky?

 

[Chri.Mi]

I don't know if an invest invest is Chinese, but if Avira is in trouble, therefore, a company should not interfere with Avira. which remains firm as one of the best current mechanisms.

My problem is not if is chinese , american or european, i just want to w8 for see if the product perform well or not in various test.

 

[bayasdev]

every opinion, for example, I never thought avast was good, I've seen many infected with PC using updated avast, Avast is very bad against puppies and local malware, this is also very important.

When I was a kid, I saw many laptops infested of malware/adware running NOD32, Avast, AVG (when they were an independent company) and Panda Cloud Free

 

[The Ordynary]

Every AV has its pros and cons.i read in some forums that many people have instability issues and a lot of BSOD using KS and also have performance issue using BD. No solutions is complete.
but in my personal opinion avast may be good AV but shady to some extinct and use dirty methods for income isn't trustful as a company and had a lot of privacy issues
also last time i tried them before long time ago "may be 5 or 6 years" i have face performance issues with them

yes, every antivirus has pros and cons, only avast has more cons than pro, Sophos is very heavy even though very good signatures, KSC and Bitdefender free are never heavy.

 

[Chri.Mi]

My problem is not if is chinese , american or european, i just want to w8 for see if the product perform well or not in various test.

Same can be for symantec for example.

 

[The Ordynary]

When I was a kid, I saw many laptops infested of malware/adware running NOD32, Avast, AVG (when they were an independent company) and Panda Cloud Free

I have also seen it, so when you install a solution for a lay user, you prefer that puppies block perfectly, they are like the most common pests.

 

[Chri.Mi]

yes, every antivirus has pros and cons, only avast has more cons than pro, Sophos is very heavy even though very good signatures, KSC and Bitdefender free are never heavy.

bit defender free on my pc is up 200 mb ram usage. If u consider kaspersky is around 60 mb...

 

[bayasdev]

bit defender free on my pc is up 200 mb ram usage. If u consider kaspersky is around 60 mb...

Kaspersky uses 120mb and BD 400+mb for me

 

[The Ordynary]

bit defender free on my pc is up 200 mb ram usage. If u consider kaspersky is around 60 mb...

yes it consumes more ram than a kaspersky for example, but uses less CPU. I never had a problem where I installed bitdefender.

 

[stefanos]

Kaspersky uses 120mb and BD 400+mb for me

same on my system

 

[bayasdev]

same on my system

You also have 16GB of RAM?

 

[The Ordynary]

My problem is not if is chinese , american or european, i just want to w8 for see if the product perform well or not in various test.

I will hope so, the avira is doing very well in independent tests, it is among the best constantly, avira just needs a behavior module to be practically unbeatable.

 

[Chri.Mi]

lol i have 8 gb... how can be possible?

 

[stefanos]

The most lite antivirus on my system is 1. Panda free , 2 360TS without Avira engine, 3 Avira , 4 Avast, AVG , 5 Kaspersky.

 

[Chri.Mi]

I will hope so, the avira is doing very well in independent tests, it is among the best constantly, avira just needs a behavior module to be practically unbeatable.

I dont see any new test from when them got bought. All posted here are precedent.

 

[DDE_Server]

you told me that before and i told you the answer for AV the philosophy should defer

The important /confidential information it is never on a system that goes online. And i tell not care because who can trust. Microsoft? google? FB? Kaspersky? And this i tell everytime. Have smart spies and stupid spies (Avast)

Advice Request - AVG is a mess!

of course 100% https://malwaretips.com/threads/bitdefender-free-june-2019-report.92880/ https://malwaretips.com/threads/avg-free-2019-may-2019-report.92444/ https://malwaretips.com/threads/avast-free-syshardener-report-july-2018.84998/

malwaretips.com

 

[Chri.Mi]

The most lite antivirus on my system is 1. Panda free , 2 360TS without Avira engine, 3 Avira , 4 Avast, AVG , 5 Kaspersky.

Is there a trick, if u use secureaplus with only apex not in real time registered as av is like no have av.

 

[The Ordynary]

I dont see any new test from when them got bought. All posted here are precedent.

I think I expressed myself badly, I speak of (av test) and (comparative)

 

[DDE_Server]

Not at all... If i should chosen between free solution i am in a nightmare.
1. bitdefender have high ram consumaption.
2. kaspersky is k ( i hate much the delay when start)
3. secureaplus have good whitelist features, but some universal av databases for me are more a malus then a plus
4. sophos is heavy
5. avast have some privacy problems
6. avg same
7. avira was good in signature but now with investicorp should be tested
8. quihoo privacy problems and much popup

Honestly my dream would be an comodo cloud av with comodo lookup instead of valkirie. Easy, no bloat, effective

Advice Request - Is it Safe to use Avast Free Antivirus or Kaspersky Security Cloud Free?

True, but even then the devs can only do so much on the side of whatever makes them money. I like lots of open source projects, but I understand when they wither as the dev moves on or loses interest. I also am skeptical of the holier than thou open source only crowd. Open source doesn't...

malwaretips.com

 

[stefanos]

I will hope so, the avira is doing very well in independent tests, it is among the best constantly, avira just needs a behavior module to be practically unbeatable.

Have not web protection ( free version) and paid version is very weak. Have not BB. Have good signatures but not like eset Kaspersky. is a very light antivirus with moderate protection

 

[Chri.Mi]

I think I expressed myself badly, I speak of (av test) and (comparative)

Those test are precedent the acquisition