Most Improved Anti-Virus of All Time [POLL]

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

In your opinion what is the Most Improved Anti-Virus of All Time?
If your answer is not in the voting section, please specify

P.S: If possible can you please specify the date of when your answer improved.

 

[Crystal_Lake_Camper]

I voted other and most of you can allready guess what my answer will be : AVG. for years the products where mediocre and the company got bad credit for forcing " secure search " on users and this got the many , many disgruntled costomers. for years the AV was signature based detection , leaving them trailling heavilly behind most of the competitors. if you will ask most people , they will tell they will not touch AVG with a ten foot pole , stil believing that the 2016 version is still mediocre. I firmly believe that the company has come a long way and the 2,5 years of work they spent into the devellopment of their artificial intelligence engine and crowd cloud module ( leaving the collecting the user data aside ) is steadilly paying of. a small example is the boottime protection test done by @cruelsister. AVG still has a long road to go to fully perfect themselfs , but the product is getting there

 

[Deleted member 178]

If you mean which AV get stronger with time, it is definitely Windows Defender.

It moves from a simple anti-spyware to a full-fledge AV with Cloud ability.

 

[Venustus]

Norton may not be my favourite product,but it has come from being a complete an utter resource hog,to a very light and powerfull solution!!

 

[frogboy]

I think either Norton or Windows Defender have both come a long way.

 

[Viking]

I think either Norton or Windows Defender have both come a long way.

I would also add Avast.

 

[Andrew999]

I think Emsisoft or Zemana Anti-Malware

 

[omidomi]

I agree with WD really improved well

 

[CMLew]

Window Defender for sure!

 

[kev216]

I would vote for Norton. Some years ago, their product was rather mediocre, but now they are again at the top of the AV vendors + it's light.

 

[arslan ejaz]

For Me Emsisoft Surely is well improved. and is my Personal Fav.

 

[Kate_L]

AVG really improved.

 

[Ink]

SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot (Free) and Malwarebytes are not Antivirus software.

 

[Soulbound]

Aside from Spybot/SAS and MBAM not being antivirus software, all antivirus solutions improve over time.

There is no right or wrong answer. Some versions of some vendors are not vastly improved and then further versions are. Also, despite its technical side updates and improvements, users will always voice their own opinion, most of the time not really accurate and instead biased.

Did not vote because the option to choose all is not available and the poll itself is not updated.

 

[ifacedown]

Yes, Windows Defender and Norton really improved a lot.

 

[Rishi]

I think WD/Norton both have had the best improvements, which has certainly raised the bar for other products to improve as well.

 

[OokamiCreed]

Windows Defender on Windows 10 has been giving third party vendors that make security solutions for consumer Windows OS a run for their money. In terms of total increase of efficiency + protection improvements for the modern web, I give the torch to Norton. They continue to strive for more future-proof technology. One can not doubt that because Microsoft has made Windows Defender into what it is today, third party vendors have been giving a much harder push to keep ahead of it (a good thing, competition is the best drive for improvement).

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

Personally my vote goes to Windows Defender for the same reasons as @Umbra

It moves from a simple anti-spyware to a full-fledge AV with Cloud ability.

 

[Evgeny]

Emsisoft.

 

[Piteko21]

in my opinion, the AVs that most improved are: AVG, Windows Defender and Norton.
I already used all the 3 antivirus and i see more improves in AVG and Norton products.
Windows Defender improved but also windows OS improved security in the system as a whole.