Security Software You'd Never Go Back To

[artem_p]

Hi Guys,

could you also please describe the reason why you avoid the AVs you specify.
Because I noticed there are lots of good products, on my opinion and I use them (AVG and ESET for example) with no problems.

 

[Overkill]

For me unless it makes a major change would be AVG. Mcafee also.

 

[Noxx]

Anything by COMODO. I had more late nights trying to fix my computer after it screwed it up than anything else.

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Symantec, Ad-Aware, ZoneAlarm, Immunte, McAfee, Sophos, SUPERAntiSpyware, Zemana, SpyBot, F-Secure. K7 and QuickHeal.

This is the list of AVs or security products that I don't wanna install due to bad experience.

Which kind of troubles did you encounter with avira and Symantec? When?

 

[Atlas147]

Panda, they have the bad software and some how even worse tech support. Loaded Panda just to test it out, it almost destroyed by system it was so buggy. First I couldn't uninstall it the normal way, had to download their official uninstaller. Uninstaller did not work either, kept hanging midway. Contacted tech support, they said that support was only for paying customers even though it is advertised as free on their website. Never returning to them ever again.

 

[Neno]

No matter what AV/IS product i used i never got infected. 2 and a half decades into IT industry will 'grant' you that 'benefit' . But the product I don't even want to test is certainly McAfee. To tell you the truth i use security products only to test them. In my case Windows Defender with Windows Firewall Control (and Zemana as control point) is all i could ever need.

 

[Duotone]

Due to resource:

1. Comodo
2. Avira

Got accustomed with the ways of isolation and Anti-exe that going back to traditional detection is difficult.

 

[Kate_L]

Which kind of troubles did you encounter with avira and Symantec? When?

This year.
Avira: Performance issues, low PUP detection, can be bypassed very easy, flagged malware as goodware, crash the PC if the malware is a drive-by and can be terminated by malware.
Symantec: False positives, signed PUP can bypass, no ransomware protection, PC freezes on removal of advance threats (exploits), can be terminated by malware and the Xvirus detection.

 

[Noxx]

Due to resource:

1. Comodo
2. Avira

Got accustomed with the ways of isolation and Anti-exe that going back to traditional detection is difficult.

Amen to that.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

1/ norton: buggy, very bad usb protection that I got infected by a very old virus that any other AV can detect
2/ AVG: slow, ads, bugs, can break pc
3/ bidefender: always causes problems with IDM that after finishing download, network kept running at the same rate
4/ panda: slow scan, some bugs, can't remove some infected files
5/ avira: memory leak (>1.4gb after playing games). Maybe fixed, who knows
6/ G-data: extremely slows down my pc

 

[DJ Panda]

I don't get it... Navashield and Spyware Sherriff both listed as rogue software...

It was supposed to be a joke. Plus before I became interested in security and used to have these things like PCoptimizers and such.

 

[dJim]

1: AVG : the few times i used my pc got infected, high resources pc
2: COMODO firewall : make some test with some friends who know how to penetrate into other pc.. comodo failed.. ( i will give a try the comodo V 10 when release anyway)
3: any program for " boost pc or fix regedit": those just broke pc many times.

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

Each security product has a problem. That's why I decided to stay with defender on Windows 10. Plus, if you are a security expert and you can use great tools like virus total, sandboxes, virtual machines, malwr malware analysis, why do you need a third part security software? The only dangers are exploit kits and infection via flash drive.

 

[DJ Panda]

Each security product has a problem. That's why I decided to stay with defender on Windows 10. Plus, if you are a security expert and you can use great tools like virus total, sandboxes, virtual machines, malwr malware analysis, why do you need a third part security software? The only dangers are exploit kits and infection via flash drive.

I like running security software to be sure that I am safe. If you feel comfortable good for you.

 

[Iapepe]

G-data slows down my pc.
Avira antivirus pro block my pc (BSOD).
AVG slows down pc, very bad protection.

 

[broughie]

AVG in my XP days let in trojans & rootkit which Hitman detected
MSE similar failures more recently on sons pc
Malware Fighter tried & ditched -poor detection and adware bundled

 

[broughie]

AVG in my XP days let in trojans & rootkit which Hitman detected
MSE similar failures more recently on sons pc
Malware Fighter tried & ditched -poor detection and adware bundled

 

[jamescv7]

Iobit in terms of Antivirus product because of so poor and no development on their own engine which turned out to borrow license for Bitdefender.

Next is Superantispyware where the product became non existent + its owner transfer to Support.com which known for some questionnable reputation.

I've never suffered any bad experience as tested the antivirus software however no plans to install again because of not paranoid on threats.

 

[TheJokerz]

Avira for me. Back when I had more time to game, it kept screwing up my pc. It would constantly bsod, freeze ect. I even got into contact with their engineers and gave them my logs and they still could not figure out what was causing it. I will never go back ever...

 

[yigido]

Avira - They whitelisted (celan verdict) some ransomware samples that I submitted. I sent them again to change the verdict no luck! Good bye!
AVG - Worst privacy policy and I saw AVG on infected system that I cleaned.
Avast - No words, I just don't like it.
Ad-Aware - Just a signature AV
Comodo - They always hide their sandbox feature and don't want to improve other things. They just say "we have sandbox".

Now I just thought and I hate every of them!