This will be a fun thread to reply to..
Not Every AV is Good! Which is the Worst AV You've Ever Used? In My Opinion, Iobit Malware Fighter is the Worst. It claims to have Bitdefender's Engine and Anti-Ransomware Engine but It didn't even Protected Me against a Adware!
IMF Pro includes the Bitdefender engine and other advanced features - [
Link]. You mentioned Bitdefender and Anti-Ransomware, but go on about Adware. It's completely irrelevant. Also you should know that many AV have difficulty identifying PUP/PUA/Adware, any may be Optional protection. On the positive, it's an area that's improving and being cracked down Security vendors and tech giants like Google Search and Microsoft.
In my opinion, it was your fault you got Adware.
bitdefender , even with ssd it can slow down your pc
Which version / edition and build? Beta builds can be unstable.
Kaspersky was the worst i used..
Resource eater And bad protection.
I do not use Kaspersky and can be heavy on some computers, but saying it's Bad Protection is
a biased view. Kaspersky provides layers of protection and when configured correctly it's very effective.
Back in the days AVG was the one making my PC sluggish.
Right after AVG was Avira - my PC was really unusable during the scan and I had to manually force the updates in its free version.
Older AVG versions were popular (remember LimeWire) but not very ethical how it bundled their software with AVG Toolbar which was difficult to remove. Hopefully now with Avast as their parent company, they will remove AVG Zen.
Past versions of Avira Free had that annoying Nagware screen and Toolbar for Web Protection. Thankfully they removed those "annoying" features
but replaced something far worse, a Launcher (Avira Connect), as it's not everyone's cup of tea, just like AVG Zen.
Norton 2006 to 2010 wasn't the best, until they started listening to customer feedback. Norton Security is one of my paid-for recommendations.
McAfee,it is horrible than most malware out there. malware writers you must learn something from it
Their Home versions needs a refresh. But
@Soulweave shared several posts about McAfee SaaS which were an effective solution. Have you tried McAfee Free Antivirus (Limited Release)? It's not bad, but lacks customisation.
I'm NOT going to be a "fanboy" here or quote any particular product, every product has its strengths and weaknesses, even Kaspersky...
Agreed. See my list below:
The worse parts of an Antivirus software (& services)
- Free download, but requires Registration (Email + Password)
- Adware-like behaviour by displaying Ads or Pop-ups about Other software
- Reminds you about Tech Support
- Paid-for features in free versions
- Weak self-protection against termination
- No password protection for settings
- Unresponsive GUI (stable builds)
- Incompatible with misc. tools & utilities
- Toolbars!
- Non-security related browser extensions!
- "Banking Mode" browsers that are out-dated
- Clones of popular browsers such as Firefox and Chromium.
- Search engine providers by Yahoo, Ask Jeeves