What was your first antivirus?

[Morvotron]

Hi there, by this i mean: what was the first antivirus you remember using in your computer? Do you still use it? Why'd you remove it?

The first one i saw ever was avast! after we bought our first computer (came installed from the IT guy). Got to love it and then hate it, it kept missing infections, until one day i had one that made my life impossible and chose to try another thing. Hi Panda Free, it saved me. Then kept migrating from software to software.

What about you?

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

My first was Kaspersky PURE which my auntie bought for 5 PCs for some of the family. Then I moved onto Avast!

My Anti-Virus Timeline (can be found here: PC: SECURE - Tornado's Security Configuration 2016):

Timeline:

2007 - 2009 - Kaspersky PURE
2009 - September 2015 - Avast! Free Antivirus
September 2015 - December 2015 - Avast! Internet Security
December 2015 - January 2016 - Qihoo 360 Total Security
February 2016 - Present - Norton Security

Security software I have used in my lifetime (in order of how I like them 1-5)

Top five (names may have changed, here's what they were called when I used them):
1.) Symantec Norton Security
2.) Avira Free Anti-Virus
3.) Qihoo 360 Total Security
4.) Kaspersky PURE
5.) Avast! Internet Security /Avast! Free Anti-Virus

Others:

• AVG Free Anti-Virus (really heavy on the system when I used it.)
  
• Windows Defender
• ESET NOD32
  
• IObit Malware Fighter (when I knew nothing about security, it corrupted my system!!)

 

[Morvotron]

My first was Kaspersky PURE which my auntie bought for 5 PCs for some of the family. Then I moved onto Avast!

Dang you started at the very top

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

What do you mean @Morvotron?

 

[Morvotron]

What do you mean @Morvotron?

Your first antivirus ever was one of the best ones out there

 

[maximus]

My first antivirus was Norton Internet Security

 

[Der.Reisende]

I think it was Avast! Free. I moved to Avast! Pro, then BD IS, lateron Kaspersky and now finally arrived at QTS360 TS

 

[Smith83]

Avast Free.

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

My first was AVG on Windows xp. Then we used norton internet security for few years. Then i used for some time on My laptop avast and 360 TS. And finally, I do no longer need and third part antivirus. I stay with defender on Windows 10

 

[DJ Panda]

Avast Free had it on my first Windows Vista computer from 7 years ago.

 

[Soulbound]

Norton System Works 3.0, aka 2000

Yes I know its ancient

 

[Rajat]

Mcafee

 

[Evgeny]

Back in 2005 it was golden Nod32 with its glorious interface ahhh, it was a good time back then..

Looked like this

 

[Soulbound]

@exterminator20 I guess yours Kaspersky version 2?
@illumination my wild wild guess will be either Kaspersky or Norton as well

 

[mal1]

MSE! Those were the happy days! It never caught/blocked any malwares! No detection = No headache. And no matter how mediocre its protection was, the "convenience factor" was priceless.

Then I had Avast free, before I upgraded to Avast IS.

 

[Wihat]

The first one I use was Symantec. Like this.

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

The first one I use was Symantec. Like this.

Which version was that? It was before they introduced the name 'Norton'

 

[Noxx]

Oh geez... ummmm, I THINK it was AVG, and then AVAST was my second one.

Edit: My AVAST version looked something like this (An MP3 player )

 

[Wihat]

I don't know, I saw it about 8-9 years ago.

 

[Infrared]

My first was McAfee was such a long time ago though but at the time it was pretty good.