What was your first antivirus?

[Soulbound]

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

thats EP version. And an old one.

Can see in the icon. thats the EP icon, which is still used.

 

[PauloXBR]

McAfee VirusScan on Windows 95/98

 

[Exterminator]

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

Actually my first was ESET Nod32 AV version 2 before Smart Security was released.

 

[Soulbound]

Actually my first was ESET Nod32 AV version 2 before Smart Security was released.

good old small GUI.
2.3 wasnt it?

 

[Exterminator]

good old small GUI.
2.3 wasnt it?

I really can't remember exactly but yes very minimal GUI but very effective for that period

 

[Soulbound]

I really can't remember exactly but yes very minimal GUI but very effective for that period

this one as v2 all shared same ui and the MONs...

 

[Exterminator]

Might have even been version 1 Been a very long time and a lot of dead brain cells

 

[Nedim]

Norton or McAfee. Can't remember to be honest

 

[kev216]

When we bought our first computer in the family back in 2001, there was Norton AV installed on it. After two years, I switched to AVG free. In 2007, I used panda AV for about 5 years, then Avast for some months, Panda again and then Norton 360 till now.

 

[Smith83]

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 )

I remember that....

 

[Davidov]

AVG .-))) http://www.techbyter.com/images/20021117_avg_scan.jpg

 

[Morvotron]

AVG .-))) http://www.techbyter.com/images/20021117_avg_scan.jpg

That GUI looks like some intrusive PUP

 

[Soulbound]

Might have even been version 1 Been a very long time and a lot of dead brain cells
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GUI is the same concept prior to V3 V3 is when they introduced smart security (oh the up roar that followed after the release of v3...)

 

[Soulbound]

I remember that....

That was V4 if i recall correctly. blue icon as well.

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

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

Looked like this

I also had it! Forgot to tell

 

[Soulbound]

nostalgic trip to memory lane, ladies and gentlemen.

Just wait til OP decides to post similar thread to anti spyware... oh thats gonna be a good one!

 

[enaph]

Mine first AV was Avira

 

[Smith83]

That was V4 if i recall correctly. blue icon as well.

I used to run mine in pirate talk mode... If I remember it was like: arggg thar be a thret

 

[russ0408]

My first antivirus was McAfee. A friend of mine was a IT specialist for the city. He let me use the cities antivirus. It was McAfee Enterprise. I used it for a couple years. It was on Windows XP.

 

[NekoHr]

The first one I remember running was Thunderbyte on my fathers PC (it was Intel 80386 based) so it was probably early 1990s.