Which is the best antivirus KasperSky or Norton?

[Zahid TOG]

Which is the best antivirus KasperSky or Norton?

[DaveLembke]

This might help: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-antivirus,review-2588.html

[artbuc]

This might help: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-antivirus,review-2588.html

Not much love for Win Defender!

[Geek-9pm]

AV reviews vary widely.
Here is another review:
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/best-antivirus-10-programs-on-test-924608
They put Norton down on the list.
The top spot is Avira.

[SuperDave]

For what it's worth there are not many viruses around these days. Most of the crap I find on computers zips right on by the AV. The only sure way to stop them is to install a full version of MBAM.

[BC_Programmer]

Most of the crap I find on computers zips right on by the AV.

I imagine people running an AV that are exposed to viruses that are caught/quarantined/deleted by the AV aren't going to be asking for virus help, though, so that could just be sample bias.

[SuperDave]

I imagine people running an AV that are exposed to viruses that are caught/quarantined/deleted by the AV aren't going to be asking for virus help, though, so that could just be sample bias.

Yes, that could very well be true.

[Allan]

BTW, I had MBAM Pro on 4 systems and after an update last month all 4 systems would not boot properly. Eventually I was able to get to the desktop(s) and disable MBAM from loading at boot. After that everything ran normally on all systems. Odd. I no longer run MBAM as a resident app - only use it for on demand scanning.

[SuperDave]

That is strange. Have you talked to MBAM about this problem?

[Allan]

No, been too busy. And didn't see any other reports about a bad update - but that's the only think I can point to that the systems had in common