Is NOD32 a trustworthy and good anti-virus software?

Question

Compared to other anti-virus softwares such as pc-cillin and Norton, I've noticed I get less disconnection problems and virus intrusions using NOD32. But I am a bit frustrated about the application warning some very 'important' .ddl files being a variant of a virus pattern.

What I'm really asking here is your opinion. For those who have used the program or heard about it, I need to know if I can just stick with this anti-virus or is there any other better one out there..

Thanks.

Answer 1

Nod32 is very trustworthy and an excellent program. In independent tests it detected and removed 95.14% of all the test viruses.

The Kaspersky AntiVirus program be all others with a 99.62% rating. AOL's free Active Virus Shield came in #2 with the same rating. That is because it uses Kaspersky as its AV program. Here is the site with the independent test results. It is worth the read.

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

If you choose Nod32 you are getting an excellent program that will provide you with excellent protection.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have not personally used this program, but i have heard many good things about this particular anti virus. I am unsure if it comes with all the other tools that PC-Cillin comes with. If it is just a bare bones anti virus, I am going to stick with PC-Cillin...probably indefinitely.

I am unsure of why you are getting disconnection problems while using PC-Cillin or Norton....I personally have never experienced this problem with either program. However I have seen with many high speed connections. The problem was actually with the connection itself. If your signal to your Modem is too low, and you try to push too much information through the connection it will drop connection and restart. You can test for packet loss by simply doing this.

Go to Start -> Run

Type in CMD

At the command prompt type in "ping www.yahoo.com -t -l 1500"

What this will do is continuously ping www.yahoo.com with 1500bytes of data every second. It should never time out. If it does...you have packet loss. Lower the 1500 in that command until you can stop getting packet loss. Then call the ISP and report your findings. They may actually solve the problem for you.

Answer 4

i used to use kaspersky but it has expired so I switched to PC-Cilin
They are both good.
You can try avast pro
Or panda Internet security maybe

Answer 5

http://reviews.cnet.com
User Rating out of 10
AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional..... 9.1
McAfee VirusScan 8.0...................... 5.0
NOD32 2.5...................................... 9.1
Norton Internet Security 2007.......... 3.8
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7...................... 8.6

http://reviews.cnet.com/AVG_Anti_Virus_7_5_Professional_Single_Edition/4505-3681_7-32153594.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/McAfee_VirusScan_8_0/4505-3681_7-30519807.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_Internet_Security_2007/4852-3667_7-32069538.html?tag=uoavrg
http://reviews.cnet.com/Sophos_Anti_Virus_3_7/4505-3513_7-21274729.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/NOD32_2_5/4852-3513_7-32103849.html?tag=uoavrg