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Which virus scanner do you think is the best?

BitDefender
[ 4 ] (7.7%)
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
[ 3 ] (5.8%)
Panda Anti-Virus
[ 1 ] (1.9%)
G-Data AntivirusKit
[ 1 ] (1.9%)
AntiVir PE
[ 3 ] (5.8%)
F-Prot
[ 8 ] (15.4%)
PC-Cillin
[ 1 ] (1.9%)
Command Anti-Virus
[ 0 ] (0%)
Ikarus Virus Utilities
[ 0 ] (0%)
Other (Please specify)
[ 31 ] (59.6%)

Total Members Voted: 75

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Which virus scanner?

Reply #25 –
My Common Sense™ still works properly, last virus I've had was some DelWin from old games copied from 286 (Larry series).
Haven't had any antivirus software back then. I've detected it and fixed when I ran old ThunderByte AV trial.

/EDIT\
I forgot about minor (<1000 files) Chernobyl+Marburg infection 2 years ago,
while I was switching AntiVirus programs from Sophos to AntiViren Toolkit Pro.
Probably downloaded something from the net.
\EDIT/
ruxvilti'a
 

Which virus scanner?

Reply #26 –
I must say that i learned my lesson the hard way. It must've been 4 or 5 years ago when i downloaded the latest version of some program. Now, usually i scanned everything i downloaded (as i still do, although i automated it), but since this software has always been virus-free, i didn't do it. Turned out it was infected with a virus whose name i forgot (was popular at the time), i had to format the disk to get rid of it (can't stand the thought to work with a "halfway fixed" system anyway). Funny enough, the website i got it from went offline soon after. Trust is good, control is better.