Hi there!
I only want to mention, that AVAST 4 (4.1) Pro/Home was tested in the new c't, which is well known as "computer bible" here in Germany
The results don't look so bad at all, but in the ITW-Test AVAST failed in some (1 ?) Case and therefor it got "not recommended" for the whole product.
Other free scanners like AVG or ANTIVIR didn't fail in this test and got a better overall-mark ("better to have these scanners installed than no scanner"
)
Conclusion of this (in my opinion very good) test: The free scanners are worse than it's comercial competitors (Kaspersky, Bitdefender).
Another note:
Norton Antivirus 2005 didn't get the best marks:
ITW: ++ (OK - almost all scanners got this mark)
Trojans, Backdoor / Heuristics: O / -
Signature Updates: --
Features/Rescue-Media: O / --
User-Friedlyness: O
Greetings
Timo
p.s. I will stay with AVAST coz when adding all points (plz. refer to c't
) it still beats AVG and ANTIVIR
and it is not so ressource hungry like Norton and even Kaspersky...