Norton is definitely not even close to kaspersky in detection accuracy. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:20 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: RE: [H] Antivirus
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mesdaq, Ali > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [H] Antivirus > > Well if it were feasible to do that I personally would run kaspersky, nod32, trend, and bit defender. But I rather approach it like don't > run anything unless I want it to run. But I am not sure av can live happily together on the same machine Running more than one AV engine on machine is not advisable. There is no significant evidence that I've found that running multiple scanners provides better protection. But even if it did, the performance degradation on a machine running multiple AV engines is significant. Google that one and read some of the stories. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2000031316555206 For the last several years, it's been a horse race between Kaspersky, NOD32 and Norton. They are neck and neck, while many feel NOD32 offers slightly better virus detection while of the three, Kaspersky has the best Trojan detection. Here's the February 2006 AV Comparatives: http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2006_02.php Bill
