Best antivirus

Xi0N · 2011-07-31 21:39:13

I am creating a live USB for my personal usage, so i can plug it in any computer and use it as if it were my personal computer...
The thing is that i will also use it for recovery and forensics of windows machines.. and one of the things i need is an antivirus for scanning for malware on the windows partitions.... which antivirus dp you recommend me for this purpose?

Thanks!

Misfit138 · 2011-07-31 21:44:11

Malwarebytes is real good.

Xi0N · 2011-07-31 21:45:44

Forgot to say: If possible, a free one...

swanson · 2011-07-31 21:51:14

f-prot cli is free and works ok. Better than clamav I think.

hauzer · 2011-08-02 20:40:16

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware has free on-demand scanning, if I'm not mistakening, but if free software is your principle, then I can't help.

.:B:. · 2011-08-02 22:04:31

eSet's NOD32 is said to be very good as well. Not free as in beer though, nor as in code.

Mr.Elendig · 2011-08-02 23:51:15

avast and the ms one usually swap first and second place in most AV tests.

thisoldman · 2011-08-02 23:59:29

There are a bunch of free antivirus rescue CDs offered by the major vendors. There's a list of them in this article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363533,00.asp.

I don't know how adaptable they are to USB flash drives, but it should be possible – the rescue CDs are almost always based on Knoppix or Gentoo.

Do make sure that you are able to download the latest virus definitions from the CD.

It's been my experience, with friends who have teenage children or grandchildren, that one vendor's definitions won't catch all the malware. I usually attempt to convince my friends that a fresh installation of MS windows will take much less time.

[Edit: fixed typo.]

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dodo3773 · 2011-08-03 00:16:55

My opinion.

Best= eset nod32

Free= portable clam

With any free (or paid) solution you will still probably end up needing to do research and manual work (registry / file deletions). I am sure you already knew this. It has been my experience that there is "no one size fits all" solution.

anonymous_user · 2011-08-03 02:40:32

If you need it to be truly portable, try Dr.Web Cureit.

If installation is ok, try Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool.

Xi0N · 2011-08-03 05:20:43

Thanks to all for the answers!
Well, indeed, i always end up deleting files manually (the virus files's names are kind of obvious usually)
I have been testing f-secure with my "virus farm"... some viruses i have downloaded intentionally (emule is a really great source of this things) and it seems to detect some of them (they are actually quite old ones, that's why i think most of them even don't appear in the definitions anymore)....
Clam AV and Avast are the ones im thinking about testing as well....
I will do something.... install the three of them, run a scan on my virus farm and see which one detects the most

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fuchs24 · 2011-08-03 07:13:50

You can also try BitDefender: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44467

anitac · 2011-08-03 13:30:02

Mr.Elendig wrote:

avast and the ms one usually swap first and second place in most AV tests.

What one in the last year has MSE scored near the top?

Xi0N · 2011-08-03 13:42:42

BitDefender looks really nice... and has a really nice interface!!

Xi0N · 2012-04-04 08:22:25

Here goes my idea:
I usually use Kaspersky Rescue Disk whenever a college's computer gets raided by virus (We have windows in our company): This live CD developed and feely distributed by kaspersky labs runs on top of gentoo LINUX....
Is there a way to have the same thing in arch linux?
I have a pendrive with a Arch Linux install i use to plug on any machine wherever i go, so i can have my own desktop and personal stuff on any computer, and having kaspersky for performing a virus scan whenever i need to would be just awesome, since its the windows antivirus i trus the most.....

DSpider · 2012-04-04 09:11:25

There is no such thing as a "best antivirus". I would probably encourage them to use a virtual machine, at least for the web browser, since that is probably the most common way to get a virus.

anonymous_user · 2012-04-04 15:00:23

Xi0N wrote:

Is there a way to have the same thing in arch linux?

Unfortunately Kaspersky does not have any on-demand scanner for Linux.

You could always buy Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux. However its more of a business/enterprise product. Otherwise you could try running Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool via Wine but I highly doubt that will work.

Arch Linux

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