As you know, every year by this date, most security software developers anticipate the release of their next year versions. Having in hand most antivirus 2009 I am going to tell you the summarized features and novelties of what I think are the Top Five antivirus in the security software market.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
This is a security tool of great significance because year after year they have been improving it to be one of the best applications for viruses, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers and rootkits removal.The basis on which Kaspersky Anti-Virus sets the malware detection are three: updating their virus definitions every hour, malware behavior analysis is performed in two ways: preliminary and on the fly. The kind of protection offered by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is carried out in real time, so it is capable of detecting system threats, while browsing the Internet, IM (chat) sessions, e-mailing, and so on.
What's new?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 features a new method of analysis and has improved the detection of keyloggers and Rootkits.The best is the minimum resources consumption.and it has the lowest average HDD scanning time among many antivirus.
Panda Antivirus 2009
The new Panda Antivirus 2009 is a simple, lightweight, application specially designed for protecting your computer as easy as possible. With this antivirus you're safe from viruses and spyware as it will automatically detect and remove all types of viruses, worms and Trojans, even the most innovative, even those which use the most advanced techniques of concealment, keeping your PC clean and allowing you to browse the Internet, send and receive emails, play games, download files, chat and whatever you want without any fear for viruses.
Finally, Panda Antivirus protects you against the latest online frauds, such as phishing.
The novelties are: Thanks to the new "Collective Intelligence" technology, Panda 2009 products offer maximum protection with minimal impact on the PC system overall performance. It will also protect your confidential information (bank account numbers, social security numbers, etc.) with its improved Identity Theft protection.
BitDefender Antivirus 2009
BitDefender Antivirus 2009 is a powerfull antivirus tool whcih protects your computer in real time against viruses, spyware and other types of Malware. Thanks to the constant updates, you get great results in safeguarding the integrity of the PC.In addition to the constant surveillance while you navigate the Internet, including files downloaded from P2P programs. A thorough analysis of the system can be programmed, or only a portion, add rules of behaviour and configure the antiphising tools.
The news: Improved analysis of real-time traffic across the Web, e-mail and instant messaging. It also allows Instant Messaging Encryption.
Proactive protection against virus epidemics through the use of advanced heuristics.
Improved features: Reduces the system load and avoids requesting user interaction during games, and scanning of all web, e-mail and instant messaging traffic for viruses and spyware, in real-time.
Norton Antivirus 2009 speeds up!
It seem to me that Symantec Team has listened to users need for speed, and this year the company launched a faster and much lighter version of Norton AntiVirus 2009.
One of the features found in Symantec antivirus is that it is able to identify the real files and applications without spending time re-detecting them unless there is a change.
The remake of Norton AntiVirus has suffered in this 2009 version is also seen in terms of performance, because it seems that not only it offers better performance, but it is faster than last year version, not only in exploration but in the update. The malware signatures will be offered much faster, in some cases five minutes after the last update. In addition, it is able to protect your computer from viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, bots and rootkits.
And last but not least... G DATA AntiVirus 2009
G DATA AntiVirus 2009 is award winning antivirus application which brings a lot of innovations. The new developments and better overall performance are based on the DoubleScan technology which includes Fingerprinting, an exclusive feature developed to avoid unnecessary virus scans, thus saving a lot of time, and ParallelScan which distributes the processing loads in DualCore or Quad.
Core PCs in order to save more time while scanning for viruses. In this last version malware detection goes beyond signatures as it also relies on behaviour monitoring and heuristics. It also features a new transparent firewall and http scanning; quick navigation from the first time without interruption and without any loss of performance and what is more important, it has a totally new and intuitive user interface for better guidance.
Well, I think that's enough to say about this Top Five Antivirus 2009, but I don't want to be unfair as there are a lot of good and effective antivirus applications which are not included here just because of time and space. I kindly invite all of you to share your experiences with them as well as the ones named here.