What's the worst security suite/ product you have used?

[hemingway60]

Hmm...my 1st and 2nd impression was very bad, so, should I give it one more chance

[GiGAXa]

Mcafee, and Spyware Terminator...

[EvilAntivirus]

Mcafee 1#

[Thehumanantivirus]

AVG, CA, and ClamAV.

The older Norton's and Mcafee's were terrible, but they seem to have got better lately.

[jamescv7]

Thehumanantivirus: your right before norton was being called as a resource hunger but today they improved already.

[maximianusherculius]

Norton

[maximianusherculius]

I am serious about Avast and Avira. I only "think" I would purchase Kaspersky or maybe Sunbelt Viper.

I like Avast because it is hassle free and has a boot time scanner. As far as Avira goes, it has a lot to do with how you set it up and manage it. I like Avira because it is hands on, very effective, and informative if you set it right.

I am using Avast 5 right now. How about you, Ross?

[maximianusherculius]

I have a bad habit of reading the titles to fast sometimes and then I feed to much off of individual posts.

The worst is definitely the older Norton av's. I am not sold on AVG either.

[maximianusherculius]

Yes, I would be shocked too if someone told me that they thought those three were the worst.

[maximianusherculius]

I definitely don't put avg in the top 4, but with the exception of no rootkit protection on the free version, is there really any huge issues pertinent to the antivirus engine? Also, are any AV's really that effective at stopping rootkits. I thought that was why they are marketed as AV programs.