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AVG.com drives me crazy because they are always trying to sell you stuff or getting you to upgrade to a paid version. I decided I should use MalwareBytes or Avast instead. AVG, I love you, but you've disappointed me.
Great, free anti-virus program. Updates daily and does so without slowing down your system. No complaints.
Absolutely great internet security packages which includes everythin that you would need as well. The price is half that of the competitors and the software is more reliable than my previous one. Ive just bought the basic package but it still includes all the protections.
One of the best customer services ever and they also provided me free upgrade version which I normally would have had to pay. I think its cool and most perfect package which is extremely reasonably priced as well.
User friendly. Great support! Used their FREE edition for the last couple of years then checked out what their paid version was like in comparison. For me it comes down to their support being accessable 24/7. Good Value!
AVG is one of the first things I install when I set up computers for the classroom or for myself. Without needing to pay for programs like Norton or McAfee, AVG takes care of my computer's anti-virus needs. Installation is easy, the interface is self-explanatory / easy to use, and the program can actually get rid of those pesky Trojan horses. AVG recently put out their 2011 free edition, which CNET gives 4.5 out of 5 stars. Not bad for a free anti-virus program that rivals their costly counterparts.
Virus Bulletin is apparently the go-to place for the latest AV news, though I'm told you have to fork out $145 a year to get the full details in their bulletin. Still, the link below is their current public report as far as it goes, and they're rating Avast and Avira above AVG at the moment. I'm also told (by someone with a subscription) that this has been the case for a while. I used to use AVG free, and for many years, but I currently use Avast Free myself because AVG let something through. AVG is still up there with the top free apps but the shine seems to have gone off it a bit over the last year or so, IMO.
Which is not a criticism at all, since it's free, and as Tran says, easy to use and understand. It's just that whereas the reliable free AV field was sparse in the past, many more companies are in that game now and we have a lot more choices. We need them, too - currently there are 4 million known virus signatures and more each day. Last I read, there was a new countermeasure being written every 8 seconds!
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index.xml
Sure. Though I didn't answer your question. And it was 8 minutes, not 8 seconds, sorry. Still scary though.
Youre totally right bout AVG. Theyre cool and very very cheap compared to the competitors. Ive got AVG since last year and it does everything virus, spyware and all that i need. And you pay like half the price compared to norton and you actually get 2years instead of 1. Good one.
This is the best non-enterprise based consumer protection available. Better than Kapersky, and blows away Norton and MacaFee. compliment this with a free download from www.malwarebytes.com - they will not interfere with eachother.
AVG wil not take over your computer or take up too many CPU cycles either.
good tips, josey!
AVG free (for personal use) was very good, but I later found that Avast! free antivirus, also from CZ, was even much better. In one of my hobbies helping friends with their computers, I immediately strip off the other (sometimes multiple!) antivirus programs and install Avast! free. I will even burrough into the content of a number of compressed archives where not blocked from doing so by password protection. It has found viruses with such compressed archives. To rid computers of malware the Malwarebytes' free program is incredibly good. When AVG found and named a single virus on a doctor friend's computerm Malwarebytes' found and removed that virus/trojan and 10 more that he never new were there! A grandchild had been doing things on his computer, and that was the apparent result. Many of the best software tools today are, surprisingly, free, like the old "Shareware" of the 1950 to 1970 years.
I think Malwarebytes gets everyone's vote at the moment, regardless of the virus checking used as well.
As a third layer of protection on top of Avast and Malwarebytes, I suggest trying out GMER, an anti-rootkit app that's also free and is reputed to kick serious butt. Rootkits are amongst the nastiest of malware and it may pay to run an extra scan specifically to make sure you're clean of them.
www.gmer.net
I have tried them ALL, and I must say that AVG is the best yet!
As a former McAfee and Norton Utilities user (for many years), my new AVG software has been outstanding. It actually has better live updating and even found an idle Trojan Horse that was on my main computer's hard drive that had been previously missed by my Norton software. AND it costs less per year than Norton!
The updates have been very intensive, with thousands of scumware, spyware and adware/malware programs being added constantly to the update database. I highly recommend this site and their products. Easy transaction too, and excellent customer service when I've needed it for questions and additional product inquiries.
NOTE: Remember, this is ANTI-VIRUS SECURITY software. If your computer is running slow, you will also need a Registry Cleaner. This is DIFFERENT, please see my review on www.CCleaner.com for FREE Registry Cleaning software that works great!
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i'm thinking of switching from AVG to Avast, which I heard (from user Chris O.) was better.
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