Hi,

Please don't flame me. :-)

A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's free.
I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.

What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee or Norton AV?

Thanks,
- Dugie

Dugie wrote:

>What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee or Norton AV?

Loads of people use it and are happy with it; if it were not on a par
with the competition we would all know about it.
Anything, of course, is better than No*ton.

I have been using AVG for about a year now after getting rather annoyed with
Norton taking up lots of my machine resources/memory and inevitably crashing
the machine (and, it took ages to load). I was a little suspicious at the
start about trying software of this type when it was free and wondered how
good it was too.

I have to say that since switching from Norton to AVG, I have noticed a
considerable performance difference with my machine. It loads very fast on
start-up.

I don't know much about all the guts of anti-virus software but I've had no
problems with it either and therefore I have to say it is VERY good. It
picks up all viruses (as far as I know) and it very easy to use with VERY
regular updates which I find is very important.

I have to say, it's probably the best piece of free software I have
installed on my machine along with Sygate Personal Firewall, Spywareguard
and Spywareblaster blaster.

Incidentally, I am not connected in any way to the organisations which
develop these items of software but I do think they are very good and best
of all they are FREE.

Regards,

DT.




"Dugie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Please don't flame me. :-)
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's free.
> I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.
>
> What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee
or Norton AV?
>
> Thanks,
> - Dugie
>
>

Trying out PickItUpandShakeIt II ©, the ultimate Etch-A-Sketch killer app,
Dugie screendumped :

> Hi,
>
> Please don't flame me. :-)
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's free.
> I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.
>
> What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee or Norton AV?
>
> Thanks,
> - Dugie

AVG 6 is free, but a payware version(lots more functions) exists. Both are
basically the same therefore according to your computer shop tech's logic,
the same product is good and no good. AVG is a good av tool,as is
F-prot(dos - free). Both score highly on a regular basis, but at the moment
NOD32(not free) seems best.

GRC NGs (www.grc.com) are an excellent source for info on this. In fact, a
post I posted there was quoted here a while ago, so I reckon they're top
notch,righton,accurate etc etc. (Like fame, but not so much)

McAfrighteningly pants
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"docfl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Have installed it on my computers for the last 2 years. No viruses so
far.
> docfl

Impossible to say how well it works if you've had no viruses so far,
though.

--
Ian.

"Dugie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hYovc.52387$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Please don't flame me. :-)
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's free.
> I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.
>
> What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee
or Norton AV?
>
> Thanks,
> - Dugie


Take a look at what Maximum PC Magazine said:

http://www.maximumpc.com/reviews/sof...04-03-08a.html

I use it and like it. J

GOOD: YEAH!
"Dugie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hYovc.52387$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Please don't flame me. :-)
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's free.
> I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.
>
> What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than McAfee
or Norton AV?
>
> Thanks,
> - Dugie
>
>

"Dugie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hYovc.52387$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Please don't flame me. :-)
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's
free.
> I don't believe him, but I want to reassure a friend.
>
> What is the consensus: is AVG a good program, equal or better than
McAfee or Norton AV?

AVG comes out looking good in this PC World review of free antivirus apps:
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article...,113462,00.asp

Regards,
Ian.

Dugie wrote:
>
> A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's
> free.

What was he suggesting you buy from him that was better? :O)

--
Mark Warner
lose .inhibitions when replying

"Mark Warner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dugie wrote:
> >
> > A computer shop tech just told me that AVG is no good, because it's
> > free.
>
> What was he suggesting you buy from him that was better? :O)
>
> --
> Mark Warner

Thanks for the opinions! AVG and some other freeware AVs look good.

The tech wasn't suggesting an alternative.

- Dugie