I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year but
recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a local
'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG off and
installing AVAST in its place
I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
Blair

Per bm:
>I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
>revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right

I've been using the freebie version of Avast for 5+ years and
have been 100% satisfied.

And the price is definitely right....
--
PeteCresswell

On 09/20/2010 03:25 PM, bm wrote:
> I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year but
> recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a local
> 'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG off and
> installing AVAST in its place
> I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
> revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
> Blair
>
>

I much prefer Avast as it is rated higher than AVG and has a boot scan
you can program which will scan for viruses before Windows boots.

--
Peter Taylor

"bm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i77nc6$qan$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year
>but recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a
>local 'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG off
>and installing AVAST in its place
> I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
> revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
> Blair


AVG has been found to be the culprit in a few issues with all Windows
e-mail client programs lately, while Avast has not. Not many people
reporting this, but enough for me to say Avast.

Whichever you choose, they should be installed in custom mode allowing you
to opt out of e-mail scanning when offered.

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

And then there is another option, MSE. Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware and
Anti-Spyware all in one.

Microsoft Security Essentials
http://www.microsoft.com/security_es...s/default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:25:22 +0100, "bm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year but
>recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a local
>'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG off and
>installing AVAST in its place
>I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
>revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
>Blair
>

I like Avast better than AVG , also Avast gives audio and visual
warnings of any ( potential ) bugs .

bm wrote:
> I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a
> year but recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and
> got a local 'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended
> taking AVG off and installing AVAST in its place
> I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him
> to revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
> Blair

AVG for some reason is nowhere near as good as it once was. Also, there
was a period when PC's with AVG installed on them crawled (even with
e-mail sacnning turned off).

Avast is superior by far. Avira is at least as good as Avast. Some
people have reported that MSE is quite good.

This site has comprehensive comparative ratings:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

A PDF of the May, 2010 test:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/image...c_report26.pdf

Interestingly, in that particular test, AVG and Avast were rated
similarly; Avira was higher.

On 9/20/2010 8:25 AM, bm wrote:
> I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year but
> recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a local
> 'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG off and
> installing AVAST in its place
> I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
> revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right
> Blair
>
>

Avast

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:25:22 +0100, bm wrote:

> I recommended AVG to my son and he has had it on his system for a year
> but recently he wished to increase the memory on his system and got a
> local 'expert' to fit it When he was there he recommended taking AVG
> off and installing AVAST in its place
> I have used AVG for some time with no problems and before I tell him to
> revert to AVG I thought it wise to ask here if I am right Blair

Why not let your son decide which he wants to run on "his" system? He's
got to start thinking for himself sometime. (And dealing with the
consequences of those decisions.) The sooner, the better.

Stef

Per Bruce Hagen:
>
>Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
>http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

"And NEVER open an attachment directly from your email. ALWAYS
save it to your desktop (or another easily accessible folder) and
scan it with your anti-virus program before opening it."

Seems to imply that not running the email scan could result in a
virus/worm/whatever getting through if the user does not follow
the above admonition - and just double-clicks on the attachment
while it is in the email.

Have I got it right?
--
PeteCresswell

"(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Per Bruce Hagen:
>>
>>Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
>>http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
>
> "And NEVER open an attachment directly from your email. ALWAYS
> save it to your desktop (or another easily accessible folder) and
> scan it with your anti-virus program before opening it."
>
> Seems to imply that not running the email scan could result in a
> virus/worm/whatever getting through if the user does not follow
> the above admonition - and just double-clicks on the attachment
> while it is in the email.
>
> Have I got it right?
> --
> PeteCresswell

No you don't.