Antivirus for XP: AVG or Avast?

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Shelly F

Time to wean my computer off Norton.
Which is recommended nowadays: AVG or Avast?
Can AVG monitoring of outgoing mail be turned off? I believe that
Avast can be.......
Home XpSP2 computer, one user, no network, cable hi speed internet .
tia
 
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Shenan Stanley

Shelly said:
Time to wean my computer off Norton.
Which is recommended nowadays: AVG or Avast?
Can AVG monitoring of outgoing mail be turned off? I believe that
Avast can be.......
Home XpSP2 computer, one user, no network, cable hi speed internet .

When someone asks (as you have) for a specific recommendation - I now
recommend "Avast!".
 
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Hi,

Been using AVG for many years, and found it to be adequate. Yes, you can
turn off email scanning if desired, though it's not recommended.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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jeffrey

Hi,

I have installed Avast Anti-Virus on my 3 personal computers and haven`t had
any problems with it. I run it on XP Pro SP2, also have Ad-Aware SE 1.5,
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3, SpyBlaster, and PestPatrol. They all work
together with no problem. I haven`t tried AVG, but I switched from Nortons
to Avast. Only thing I can suggest is give it a try. If you have multiple
computers, try AVG on one and Avast on the other and see which you like.

Avast updates daily so its definitions are close to real-time.

Jeff
 
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R. McCarty

You can still get the Partner Pack 1-Year free, CA eTrust. I'm now
using and recommending it. Small memory/services footprint. It has
a much smaller yearly subscription fee than competitors.
If you install the Partner Pack version, be sure to upgrade to the
newer 7.0 version afterwards. It will migrate your install and preserve
the activation code. You'll need to create/register to gain access to the
updated product installer.
Partner Pack component downloads here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/partnerpack/default.aspx?prereq=true
Panda and Kaspersky are good products, but take more resources &
are higher in cost/subscription renewals.
 
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Karl

Haven't tryed Avast (just hearing about it on here for the first time), but
have been using AVG for some time and think it is pretty good.
 
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Raymond J. Johnson Jr.

Rick said:
Hi,

Been using AVG for many years, and found it to be adequate. Yes, you can
turn off email scanning if desired, though it's not recommended.


I thnk it's possible in AVG to turn off outgoing scanning alone, and
outgoing scanning serves no useful purpose.
 
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Raymond J. Johnson Jr.

DennisB said:
I have used AVG for years now. I has a FREE edition and is upgraded daily.
The monitoring of outgoing mail can be turned
off although it is not a great idea to do so.

FWIW.

Monitoring of outgoing e-mail serves no purpose.
 
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Paul Woodsford

Both programs have their supporters.
I personally prefer AVG Free ver 7 and have no problems on 2 PC's and 2
Laptops all using XP Home SP2, on networks and using broadband.
 
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Steve N.

Shelly said:
Time to wean my computer off Norton.
Which is recommended nowadays: AVG or Avast?
Can AVG monitoring of outgoing mail be turned off? I believe that
Avast can be.......
Home XpSP2 computer, one user, no network, cable hi speed internet .
tia

I've been using AVG for some time and it's not bad. The latest version 7
is a bit peculiar when you turn off the email scanning, it pops up
warnings that it's not fully configured. I've found it better to custom
install it and leave out the features you don't want to use.

Steve
 
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Hi,

It doesn't? So if you get infected, you wouldn't want AVG to tell you that
you are sending out infected emails to your friends and family?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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Shenan Stanley

Rick said:
It doesn't? So if you get infected, you wouldn't want AVG to tell you
that you are sending out infected emails to your friends and family?

*If* I got infected - as soon as I found out I would never use said AV
protection again.
 
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Al Smith

I've been using AVG for some time and it's not bad. The latest version 7 is a bit peculiar when you turn off the email scanning, it pops up warnings that it's not fully configured. I've found it better to custom install it and leave out the features you don't want to use.

Exactly. Install it this way and you can live with it.
 
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Can't blame the AV program when the user willingly clicks on an attachment
and runs it despite the warnings. I've watched it happen.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 

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