AVG sucks? If so, what should I use?

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J44xm

I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this from a
anti-virus program tester's results:
I retested Grisoft AVG http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php and it
once again proved that it is still the biggest piece of junk anyone
could use. I was so disgusted that I didn't even finish testing it.
Anyone that uses this program does so at their own risk. It
consistently detects only a little over half the viruses in the wild.
If it doesn't find everything it's supposed to, then how do its users
know if it's doing a good job? They wouldn't know if their system is
infected or not until something happened or they used an online
scanner.
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Which ones are the best? PC-cillin, AVP, Norman and McAfee rated the
highest and are pretty much tied, followed by (in order of
effectiveness) Avast, AntiVir, Norton. Stay away from EZ Antivirus and
Grisoft AVG.
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So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use ...
 
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mike ring

So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use
...
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I don't know where your "antivirus tester" is coming from but I've got my
supicions.

I've used AVG for years, along with Zonealarm, which I ditched recently on
no more than a shithouse rumour, and ended up with Kerio 2.1.5.

I've never had a virus, only once a browser hijack.

A long time ago I bought Norton, then MAcaFee to get rid of the Norton, and
finally when I'd got rid of _that_ found out about the freeware resources.

You may of course be trolling, that would be your problem, as surely
someone who spends time around this ng should be a bit more aware....

but if not stick withe the recommended freeware

mike
 
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.P.B.

J44xm said:
I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this
from a anti-virus program tester's results:
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Funny how no test results or details were mentioned by the "tester".
Sounds like an anti-AVG post to me. It's all good and well to bitch
about a product, but without details on what was tested, and how, then
it all comes down to hearsay and lack of substance.
 
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Global Warming

I don't know where your "antivirus tester" is coming from but I've got
my supicions.

I've used AVG for years, along with Zonealarm, which I ditched
recently on no more than a shithouse rumour, and ended up with Kerio
2.1.5.

I've never had a virus, only once a browser hijack.

A long time ago I bought Norton, then MAcaFee to get rid of the
Norton, and finally when I'd got rid of _that_ found out about the
freeware resources.

You may of course be trolling, that would be your problem, as surely
someone who spends time around this ng should be a bit more aware....

but if not stick withe the recommended freeware

mike
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Is Kerio 2.1.5 compatible on a W2K OS?
 
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Riggs

I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this
from a anti-virus program tester's results:



So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use
...
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I used AVG for about three years with absolutely no problem. I got a good
deal on Kaspersky and am using that now, but I wouldn't hesitate to go
back to AVG.

That's my 2 cents.
 
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.P.B.

As per my previous post on this "tester", the person has no idea.
EZ Antivirus is actually a very highly-respected anti-virus scanner:

"EZ Antivirus is the Winner of PC Authority's Oct. 2002 'Recommend
Award' and the only leading antivirus to score 100/100 in 'wild'
virus detection (PC World, July 2002)."
 
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Roger Johansson

J44xm said:
So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use ...
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I tried several times to download AVG while I was on a modem connection,
I never succeeded to download it because their file server was very
flaky and allowed no resume. Their policy versus freeware users is
obviously not very considerate.

When I got cable connection I downloaded and installed it, tried it, and
uninstalled it immediately. I don't remember exactly why.

I prefer two simple to use antivirus freeware progs, AntiVir and FProt
for DOS.

I use an earlier version of FProt for DOS, because the later versions
have a problem which gives an error in my win98 machine.

http://www.free-av.com for AntiVir.
 
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The Six Million Dollar Man

J44xm wrote:
|| I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this
|| from a anti-virus program tester's results:
||
||| I retested Grisoft AVG http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php and it
||| once again proved that it is still the biggest piece of junk anyone
||| could use. I was so disgusted that I didn't even finish testing it.
||| Anyone that uses this program does so at their own risk. It
||| consistently detects only a little over half the viruses in the
||| wild. If it doesn't find everything it's supposed to, then how do
||| its users know if it's doing a good job? They wouldn't know if
||| their system is infected or not until something happened or they
||| used an online scanner.

You are attempting to raise concern about an excellent Freeware Program
based on a negative review, by an anonymous author, performing a set of
unspecified examinations, who jumped to a conclusion before running a
complete set of tests. You are either naive or a TROLL.
 
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Glenn

I don't know if AVG stands for AntiVia Guard or not but it if it does, I
have been using it every since I finally got rid of Norton a couple years
ago and I think it works just fine. I check at least once a day and
sometimes twice and there is usually an update there every time. I have
never used one that kept things that up to date before.

Anyone know if there is an automatic update option?

Glenn
 
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Mark Warner

Glenn said:
Anyone know if there is an automatic update option?
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Control Center>Update Manager>Allow Scheduled Update. It can only be set
to check for updates at a specific time. The machine needs to be
running, of course. AFAIK, you *can't* set it to check at startup.
 
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colinco

I don't know if AVG stands for AntiVia Guard or not but it if it does, I
have been using it every since I finally got rid of Norton a couple years
ago and I think it works just fine.
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Do you mean AntiVir Guard? If so AVG is different.
 
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John Corliss

J44xm said:
I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this from a
anti-virus program tester's results:




So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use ...
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Of course, you could switch to Linux.
 
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buzz Light Beer

I've been using AVG for a while now and was disturbed to find this from a
anti-virus program tester's results:



So now I'm confused and wondering what freeware program I ought to use ...
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If my 70 year old mother can use Outlook an MSIE and not get infected
by using AVG...well that's about as good of a test I know of.
I have three OS systems on my box. Windows XP Home as main OS.
SuSE 9.1 Linux on a Virtual drive. And, Windows 2000 Pro on a virtual
drive as a *Sandbox* for testing programs before I decide to use them
in XP.
From my own experiences <and I don't use live *bait* virii> I would
disagree w/ the commercial AV ratings...One of the best I have
tested/use is not even listed?
Do you have a link to the site of the *tester* ?
bLB
 
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Glenn

colinco said:
I don't know if AVG stands for AntiVia Guard or not but it if it does, I
have been using it every since I finally got rid of Norton a couple years
ago and I think it works just fine.
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Do you mean AntiVir Guard? If so AVG is different.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I do mean AntiVir Guard. The a should have been an r. Got it here and
it works great.

BTW what does AVG stand for? (I hate letters for names.)
 
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John Corliss

Mister said:
Or an abacus, a quill and some parchment. :)
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I shouldn't post after having several beers like I did last night.
Everybody likes a little ass, nobody likes a smartass. 80)>
 
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