Avast or AVG?

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I have been using AVG but recently learned of Avast.
What are the differences and which one should I be using?

Thanks
 
avast home is far better

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Kenfucious said:

Michael Jackson has been vindicated.

The truth is one, you must accept it. Reality is not a point of view, since
if everything was a point a view, then the theory that everything is a point
of view, is just a point a view and not something real.
 
SHRED said:
I have been using AVG but recently learned of Avast.
What are the differences and which one should I be using?

Thanks
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If you give them both a 3 week test run you will be able to make that
decision very easily. Seeing that you have already used AVG fro some
time, give Avast a test run and then decide. There are a million
personal preferences, letting someone decide for you is not to good.
Good Luck
 
If you give them both a 3 week test run you will be able to make that
decision very easily. Seeing that you have already used AVG fro some
time, give Avast a test run and then decide. There are a million
personal preferences, letting someone decide for you is not to good.
Good Luck
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Good advice - give Antivir Personal a try too

mike
 
stupid advice AVAST is far better than any of those.
No reason to lose time.

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Kenfucious said:

Michael Jackson has been vindicated.

The truth is one, you must accept it. Reality is not a point of view, since
if everything was a point a view, then the theory that everything is a point
of view, is just a point a view and not something real.
 
Kenny said:
stupid advice AVAST is far better than any of those.
No reason to lose time.
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Nice said, then I will not try slooooooooow avast again, because there's
no reason to lose time.
 
Ivan said:
Nice said, then I will not try slooooooooow avast again, because there's
no reason to lose time.
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After trying different ones as they popped up, I finally settled for
Avast. I like the eye candy, bells & whistles it has and it has run
flawlessly since installation.
 
I moved from NAV to AVAST! a few months ago and see nothing slow about it.
I recommend it - so far it has not let any bug into my system.

RF
 
SHRED said:
I have been using AVG but recently learned of Avast.
What are the differences and which one should I be using?
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Show a little initiative, please, by reviewing extant threads such as
"Avast vs AVG" from June and "Anti-Vir Nagware?" (sic) from July and
.....


http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/search?q=avg+avast+2005

I much prefer avast! with avast! External Control (AEC) to AVG. With
either I recommend BitDefender (no on-access monitor in free version)
as a secondary scanner. The comparison test results cited below
indicate that the MicroWorld AntiVirus Toolkit Utility (MWAV) might be
an even better choice than BitDefender as a secondary scanner.

http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/ [Note the revised URL]
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Main/view/Download-Free-Products.html
http://mwti.net/antivirus/mwav.asp

My impression is that AVG runs a little faster and is a little less
resource intensive than avast!. AVG is also _much_ less flexible than
avast! + AEC and also less effective. I won't repeat my comments from
the above threads but note citations to test results from
av-comparatives and Tech Support Alert.

Just today I just happened across another quite interesting antivirus
comparison test from April using a test suite of 91202 viruses.

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp

"Free" Antivirus Program Performance

eScan Virus Control - 96.75% -- extrapolate to MicroWorld AntiVirus
Toolkit Utility (MWAV)?

BitDefender - 88.13% -- v8; extrapolate to v7.2 (free)?
F-Prot - 87.07% -- extrapolate to F-Prot for DOS?
AntiVir - 84.50%

avast - 79.65%

AVG - 54.07%
E-Trust - 52.35% -- CA's eTrust EZ Antivirus.?
ClamWin - 48.44%

Ewido - 38.67% -- primarily an anti-trojan
A Squared 2 - 25.37% -- primarily an anti-trojan

Most of the vendors with products above 75% offer on-line disk scans.
Some tools are scan only; some are scan and cure Extrapolating
performance to on-line virus scanners is slightly questionable.

On-line On-demand Disk Scans Performance

Kaspersky - 99.28%
F-Secure - 97.55%

Norton Pro - 91.57%
McAfee - 89.75%

BitDefender - 88.13%
Panda - 87.75% / 86.27%
Arcavir - 87.73% -- Or
MKS_VIR - 87.70% -- MKS_VIR / ArcaOnline Scanner?
RAV - 87.26%
PC-Cillin - 85.98% -- Trend Micro Housecall?
Command - 84.92%
AntiVir - 84.50%

Avast - 79.65%
Dr. Web - 78.71%
 
RedFox said:
I moved from NAV to AVAST! a few months ago and see nothing slow about it.
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it takes 33 % more time to do a complete scan in avast than AVG, Antivir
or Bitdefender

So as said before, no need to waste time using avast
 
SHRED said:
I have been using AVG but recently learned of Avast.
What are the differences and which one should I be using?

Thanks
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IMHO avast! is better at doing the job, but AVG runs better on a slow
computer.
 
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