Free Anti-Virus Program

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Thats funny thats what I did with Avast when i got infected with a virus
which that program didn't stop
 
J&P said:
André, why is Avast! V4.5 better than AVG V7.289?
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I never tested 7.289, but in general I would point out two reasons to prefer
Avast! over AVG:

- Somewhat better virus detection record. For details take a look at
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml

- Much better automatic updates of virus definition files. AVGs autoupdate
is depending on the computer being powered on and connected to the internet
at a certain time every day. This is very inconvenient, especially (but not
only) for dialup users and casual computer users. The Avast! autoupdate is
completely transparent, and is performed automatically whenever a connection
to the internet is detected. This is not only convenient, but it is also
foolproof, which means a lot if you are setting up a computer that will be
used by family members that don't know anti virus software from rodent
repellent.

I have not yet found a single reason to prefer AVG over Avast!, so in my
book it's AVG-Avast! 0-2. So unless anybody can give me specific (and good!)
reasons to change back, I won't.

Oh, and speaking of free antivirus packages starting with the letter 'A':
Some years ago I tried Antivir from H+BDEV. However, this turned out to be a
dead loss. I hated the interface, and the virus detection record was a
complete disaster. The latter seems to have picked up this year, though.
 
I'm afraid you are misinformed in regard to "AVGs autoupdate
is depending on the computer being powered on and connected to the internet
at a certain time every day." That's just not true.
 
Papa said:
I'm afraid you are misinformed in regard to "AVGs autoupdate
is depending on the computer being powered on and connected to the
internet
at a certain time every day." That's just not true.
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Thanks for the info, Papa. I do have a copy of AVG on one of my computers
which I update regularly, manually. I prefer it this way.

Regards
Joe Steele
 
I'm with you J&P, I don't take automatic updates on anything.

I've used AVG for some time now, and am quite satisfied with it.

JAX
 
Road said:
Thats funny thats what I did with Avast when i got infected with a virus
which that program didn't stop
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Looking for the perfect road - have you been trying Kaspersky 5.0?

RC
 
Hey Roy ... To be totally honest I don't think there is a perfect Anti-Virus
program out there and I wouldn't take those survey that those website list
as to what is good and not so good , If I did, I would be using Norton and
I know I would never use Norton product ever again .... I rather though
have an Anti_Virus program that doesn't hog the resource like AVG , nor
does Avast but with Avast which I was using awhile ago I did get infected
with a Virus and it didn't catch it , So I move onto AVG which hasn't let me
down as of yet ... Knock on wood .... I did like the wishbone type
interface of Avast ... Companies that provide "Free" stuff should get our
high fives ...
 
I agree...no "perfect" solution, no will there likely ever be. The closest
to being perfect is Norton AntiVirus, despite what the uneducated say about
it slowing a system down of hogging resources or the other BS they spew. I
have used NAV for years and it has never let me down.

As far as free AV goes...you get what you pay for...

AVG in particular always performs poorly in any valid testing I have ever
seen, and on the rare occasion I have used it, it failed to detect viruses
that were detected by NAV.

Bobby
 
I've used AVG for quite a while with exactly zero problems and no failures of
any kind. I reguarly replace failed/failing/misbehaving versions of Norton
on my customer's computers and they have never had any problems either.
I agree that no program is perfect, and there well may be others that
perform as well, but AVG has done the job for me.
 
Papa said:
I'm afraid you are misinformed in regard to "AVGs autoupdate
is depending on the computer being powered on and connected to the
internet at a certain time every day." That's just not true.
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Yes it is. Of course you can update _manually_ whenever you want. If you
manage to connect to the Grisoft server, of course, which in my experience
can not always be counted on.
 
Roy said:
Looking for the perfect road - have you been trying Kaspersky 5.0?
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No. But if I was going to pay for a AV software I'd probably take a look at
NOD32. From what I hear it is _the_ most system resource friendly AV out
there (unlike, say, Norton/Symantec), and it has a virus detection record
second to none.
 
André Gulliksen said:
No. But if I was going to pay for a AV software I'd probably take a look
at NOD32.. From what I hear it is _the_ most system resource friendly AV
out there (unlike, say, Norton/Symantec), and it has a virus detection
record second to none.
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I hope NOD32 users will comment.

Regards
Joe Steele
 
Papa said:
I was referring to the "at a certain time every day" stipulation.
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What was wrong with that? The "automatic" update in AVG is not really
automatic; it is started at scheduled times by the software. If you are not
connected to the internet this operation will fail, and if the computer is
turned off the operation will not start at all. Thus, if AVG is scheduled to
look for updates at 7 AM every day and you never turn on your computer
before 8 AM AVG will never be automatically updated.

Yes, you _can_ configure AVG to connect to the internet if you are on
dialup, but even this is a far inferior solution to the one used in Avast!
 
NoNoBadDog then you should remove the hook that's inside
your mouth because you're a fish if you been using norton
for years . All those years getting rid off for paid such
a high price for Norton , while their is cheaper anti-
virus programs that do a better job . All i have to say
to you NoNoBadDog your're a FISH
 
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