I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All replies are appreciated.

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"Robert Hankins" <easyx308@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:926C29F7-FA38-4C5D-8074-3E545BB1888D@xxxxxx
I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All replies are appreciated.


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Robert Hankins wrote:

> I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV
> software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All
> replies are appreciated.

My experience with AVG on clients' machines and from reading about it is
that it tends to be problematic and I don't install it. I recommend NOD32
(commercial) or Avast (free). Another good free antivirus is Avira Anti-Vir
but it has a nag screen. You can Google for how to disable it if you want
to use Avira instead of Avast.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

I'm using AVG Free edition and I'm happy with it.

James
"Robert Hankins" <easyx308@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:926C29F7-FA38-4C5D-8074-3E545BB1888D@xxxxxx
I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All replies are appreciated.

been using AVG FREE for years on XP, Vista and now W7 with NO problems.

have had nothing but problems with the other FREE virus programs.

mikeyhsd@xxxxxx



"Robert Hankins" <easyx308@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:926C29F7-FA38-4C5D-8074-3E545BB1888D@xxxxxx
I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All replies are appreciated.

I have tried all three, Avast,Avira and AVG Free 8.5. I like AVG but I don't know why, may be the logo.

Works fine for me here. Been using it for years on XP, Vista and now
Windows 7. Highly recommended.

"Robert Hankins" <easyx308@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:926C29F7-FA38-4C5D-8074-3E545BB1888D@xxxxxx
I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV
software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All replies
are appreciated.

On Mon, 04 May 2009 04:59:30 -0700, Malke <malke@xxxxxx>
wrote:

>Robert Hankins wrote:
>

>> I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV
>> software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All
>> replies are appreciated.

>
>My experience with AVG on clients' machines and from reading about it is
>that it tends to be problematic and I don't install it. I recommend NOD32
>(commercial) or Avast (free). Another good free antivirus is Avira Anti-Vir
>but it has a nag screen. You can Google for how to disable it if you want
>to use Avira instead of Avast.
>
>Malke

I don't often disagree with you Malke, but on this occasion.....
I have used AVG free (and the occasional paid-for) on Win 98,ME,XP,and
Vista - and even for a short time on Win 7- and have until lately
recommend it without reservation to my clients - NEVER have I had a
problem that could be traced back to AVG (although there was the
occasional time when it would not work, a simple uninstall/reinstall
fixed it).
Since V8.5 came out, I've noticed that there is a significant slowdown
on older PC's - usually with limited RAM (<512MB), running XP - this
has led to me evaluating Avast on Vista, which seems slightly better
than AVG, and has not given me problems so far.

I would agree/admit that AVG is not the 'best' AV in the world, but
for most of my (mostly clueless) clients, it's ideal, because of the
simplicity of the interface.

The only proviso is that you should NEVER install the email checker -
which is the part that does cause problems ( as it does in many other
AVs). At least this is simple to do, in the AVG install - unlike
certain other well-known AV's!

Avast, while it seems to be efficient, does tend to have a rather
complex interface (which I personally despise) - seeming to try to be
at the same time twee, and techie. It fails in both, but does actually
give a lot of options. If only its interface was as simple as AVG's, I
would wholeheartedly recommend its use to all my clients.
--
Noel Paton
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

Malke wrote:

> Robert Hankins wrote:
>

>> I am considering dropping Norton AV and begin using the free AVG 8.5 AV
>> software. Can I get some user comments/ recommendations on AVG? All
>> replies are appreciated.

>
> My experience with AVG on clients' machines and from reading about it is
> that it tends to be problematic and I don't install it. I recommend NOD32
> (commercial) or Avast (free). Another good free antivirus is Avira Anti-Vir
> but it has a nag screen. You can Google for how to disable it if you want
> to use Avira instead of Avast.
>
> Malke

One more knock on Avira . . . It requires a reboot upon completing an
update. I hate having to boot twice each morning, so I'm going back to
Avast.

Dave T.