AVG Free or Avast Home?

Thanks, I'll look into NOD32, thanks again!

"Nick" wrote:

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> "romanom" wrote:
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> > In another thread I posted my rant about McAfee and Norton, now I need a
> > replacement and want to try one of the free programs.
> >
> > It seems that AVG and Avast are the front-runners in this category. I've
> > done a search and gathered much info, but I'm still undecided.
> >
> > I've downloaded both and tried both on my HP and both seem very good, but I
> > don't want to wait until one of them screws up my system to find I choose the
> > wrong program.
> >
> > For anyone that has used either for awhile could post their experience it
> > would be useful (to many people I think).
> >
> > Info that maybe helpful:
> >
> > HP Pavilion dv9500t
> > Vista Home Premium
> > 2.2 Intel Centrino Duo
> > 2 GB RAM (2 cards)
> > Intel 4965AGN wireless
> > Bluetooth
> > Office Professional 2007 (heavy use of Outlook)
> > IE7 used heavily
> > ISP: Verizon DSL
> >
> > Information on PC is private but not sensitive, no financial stuff, etc.
> >
> > Any other recommendations for upgrading firewall and spyware protection
> > would also be welcome.
> >
> > Thanks!!!!
>
> NEITHER! i have done my research on Free Anti-Viruses versus paid
> anti-Viruses. Guess who lost. AVG and Avast. i used both, my computer kept on
> having viruses, i could tell since suspicious behavior was going on, i had a
> strong password and a good Firewall. one experience with Avast, i could not
> log into my account, once i did, my screen turned green with a X in the top
> left, and a hit OK, once i did, i got kicked off. An Experience with AVG, i
> had a trojan, but it did nothing, so my system suffered. Ans with Antivir, i
> wouldnt update for me, or detect any viruses, my background kept on changing
> colors and doing weird things.
>
> I acctually Recommend NOD32 or Kapersky. they are way better than Mcafee,
> Norton, AVG, Antvir, and Bit Defender.
>
> Research Test Results on NOD32 and Kapersky's Virus detection rate. Also
> NOD32 has Pre-detection.
>
> With NOD32, i was looking at e-mail, and a pop-up pops up, and NOD32 comes
> up saying a Trojan was detected on the pop-ups website.
>
>
> Please choose wisely. I did and Chose NOD32. BTW, AVG is the worst out of
> the free-ones.

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 22:34:00 -0700, Nick
<Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>
> "romanom" wrote:
>
> > In another thread I posted my rant about McAfee and Norton, now I need a
> > replacement and want to try one of the free programs.
> >
> > It seems that AVG and Avast are the front-runners in this category. I've
> > done a search and gathered much info, but I'm still undecided.
>
> NEITHER! i have done my research on Free Anti-Viruses versus paid
> anti-Viruses. Guess who lost. AVG and Avast. i used both, my computer kept on
> having viruses, i could tell since suspicious behavior was going on, i had a
> strong password and a good Firewall. one experience with Avast, i could not
> log into my account, once i did, my screen turned green with a X in the top
> left, and a hit OK, once i did, i got kicked off.


That may have been *your* experience, but *my* experience, and that of
the many others I know who use Avast, is that no such problems have
ever occurred. I run Avast on all three computers here, and all have
been completely problem-free.



> An Experience with AVG, i
> had a trojan, but it did nothing, so my system suffered. Ans with Antivir, i
> wouldnt update for me, or detect any viruses, my background kept on changing
> colors and doing weird things.


I have much less experience with AVG, but judging from all the
satisfied AVG users I know, and whose opinions I respect, your
experience again is atypical.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 22:34:00 -0700, Nick
>"romanom" wrote:

>> It seems that AVG and Avast are the front-runners in this category. I've
>> done a search and gathered much info, but I'm still undecided.

>NEITHER! i used both, my computer kept on having viruses, i could
>tell since suspicious behavior was going on, i had a strong password
>and a good Firewall. An Experience with AVG, i had a trojan, but it
>did nothing, so my system suffered. Ans with Antivir, i wouldnt
>update for me, or detect any viruses

>With NOD32, i was looking at e-mail, and a pop-up pops up, and NOD32 comes
>up saying a Trojan was detected on the pop-ups website.

Sounds like you're expecting the av to cover for poor "safe hex".

When an av pops up out of the blue saying it caught something, don't
get the warm fuzzies because it's protecting you.

Rather, feel a cold shiver because you just walked into something that
might have bitten you if the av had missed it.

When I "look at email", I don't have "pop-ups popping up". More on
the mechanics of that? What email app and/or web mail site, etc.?

Your mileage hints at missed malware that is already resident and in
effect when you attempt to install these various av. For example,
lack of suspicious activity doesn't exclude resident malware, and
failure of an av to update itself is pretty suspicious in that regard.

On your AVG vs. trojan mileage, it's unclear whether the trojan was
already resident at the time you installed AVG?


>-- Risk Management is the clue that asks:
"Why do I keep open buckets of petrol next to all the
ashtrays in the lounge, when I don't even have a car?"
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"Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> NEITHER! i have done my research on Free Anti-Viruses versus paid
> anti-Viruses. Guess who lost. AVG and Avast.

Yea, they would say that because there is no money to be paid from
supporting free AV progs. I've been running AVG for years and have never
been infected with a virus. I don't even use it's real-time scan, I just
scan files when I download them. If you are getting infected all the time
using the free ones than I can only surmise you don't know what you are
doing or you are a shill for the pay for AV's.