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362962 2005-06-11 08:38:00 I use avast on 3 computers. I've had no problems with it updating the program, and the virus definitions will update at least once a day. It's not a resource hog like the nortons I was using last year. :thumbs: 4bes (2848)
362963 2005-06-11 09:12:00 I will put another vote in for Avast as well.
I have had no problems and has auto updates. 		wmoore (6009)
362964 2005-06-11 09:29:00 how many of you actually manually check the updates?

and i do mean program updates as well as def updates.
its quite comman to find the antivirus hasn't had its program updatesdone. i've seen it happen on wuite a few different antuvirus's. one reason i like avg is its auto update is a single update not dual updates like most antivirus's. 		tweak'e (69)
362965 2005-06-11 10:05:00 Steve . Curious . . . . . . . . better than AVG . . Why so? ;)
1 . It hasn't stuffed up sending my emails like AVG has . To prevent problems with sending emails I have had to configure AVG's settings on several computers so far .

2 . Avast! is much quicker to load and unload when scanning files with the right-clicking Windows Explorer .

3 . Avast! seems to do a much deeper scan than AVG and always picks up kak . worm viruses that several of my old emails contain in archives - AVG doesn't .

4 . Avast! updates itself as soon as the computer goes online, which is when it has completed booting up . On my older computer AVG is supposed to update itself when the computer goes online if it has missed an update but it doesn't . I have checked and rechecked the settings and even reinstalled but it still won't download any missed updates automatically .

5 . The updates for Avast! are much smaller and are done at least twice a day and can be set for more or less often .

6 . Avast! updates the program files when necessary and has not missed any yet (and yes, I do check regularly) . One thing you do have to watch is that program updates should be set to update automatically otherwise you have to click on the popup box to permit it to download and install the program updates .

7 . Avast! rarely needs the computer rebooted after installing the updates, AVG often requires rebooting on the Win 98 PC .

8 . Avast! is very configurable as to what is scanned, more so than AVG . Not that I use that feature much as I usually scan the whole PC, but it is there if required .

9 . Avast! has VRDP - "Virus Recovery Database" . The aim of VRDB is to help when, despite all the security measures, a virus gets inside the computer and the files are infected . With the help of VRDB, it is possible to repair infected files (return them exactly to their original state) .

The database creation/maintenance is performed either when the computer is idle, or when the screen-saver is running (any screen-saver, not only the avast! one) . This database, once it is created, is updated each three weeks (this value may be changed by editing avast4 . ini) .
If any file is infected by a virus, it is possible to repair it, i . e . turn it to its original state . If there are multiple versions of the file in the database, you can choose which version you want to restore .

10 . Avast! can be completely disabled from running, unlike AVG . Granted, not many people would be bothered by this but I have often wanted the anti-virus and other programs completely disabled for various reasons and could never get rid of AVG completely without uninstalling .

11 . There is a really handy little program, "avast! External Control", available for tweaking Avast! just that little bit more . It isn't installed but run from its executable file .

There was something else that I was going to say as well but have forgotten now . :rolleyes: 		FoxyMX (5)
362966 2005-06-11 10:12:00 Foxy - you almost convince me to try Avast..... Job for tomorrow .
Tony 		TonyF (246)
362967 2005-06-11 12:12:00 Thanks Foxy - you sure saved me thinking of all the reasons why I switched from AVG to Avast! Strommer (42)
362968 2005-06-11 13:36:00 by the way, do you have to register Avast! with an email to use it? Sleepy (7202)
362969 2005-06-11 13:44:00 often wondered about that Tweak'e.. I thought I was just obsessive compulsive, manually checking... I don't trust the Matrix.. there is something about it.

:) 		pc_rekka (125)
362970 2005-06-11 13:53:00 :thumbs:



There was something else that I was going to say as well but have forgotten now . :rolleyes:

remembered yet FoxyMX! :lol:


1 . It hasn't stuffed up sending my emails like AVG has . To prevent problems with sending emails I have had to configure AVG's settings on several computers so far .

2 . Avast! is much quicker to load and unload when scanning files with the right-clicking Windows Explorer .

3 . Avast! seems to do a much deeper scan than AVG and always picks up kak . worm viruses that several of my old emails contain in archives - AVG doesn't .

4 . Avast! updates itself as soon as the computer goes online, which is when it has completed booting up . On my older computer AVG is supposed to update itself when the computer goes online if it has missed an update but it doesn't . I have checked and rechecked the settings and even reinstalled but it still won't download any missed updates automatically .

5 . The updates for Avast! are much smaller and are done at least twice a day and can be set for more or less often .

6 . Avast! updates the program files when necessary and has not missed any yet (and yes, I do check regularly) . One thing you do have to watch is that program updates should be set to update automatically otherwise you have to click on the popup box to permit it to download and install the program updates .

7 . Avast! rarely needs the computer rebooted after installing the updates, AVG often requires rebooting on the Win 98 PC .

8 . Avast! is very configurable as to what is scanned, more so than AVG . Not that I use that feature much as I usually scan the whole PC, but it is there if required .

9 . Avast! has VRDP - "Virus Recovery Database" . The aim of VRDB is to help when, despite all the security measures, a virus gets inside the computer and the files are infected . With the help of VRDB, it is possible to repair infected files (return them exactly to their original state) .

The database creation/maintenance is performed either when the computer is idle, or when the screen-saver is running (any screen-saver, not only the avast! one) . This database, once it is created, is updated each three weeks (this value may be changed by editing avast4 . ini) .
If any file is infected by a virus, it is possible to repair it, i . e . turn it to its original state . If there are multiple versions of the file in the database, you can choose which version you want to restore .

10 . Avast! can be completely disabled from running, unlike AVG . Granted, not many people would be bothered by this but I have often wanted the anti-virus and other programs completely disabled for various reasons and could never get rid of AVG completely without uninstalling .

11 . There is a really handy little program, "avast! External Control", available for tweaking Avast! just that little bit more . It isn't installed but run from its executable file .

There was something else that I was going to say as well but have forgotten now . :rolleyes: 		pc_rekka (125)
362971 2005-06-11 14:20:00 I use ClamWin ( If your worried about virus' and such your probably better off getting one of the others listed above, Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html" target="_blank">www.clamwin.net/) because it isn't an on access scanner (one that runs in the background), rather one you use to scan files now and then. If your worried about virus' and such your probably better off getting one of the others listed above, Avast! (http:) or AVG (www.grisoft.com). Is AVG still even free? sal (67)
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