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| Thread ID: 51916 | 2004-12-03 04:48:00 | Best free antivirus program? | Wilky (776) | Press F1 |
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| 299381 | 2004-12-03 04:48:00 | I own a copy of Norton Antivirus 2002 and it doesn't work correctly on my computer, so I'm looking for a good quality free antivirus program. Email scanning is good but not a must, as I use Thunderbird and don't open attachments from strangers. A feature similiar to NAV's "auto protect" is a must, to stop those nasties getting into my computer! And as I'm a gamer, I want something which isn't a resource hog or makes my computer take much longer to boot. And naturally, I'll want something very effective at virus scanning. Does such a program exist? Or will I have to pay for a newer version of the resource hogging norton? I've been doing a little research and have heard good things about both Avast and AVG, which one is better? Are there better ones which I haven't heard about? Thanks. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 299382 | 2004-12-03 04:55:00 | The general consensus seems to be AVG. I find it works very well in all the departments mentioned. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 299383 | 2004-12-03 05:03:00 | If you are looking for the best go with Avast, all the help you could want on their forum. | jebby (4580) | ||
| 299384 | 2004-12-03 06:02:00 | lol..............whichever one catches the viruses is better......personally I've dealt with many AV progs and I've not ever found one that is 'perfect' and it's very very difficult to say if one is better than another.........simply go for either avast or avg, (the new version -7-), and occasionally do a 'backup scan' at say housecall or similar........... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 299385 | 2004-12-03 06:15:00 | Aah ! To quote the words of the godfather --- >>>The best is, and will always be, the one that has the most recent definitions released by the maker, and applied by the user. Can one say better Misty :D |
Misty (368) | ||
| 299386 | 2004-12-03 07:04:00 | All very wel to say that,but the question is,which is it? | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 299387 | 2004-12-03 07:17:00 | I neglected to add - >>>Everything else is relative to these basic principles. Apart from that I would say AVG - but then I am biased and perhaps partly brainwashed, with no methodology to prove back up that view. The other serious contender, from this and other threads appears to be AVAST. Has anyone done some serious comparisons ? That's what we need to hear ! Misty B-) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 299388 | 2004-12-06 12:24:00 | Just removed NAV 2002, 2003 and 2004 from people's computers and replaced it with AVG, after numerous tests, I found NAV has slackened in the department of catching viruses, after removing them and installing AVG, one computer had 14 trojans/viruses another had 3, and the others were clean. So far I'll be suggesting AVG over NAV now, and I've now decided against Symantec products. If AVG fails, I'll try Avast. Kame |
Kame (312) | ||
| 299389 | 2004-12-06 14:25:00 | Hi Wilky. I loved AVG6. AVG7 wouldn't work for me on emails. Have had Avast for nearly a week now and it really great. Speedwise - well after I uninstalled AVG, then installed Avast my computer speed really picked up. Couldn't believe it. Mind you I had the same when I dumped Norton's [the biggest hogger in my opinion anyway.] Avast has an icon in the system tray, and whenever I send or receive emails the icon turns around and shows it is checking, also states on incoming and outgoing emails that it is clean [can check in the ? detail tab of email.] Icon also spins if scanning with Adaware or Spybot, you will always know when it is active no matter what you are doing. You can also R/click any file or program and Avast can be used to scan them. Forum is good, better than AVG's where I practically lived trying to get AVG7 to work. If you aren't fussy about emails being checked then go for either AVG or Avast. They're both good at virus checking. I still think that if you can get AVG7 to work on emails then it's not an issue regards which one is best, they both are. You really will be happy with both. Whatever choice you make will be the right one. Just toss a coin - you'll still be a winner. The last comment I will make is not important to others but I hate square boxlike skins that programs have. And Avast has some really neat shapes. Mine is a smallish green pyramid with a panel in which the scanning process is detailed when scanning. cheers, Marg. |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 299390 | 2004-12-08 07:25:00 | Hi People I have avg 7 on my pc. but.. I tried one called A squared (A2)] it is free and updates regularly and trapped 3 worms on my last run that avg missed. give it a go rgds Jazzbo |
jazzbo (5750) | ||
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