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| 220533 | 2004-03-06 07:49:00 | Does anyone have any experience in comparing these two AV programs. At first glance they seem fairly equivalent but I would like to know if one shines above the other for a reason I am not competent to determine |
Blue Druid (4480) | ||
| 220534 | 2004-03-06 07:55:00 | I don't know about Avast as I didn't bother sorting it out, except we use AVG at home because the updates are easy to do. I just download the files as required and have a spunky lil' batch file which runs on startup - apart from mounting network directories it also checks the file server for the latest version of antivirus updates and if there are some updates to install it just copies them to the C:\Program Files\Grisoft\avg\Updates directory and they're applied on the programs next run. So in a nutshell I chose AVG because of it's update procedure just requiring users to log onto the computer and not requiring me to manually update each machine. |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 220535 | 2004-03-06 08:24:00 | AVG scans e-mail, Avast doesn't. Avast is slightly better at picking up trojans than AVG, I have heard, due to Avast using the Kaspersky "engine". | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 220536 | 2004-03-06 08:27:00 | Hi, I don't know about AVG but have been using Avast since Aug. 03. It is an excellent AV, easy to install, auto updates ( 4 in the last 5 days ) Go to their homepage, http://www.avast.com/ click on support / forums / Avast Home / & you will get all the help & support you will ever need. Would have to be the best forum on the net, you can even chat to the guys that make the programs, try doing that with McAfee / Norton etc. all that & it's free. If you want a few more bells & whistles there is a pro version that costs, but the VS engin is the same in both versions. | jebby (4580) | ||
| 220537 | 2004-03-06 08:31:00 | Hi Pheonix, Avast does scan e-mail, both inbound & outbound. | jebby (4580) | ||
| 220538 | 2004-03-06 18:00:00 | If you want the best Nod32 is it | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 220539 | 2004-03-07 08:35:00 | The current issue of PC World has an article about free AV's. Avast has a higher rating than AVG, or at least has two independent pass ratings compared to AVG's one. I have used AVG as a back up / second AV. It is fine, and has found viruses and trojans, but has missed the occasional whereas my paid AV nabbed them. Since I use Pegasus Mail (ya gotta be mad to use Outlook, i.e. a MS email platform, due to attacks / trojans, etc.), I will soon download Avast since it is supposed to scan any pop3 email - AVG does not. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 220540 | 2004-03-07 09:00:00 | My thanks to all for your comments. I rather like the promises of Avast but didn't want to dump AVG and install a pup. | Blue Druid (4480) | ||
| 220541 | 2004-03-07 09:14:00 | No need to dump AVG. You can run two AV's concurrently (except for perhaps Norton AV which I have but will NOT use since it has some nasty after-effects). | Steve_L (763) | ||
| 220542 | 2004-03-07 09:19:00 | Thanks for that. I was concerned that the two might conflict or identify each others definitions as viruses. Avg has treated me well up to date but seems still to be very slow to get the updates and often just hangs for 15 minutes or more before the download starts. I get 'em eventually but not fond of the hassle. | Blue Druid (4480) | ||
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