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| Thread ID: 89216 | 2008-04-24 12:32:00 | AVG Free 8.0 released | sal (67) | PC World Chat |
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| 662180 | 2008-04-24 12:32:00 | For those that don't already know, AVG Free 8.0 has been released. The commercial versions have been on 8.0 for a few weeks and although the fanfare wasn't encouraging, the UI overhaul is enough for me to at least give it a once over. AVG Free 8.0 - 45 MB free.grisoft.com Will post back with my impressions. |
sal (67) | ||
| 662181 | 2008-04-24 12:42:00 | Does it use as much as the old one??? Vista 64b has it idling at 50mb! |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 662182 | 2008-04-24 12:58:00 | For those that don't already know, AVG Free 8.0 has been released. The commercial versions have been on 8.0 for a few weeks and although the fanfare wasn't encouraging, the UI overhaul is enough for me to at least give it a once over. AVG Free 8.0 - 45 MB free.grisoft.com Will post back with my impressions. 45MB! :horrified Eset Smart Security which includes AV, Spyware, Spam protection & Firewall is only 20MB. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 662183 | 2008-04-24 13:00:00 | I think someone here tried it, it was worse than v 7.0 :lol: | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 662184 | 2008-04-24 14:37:00 | I think someone here tried it, it was worse than v 7.0 :lol: That is very diffinative! |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 662185 | 2008-04-24 19:32:00 | Lets wait a while - while many new versions are given bad ratings, they usually settle down to be good and worth upgrading to. | Digby (677) | ||
| 662186 | 2008-04-24 20:39:00 | Lets wait a while - while many new versions are given bad ratings, they usually settle down to be good and worth upgrading to. You mean "They stop supporting the old version and you are forced to upgrade to the new version" :D |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 662187 | 2008-04-24 20:53:00 | Been thinking for a long time of switching our laptop to Avast. This decided me to get moving and do something about it. Avast is 16.6Mb it seems. However after doing a check of the Feb/Mar/Apr editions of the PC World DVD's I see that there is no Avast just AVG. Is my memory incorrect - I think Avast used to be on the DVD's. If I search further back and find PC World DVD with it on would it be a worthwhile exercise eg would it be too old a version etc ? Misty :illogical |
Misty (368) | ||
| 662188 | 2008-04-24 21:40:00 | After reading this in the latest Windows Secrets newsletter I'm going to try it out in the Virtual Xp I'm running at the mo. "Here's the consensus of the freeware reviewers: Avira AntiVir Personal You'll probably never see the freeware version of an antivirus program outrank its commercial counterpart in a software roundup, but Avira's AntiVir gives other fee-based antivirus apps a run for their money. The program receives high marks for its malware detection rates and its ability to take on rootkit viruses. The main disadvantage cited by reviewers is that the free version of AntiVir doesn't scan incoming e-mail. However, the program does scan e-mail attachments after you've saved them, and it detects malware if you open an infected e-mail." |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 662189 | 2008-04-24 22:57:00 | mwahaha, I'm a happy NOD32 subscriber. AVG has been the standard free AV to recommend but for a while people have obviously been recommending avast! (still can't get over the skinnable AV thing, seems wrong) and Avira AntiVir (my personal free AV recommendation because of performance) over AVG. I still haven't given the latest AVG a once over in a VM but the filesize is defintely a big negative being basically twice as large than most other decent AV (suites?) around. |
sal (67) | ||
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