AVG Free or Avast Home?

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:14:02 -0700, romanom
<romanom DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> 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.
>
> 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.


They are both good and neither one is at all likely to screw up your
system. I prefer Avast!, but others whose opinions I respect prefer
AVG. You can't go wrong with either.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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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.
>
> 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!!!!


I've used both, and was completely satisfied with them. Neither have
ever caused me any problems. I finally settled on AVAST, primarily
because it was Vista-ready first, and it it seems to be updated (both
the application, itself, and the definition files) more frequently.


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"romanom" <romanom.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE406611-490C-46E6-94D9-4DDD9B87118D@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>
Another excellent AV apps for your consideration
Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic
http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

This has always been the never-ending debate among these two major freeware
av. With regards to the PROTECTION here are my observations :

Avast in my opinion, is MUCH better at detecting virus files inside
compressed (zip'd) archives. Even AVG's complete scan will NOT detect ALL
infections inside the Zip files. And if the compressed files are .rar or
other formats, AVG's odds of detection are even less.

Next : Detection of email borne viruses in AVG is at best average. If you
have Outlook Express 6 client as part of Windows XP, you could easily end up
downloading and saving some common email borne viruses. Its only at the time
of extraction or saving the extracted infection that AVG gives a warning !
AVG even with using the Outlook Express plugin, u could download the virus to
your machine as an eml file, and it wont even warn when you open the eml
file.

--
http://www.WinVistaClub.com
Microsoft MVP 2007 Awardee.

I went with AVG for one reason, Avast had a bug that was leaving ghosts or
'left-overs' of the menu after right-clicking on an object. Went to the
Avast free forum and found many are having the problem, but no solution.

Thank you very much for all you input!

"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.
>
> 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!!!!

"romanom" <romanom DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE406611-490C-46E6-94D9-4DDD9B87118D@microsoft.com...
> 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!!!!

I used AVG for a couple of years and only changed to Avast because it was
Vista compatible - the way I look at it free is a bargain which ever one you
use!
James

"anandk" <anandk RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6474008D-7949-46B5-9512-5E373F15EC0D@microsoft.com...
> This has always been the never-ending debate among these two major
> freeware
> av. With regards to the PROTECTION here are my observations :

I've got Avast on one PC and AVG on another. Avast has better protection but
also uses more resources, slows down web browser. For that reason I prefer
AVG.

"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.
>
> 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.

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

"Nick" 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.
> >
> > 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 DeleteThis @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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