I'm up on AVG 2012 - it's pretty decent. I had gone away from it with Microsoft Security Essentials for a bit but it didn't offer quite enough in my opionion.
I do see some bloat happening with AVG though.
That is not a very bright statement. NO virus requires cycling offline and back on to be active.
Idiot. If you go online with dial-up, the virus doesn't need to call out, because you already have.
You could be a little more stupid, but not today.
Ok, as an experiment I went and uninstalled AVG and installed MSE. So far, things are running quite a bit faster. Now have to do this on my wife's computer...
Charlie
Personally, I don't use a real time virus scanner. For other folks computers, I've been using M$ Security Essentials. It's not the best, but not a hog like some of the other programs out there. Plus, it's free. The best thing, it stays quiet, unlike some programs that are chatty.
I always keep an up to date version of Malwarebytes on computers. It's an on-demand scanner. I've used this program to disinfect a few systems which were hopelessly hosed. This is one of the better programs for disinfection.
Know about Kaspersky TDSSKiller. If you get a rootkit virus, this works well to root out those pesky kits. It's a free download from Kaspersky.
Linux works for me!
Jon
Last time I evaluated this (2 yrs ago) for our home Windows PC's, AVG stood out as the best. We use the free version, for home use. Norton was much more resource hungry and interfered with lots of operations. McAffee was VERY resource hungry.
At least with AVG the effect is much less noticable than McAfee and Panda :-)
-- Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply indicates you are not using the right tools... nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.) --------------------------------------------------------------
I went through several AV programs because they were slowing my computer down more than a boatload of viri. I decided to try StopZilla and it's been working very nicely. It's found some malware and eliminated it quickly.
You just confirmed that you are the idiot here. You stated that using dial up would prevent viruses, which is totally stupid. Hence you are "Always wrong."
They don't. Some sit around for a while and wait for a specific date. In the case of dialup, the virus would wait until an internet connection is detected. That was the whole raison d'etre of Zone Alarm.
I dumped AVG free a few months ago because of constant problems when updating. Their only solution was to uninstall & reinstall it. After three times in one week I switched to Microsoft Security Essentials.
-- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
It's free for XP and Vista as well.
-- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
Avira won the CR ratings. Both the free and bought versions. Avira, AVG, Avast, Microsoft, in that order.
Me, I have free comcast nortons, and another cross platform version.
Greg
Microsoft Security Essentials, or Avast Free both free, work fine and not as bloated as most others . do occasional scan with Malwarebytes free version and you are good to go anywhere.
Ray
Let's not forget Microsoft Security Essentials: the reformed perp is doing community service :)
No, just trying to control another software area. Same old, same old.
-- We have failed to address the fundamental truth that endless growth is impossible in a finite world.
Avira is pretty effective ...I've been using the free version for a couple of years. It does show some pop-ups touting the paid upgrade (usually at boot-up), but they aren't too annoying:
The new version 12 sucks. Pop-ups every hour!
ElectronDepot website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.