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What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Mozz - 11-16-2009
AVG Free
Avast Free
I posted this because alot of people have diffrent views from what ive read on the internet. For instance on download.com AVG is the most downloaded.
But what are your views?
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Kharnage - 11-16-2009
I choose Avast
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Riverthief - 11-16-2009
Avast, hands down.
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Skawke - 11-16-2009
Most people choose AVG because it comes with most computers, and it's more user friendly, sorta.
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Yoshi - 11-17-2009
Avast by Far, Finds more viruses and less false positives. I have never being infected using Avast.
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Codine - 11-17-2009
I quite like Avast, but that's just my opinion...
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - dafatman - 11-17-2009
I think AVG has a better GUI but I really don't care about that and avast! picks up a lot more (at least for me it does).
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Omniscient - 11-17-2009
Why choose? Run them both.
It's not a problem to run these side-by-side on the same system. I did so myself for a long time. I won't disclose my full AV setup right now but it does include one or both of those softwares.
Often Anti-Virus protection starts with knowing where you download files from. My AV never triggers because I don't download from anywhere but trusted sources (i.e. downloads.com).
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Trojan - 11-17-2009
I use AVG and I have never been infected unless that one time that I downloaded a phisher that had a trojan horse in it but other then that I would say
AVG.
RE: What is really the best of these 2 anti-viruses - Skawke - 11-17-2009
(11-17-2009, 03:25 PM)Omniscient Wrote: Why choose? Run them both.
It's not a problem to run these side-by-side on the same system. I did so myself for a long time. I won't disclose my full AV setup right now but it does include one or both of those softwares.
Often Anti-Virus protection starts with knowing where you download files from. My AV never triggers because I don't download from anywhere but trusted sources (i.e. downloads.com).
People say the running 2 AV's side by side could cause conflicts though.