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I think there is nothing better out there that's FREE that does such a fantastic job as AVG. It has never let me down, and if you are just a casual internet user like myself then why would you bother paying for virus protection when AVG 8 FREE is such a whole package. I Love it. Comment made about the PC Authority article: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8? A new interface and extra web-protection capabilities make AVG our top free antivirus choice
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This is a nice anti virus software in my opinion this is beter than some popular and expensive antivirus software like norton which made my computer slow down alot.
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Anything is better than Norton. 
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:. wrote:Anything is better than Norton. True. Especially with the LARGE RAM usage of the program in idle state. Also found McAfee anti-virus / security suite* was using about 24mb of RAM on a neighbours computer. Got rid of it and installed another package -free version AVG off a PC Authority cover disc - and put on zonealarm as a firewall. They could not believe how better running the PC was after  *note: this was recommended as a security package by their ISP.
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I have just installed this new release of an old favourite.
After 5 years use i have yet to have a problem and installing the new version is easy with very simple setup options.
Easy to use and functional. Highly recommended
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Used it for years, but the new web scan feature slowed my browsing and triggered complaints from forums I use. I uninstalled it 3 days ago and switched to Kaspersky. Until this version I have used it on literally hundreds of computers, but its now no longer an automatic choice.
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I dont mind AVG but i absolutely love kaspersky. think it does a excellent job. i also like the graphs that monitor your activity.
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For usability and most important, free protection you cant go wrong. AVG protection applications use less on your systems resources freeing up your pc to handle your daily tasks.
Upgrade for a fraction of the cost to Norton and other 3rd party products. Need it for business, no problem, AVG caters for home users and business needs. Works like a dream running via network editions
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AVG Internet Security - better than most on the market and cheaper with longer subscription limits.
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As a Programmer/Computer Tech I recommend AVG to anyone who asks which Anti-Virus to use. I never install the toolbar though, and the one time I have seen it installed, there were serious DNS errors, and no websites working as a result.
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I'm confused! The av-comparatives.org site shows that Avira is very much superior to this product at protecting your PC but the PC Authority reviews indicate AVG is a better product. I agree that the new AVG interface is prettier and that Avira does nag. Does this review mean that that Avira's extra detection is unnecessary for the home user? Is one of these anti-virus programs "safer" than the other (as av-comparatives would indicate) or not?
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ru32day wrote:I'm confused! The av-comparatives.org site shows that Avira is very much superior to this product at protecting your PC but the PC Authority reviews indicate AVG is a better product. I agree that the new AVG interface is prettier and that Avira does nag. Does this review mean that that Avira's extra detection is unnecessary for the home user? Is one of these anti-virus programs "safer" than the other (as av-comparatives would indicate) or not? I'm in the air conditioning industry RU. if you put 5 people in a room and ask them how the A/C is working, you'll get 5 different opinions. I suspect that if you give 5 different groups of people a number of sets of similar software to rank, You'll get them ranked in 5 different orders. And they'll all have perfectly good justifications for their rankings.
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Slatts, to some extent I agree with you. However, PCA themselves say (in their Avira test) that Avira detects more viruses than AVG. I would have thought that for an a-v progarm, virus detection was the primary requirement and products that performed equally well in this aspect would then be separated on other features. If the detection tests are like those hard drive tests that measure tiny differences in performance that no-one can detect in actual usage, then I'll consider the prettier and friendlier AVG. If, however, we're all vulnerable to all of the viruses in the detection tests, then I'll forego beauty and put up with nags for the sake of safety.
PCA did justify ranking AVG higher - I just need to know whether that reasoning is valid for my circumstances, hence the question about whether one is "safer" in real world usage. This is something I will never know through personal use unless some virus escapes the security net - by that time it would be too late.
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ru32day wrote:Slatts, to some extent I agree with you. However, PCA themselves say (in their Avira test) that Avira detects more viruses than AVG. I would have thought that for an a-v progarm, virus detection was the primary requirement and products that performed equally well in this aspect would then be separated on other features. If the detection tests are like those hard drive tests that measure tiny differences in performance that no-one can detect in actual usage, then I'll consider the prettier and friendlier AVG. If, however, we're all vulnerable to all of the viruses in the detection tests, then I'll forego beauty and put up with nags for the sake of safety.
PCA did justify ranking AVG higher - I just need to know whether that reasoning is valid for my circumstances, hence the question about whether one is "safer" in real world usage. This is something I will never know through personal use unless some virus escapes the security net - by that time it would be too late. I'm assuming they took into consideration such things as ease of use, signature update regularity, cost, how pretty it looks. A number of these are subjective. It's not just a matter of capture rates for the average user. Ease of set up and use is very important to a novice user. If it's too hard or too expensive, it won't get done properly, leaving the system vulnerable. The tester has to come up with a weighting system that is the best of all worlds and it's always going to be subjective. That's why the data is also published.
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Subjectively speaking im sure the best Antivirus in the world isn't very good if it hogs all your system resources and is impossible to use or understand unless you own a degree in anti virus. PC Authority basically subjectivelly takes the tests if you read the review its got good other factors that count. For example Norton is a resource hog that doesn't really help the computer much
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bbjai wrote:Subjectively speaking im sure the best Antivirus in the world isn't very good if it hogs all your system resources and is impossible to use or understand unless you own a degree in anti virus. PC Authority basically subjectivelly takes the tests if you read the review its got good other factors that count. For example Norton is a resource hog that doesn't really help the computer much If the virus program catches 100% of the viruses in a test but makes your core 2 duo system run like a Pentium 200 with 32meg of ram it's not going to win too many prizes.
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this is a very nice one. but the bad thing about it is it has no firewall. firewall is an important security tool. if you want firewall, it is not free anymore.
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tastynoodle wrote:this is a very nice one. but the bad thing about it is it has no firewall. firewall is an important security tool. if you want firewall, it is not free anymore. zone alarm free firewallPC Tools firewallOne of those ought to get you out of trouble.
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well this has lost my vote now after the disappearing
.bin file act. you see it... now you dont
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well as an avid computer user, I just have to put in my two cents, I used various anti virus programs. Most of them do the basics, but u do get what u pay for, Some programs don't detect all the savy viruses. some interfaces are easier to use than others , and some detect false positives, if u dont know much about your computer, its like walking blind folded being directed by someone that speaks another languague. you dont really put much attention untill you get bitten by a malicious virus that screws up your computer. so Ive opted for kaspersky anti virus , not o ram hog , and is functions automatically.
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