People have suggested Avast! and AVG anti-virus to me, instead paying for Norton or McAfee.
Does anyone have experience with these? Or any other suggestions?
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
I use Avira Anti-Virus Guard, and while it sometimes updates itself at inopportune moments, it has served me well. The biggest complaint I have against it is that it advertises its premium version with a big window after each update. A minor inconvenience considering I haven't had any virus problems on my current machine.
I can't really compare it to others, since I've only ever use Avira.
Edit: Whoops, typo.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I use AVG. Haven't had any problems, haven't had any viruses.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I use Avast. It's always been good.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I have used both, and Avast seems to run faster and just as efficiently.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I also use AVG in conjunction with Ad-Aware, I've never had a problem.
Also getting the NoScript addon for FireFox is fantastic as it blocks everything you don't want to run in the background while you browse. Initially it's a pain because you have to train it to unblock certain things, but once you've cycled through all your regular web pages you won't ever turn it off.
I think a good virus program is secondary to good browsing habits and other preventative measures.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: I also use AVG in conjunction with Ad-Aware, I've never had a problem.
Also getting the NoScript addon for FireFox is fantastic as it blocks everything you don't want to run in the background while you browse. Initially it's a pain because you have to train it to unblock certain things, but once you've cycled through all your regular web pages you won't ever turn it off.
I think a good virus program is secondary to good browsing habits and other preventative measures.
Yeah, pretty much everything he just said. Except that I use Avast, and I'd highly recommend that as well.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Avast works fine for my desktop, but it slowed the initial services load of my laptop to a crawl.
AVG has worked all right for me in the past, but I've been hearing occasional disgruntled murmurs from people using version 8+.
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
Sterling - Avast has an option (under Settings >Troubleshooting) to "Delay loading of avast! services after other system services".
This is designed to speed up your start-up (it worked for me!)