jiff1
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Post by jiff1 on Mar 2, 2009 20:03:36 GMT
Hello
I'm about to finish my subscription to Norton. Is the free AVG still considered as good?
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Post by Jj on Mar 2, 2009 20:08:34 GMT
if u have less than 2g of ram, go with avira or avast, which i reckon are both better anyway.[/size][/font]
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Post by Jj on Mar 2, 2009 20:09:16 GMT
oh and use the norton removal tool to make sure u get rid of all traces of norton.[/size][/font]
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Post by mikkh on Mar 2, 2009 20:42:55 GMT
Well I don't consider it good since the new 8 version anyway. I wasn't too impressed with the older versions either really, but at least it wasn't the huge resource hog it now is.
Avast offers more protection if you have a POP email account, but if you only use web based email like Hotmail, Googlemail, Yahoo etc then Avira is fine too
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Post by mikeyuk on Mar 3, 2009 12:38:40 GMT
Avast is pretty good anti-virus software. If people do not use Outlook Express , Messenger then they can turn these features off in the Avast options. It frees up some resources too.
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Post by mikeyuk on Mar 3, 2009 12:40:04 GMT
About AVG ... The new version has a built-in Spyware remover so it will detect spyware as well as viruses.
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Post by ken on Mar 3, 2009 18:41:29 GMT
Its the new its and bobs that have been added to AVG, that has wrecked it in the first place. I have always thought of AVG as being free and everyone got used to using it, instead of paying for something better. I started using Avast years ago when it was the only AV that worked on 64 bit, now I put it on everything. I dont think there is a free AV that can touch it and I would get lonely without its creepy voice.
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