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AVG or Avast?

I'm never used AVG, but I hear that Avast has better detection rates whereas AVG has a smaller footprint. Personally, I prefer AntiVir.
 
I use AVG Free on all my home PCs (4 of them), and it works great for us. I tried Avast and didn't like it for some reason I can't remember now.
 
Originally posted by: John
Originally posted by: TechHead87
Anyone think one is better than the other? Or is there an even better one that those two?
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Kaspersky 6.0
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Which unfortunately is not free. Spy Sweeper's good for its purpose too, but it's also not free.
 
Originally posted by: beggerking
I have both running on my computer for the best protection.
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Probably not the best idea.

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
Been running AVG for years, small footprint and it gets the job done. What more could you want?
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Anti-Vir has better detection rates last I checked and is probably equally light.

 
I had Avast for a while and I didn't like it - the program was slow and bloated. I tried AVG for a short while before my Windows corrupted and it seemed alright. I also had kaspersky for a little while and didn't have much of an opinion for it.
 
Originally posted by: Aflac
I had Avast for a while and I didn't like it - the program was slow and bloated. I tried AVG for a short while before my Windows corrupted and it seemed alright. I also had kaspersky for a little while and didn't have much of an opinion for it.
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The most recent version of Anti-Vir is greatly improved interface-wise, as is Kaspersky 6.

 
not to high jack this thread, but what a good site for a free virus scan/clean without installing anything on the computer. I used to go to Trendmicro.com, but too much non sense with them now.
 
Originally posted by: Shftup
not to high jack this thread, but what a good site for a free virus scan/clean without installing anything on the computer. I used to go to Trendmicro.com, but too much non sense with them now.
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Bitdefender.

 
Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: John
Originally posted by: TechHead87
Anyone think one is better than the other? Or is there an even better one that those two?
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Kaspersky 6.0
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Which unfortunately is not free. Spy Sweeper's good for its purpose too, but it's also not free.
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I suppose I skipped over the topic summary. However Kaspersky is free for 30 days. 😛

Shftup, be sure to also check out
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm
 
I ran AVG with version 6 and then when it was no longer supported I tried 7 and it wouldn't work correctly so I had to find a different antivirus.

I tried Antivir and it found stuff that AVG didn't pick up :Q so I've been using it since.
The interface is different now but it still seems to be pretty good with a small install and memory usage. I give it 2 :thumbsup:.
 
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