I use AVG on all my builds for friends/family/myself. First off, free. Nothing can beat using totally freeware rather than shareware or hack stuff. Secondly, it doesn't seem to be as intrusive as Mcafee or Norton. So, it doesn't take as much resources it seems. I really only have a few problems with the software.
1) Virus Dat Updating- You can only specify a time to check....if you don't have a net connection or are on at that time, it will just skip and wait until the next day/week/whatever at that time again. So you have to pick a time when you are on normally. Not a big deal, but I do like the fact that if Mcafee misses an update time, it will just schedule for next run.
2)E-mail scanning- I am a hardcore anti-outlook guy. I use eudora and it does certify that mail. But I decided to test outlook so i could also pick up my hotmail through it. I turned on the outlook 5 support (even though I am running 6) and it does not certify anymore. In fact, i doubt it would stop any outlook virus vbs if i was just viewing my mail. All it did was add a toolbar that gives you options to scan manually. Big friggin deal. Going to go back to Eudora.
3)Doesn't allow custom scan times- You can set one manually to run now, or set it to run every day...but there is no way to set up a weekly scan or such. Even if they did add that, im sure you could only set a specific time and if you missed that time, it would skip it like it does the dat updates....
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4) Virus protection- I have had at least 3 occasions where it caught a JS virus going in my system...but it allowed it to pass by me. All it did was pop up a box that said something to the effect of "I think that JS had a virus, you might want to run a scan". At least Mcafee stops it and asks what you want to do with the script. And, while we are on the subject, it also annoys me that you can only send you viruses that it finds to the "virus vault" during a scan. Only after they are there, you can work or delete them. I wouldn't mind this as much if it was total active and stuck everything there and just notified me. Ah well.
I do believe "you get what you pay for". And also subscribe that having this is alot better than having nothing or McAfee bogging down my system. If they would just add a few usability features, this would be a total solid product for me.
On a side note...for the dude,
Cutn2, trying to download Office XP...screw that bloatware too. If you want a free office suite that works just as well and again,
ITS FREE. Try these:
602 Software
or
Open Office Suite based on StarOffice 6.0.
Hope this helps guys.
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