McAfee to AVG?

[Heffty]

I own the McAfee 2005 virusscan/firewall package. A number of my friends are telling me I'd be better off going with the free AVG now rather than the McAfee due to the fact I like gaming and McAfee takes up more resources than AVG. I'm not sure what to do and would like some advice. Thanks

 

[Schadenfroh]

See my sig.

 

[Thetech]

I suggest you check out Eset's NOD32 I use it it's great software, and the amount of system resources it uses is very very small.

 

[John]

McAfee has a better detection rate than AVG, but it is major bloatware unless you're using the enterprise version. Honestly nobody can touch AOL Kaspersky since it's free and arguably has the best detection rate.

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: Thetech
I suggest you check out Eset's NOD32 I use it it's great software, and the amount of system resources it uses is very very small.

Or Anti-Vir
http://www.free-av.com/

Anti-Vir is considered to have the best detechtion rate of all the free ones. It doesn't use a lot of resources either.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Anti-Vir is considered to have the best detechtion rate of all the free ones. It doesn't use a lot of resources either.

While AntiVir has a good detection rate, it pales in comparison to the free AOL Kaspersky.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Anti-Vir is considered to have the best detechtion rate of all the free ones. It doesn't use a lot of resources either.

While AntiVir has a good detection rate, it pales in comparison to the free AOL Kaspersky.

I totally forgot about that one.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: wizboy11

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Anti-Vir is considered to have the best detechtion rate of all the free ones. It doesn't use a lot of resources either.

While AntiVir has a good detection rate, it pales in comparison to the free AOL Kaspersky.

I totally forgot about that one.

I've been using the free Kaspersky its been great. It found two virus' that Antivir did not. To tell the truth the two files it found in no way suprise me were some type of virus...

 

[mad0maxx]

I use BitDefender... switched from AVG which is good but not the best detection... Anti-Vir made my system slow down too...

http://www.toptenreviews.com/

Has been a really good site for me

 

[corkyg]

I replaced McAfee 10 on three systems with AVG. Tried Avast, and Kaspersky. Kaspersky screwedf up my off-line defrag options of NTFS system files - other than that is was good. But, AVG works best for me. I don't need the best detection rate since my personal AV is a second line of defense - my ISP being first (They use McAfee.)