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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: darkbrowneggs on September 03, 2013, 08:42:40 pm

Title: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 03, 2013, 08:42:40 pm

My laptop came in with AGV installed, but only for about 48 hours before they want me to pay. 


I had heard of Avast which purports to be free.  What does anyone think of it or should I go for another anti virus programme?

Title: Re: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: bloomer on September 03, 2013, 08:44:23 pm

search online there is a free version of avg that is very good, its not as good as the paid for one, but i don't pay for such things so the freebie one works fine for me!!!

Title: Re: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: Anke on September 03, 2013, 09:03:44 pm

We are using Microsoft Security Essentials (OH is the computer boffin not me...), and it is much faster than AVG. On our (sometimes slow) broadband connection AVG was often taking ages to do its thing...
 
Also free to download.

Title: Re: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: doganjo on September 03, 2013, 09:31:04 pm

I use MS essentials too.  But it can be a bit of a pest - it sometimes pages for no apparent reason.  I have AVG FREE on my laptop.

Title: Re: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: shropshire_blue on September 04, 2013, 12:18:33 am

I used Avast for years when I had windows.  Very good, regular updates, not too intrusive.  Thoroughly recommend it.


Your best defence is being careful what you click on...

Title: Re: Avast Anti Virus?
Post by: ellied on September 04, 2013, 07:46:15 am

I have Ad-Aware Antivirus which is free to download and touch wood has kept on top of things for a couple of years now.  It can be set up to scan and update itself regularly or on demand, just sometimes it is downloading definitions or running a full scan and slows my browser and other programs down but I have an ancient and memory tight laptop so I don't blame it entirely for taking the capacity.