Community weekly poll: Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
- 2/22/07 1:55 PM
avast and avg
by david golde - 11/23/07 9:22 AM In reply to: Avast is the Antivirus I choose by vhofmani use avast as the primary AV and I would not change to another. it is the most impressive program i have seen as of yet. it has saved my bacon a few times and you can't argue the price. i also run avg and to my surprise both avast and avg run well together. what one doesn't pick up the other does. mostly small things that i would never suspect as a problem. overall the avast picks up 99% while the avg confirms what the avast has identified.
AVAST ALL THE WAY...
by akshay.kering - 11/24/07 5:59 AM In reply to: Avast is the Antivirus I choose by vhofmani totally agree with all the other ppl who say avast is great...i've used most of the antiviruses available in the market and on the net..avast gives the best protection...
Avast-Antivirus
by Otis - 11/24/07 10:36 AM In reply to: Avast is the Antivirus I choose by vhofmanWas first recommended to me by a retired Navy computer IT person. Has worked great for me and many of the people I have built PC's and repaired home computers for since then.
He has gone Open Source and uses Avast on the Linux based OS.
AVAST
by randysvh - 11/25/07 3:47 AM In reply to: Avast-Antivirus by OtisAvast is the way to go with anti-virus, but Antivir is also very good and highly recommended. i use avast on my system and my customers systems.
randy
Want a Fast PC? Use AVG - Don't Care? Use The Bloated Others
by Robert K - 2/24/07 7:41 AM In reply to: Well... by animalcrosser107I am a speed freek. My computer has to really fly or I am miserable. Through the past 3 years, the Nortons and Macfee's got bloatier and bloatier. Any fast working machine would slow to a crawl once any of these were installed. There were points that I just ran unprotected so I could maintain my speed. Last year a friend told me to try the AVG FREE addition stating that it is not at all bloated. The rest is history.
It very light on system resources and processes, and has no impact on system performance. I was so pleased with this product that I purchased the full registered program for 3 computers with 2 year subscription!
The irony of it all is that there was a networked computer where I work that was deemed "unuseable" because it has worms & viruses in it. The server has the corporate version of Symantic antivirus etc. and couldn't remove it. It found them alright but kept saying reboot to complete the removal. They never got removed. Just for jollies, I installed the AVG FREE addition. It cleaned the viruses and worms on the first shot! THAT blew me away.
I totally agree
by pdumou6293 - 2/24/07 4:08 PM In reply to: Want a Fast PC? Use AVG - Don't Care? Use The Bloated Others by Robert KHave tried all the same and even Avast for about 6 weeks about 2 months ago and am back with AVG.......they were all system hogs and I found Avast to be the biggest hog of all of them, sllllooooowwwwwww. I don't think I will ever change, have been using avg for way more than 2 years.
Been there done that with AVG. I like Avast better.
by irishsassilassi - 2/27/07 7:48 AM In reply to: Want a Fast PC? Use AVG - Don't Care? Use The Bloated Others by Robert KAVG
Pros:
-Speedy as hell
-Takes up little resources (very little mind you)
-FREE!!
Cons:
-Straight-up anti-virus and that's all, it doesn't protect you even mildly from some adware, spyware and other network related softs
Avast
Pros:
-Just fast enough (a hell of a lot faster than McAfee, Norton, etc)
-At least attempts to cover more holes than other pure anti-virus solutions, such as with a network shield, im shield, etc
-FREE!!
Cons:
-Sometimes it is not as updated with its anti-virus defs (but AVG had also slipped past me a couple of viruses)
I would generally recommend Avast as the top Free anti-virus solution, Kaspersky as my top subscription anti-virus and AVG as an anti-virus to those with slow PC's (All PC's that date back before 2005).
Did you add Free Avg AntiSpyware?
by R. Proffitt - 2/27/07 7:50 AM
In reply to: Been there done that with AVG. I like Avast better. by irishsassilassi
It's from Ewido and is again... free.
Need For Speed v. "Bloated Others"
by LionsMike - 3/4/07 5:38 PM In reply to: Want a Fast PC? Use AVG - Don't Care? Use The Bloated Others by Robert KI have seen this same statement from several people and I am tempted to say "you should upgrade to at least 256 meg of RAM" or "you should try upgrading to a pentium 3 or 4 processor". I fear that there is a remote possibility that it may not be the case.
I have run Norton for over 10 years, and I have never ever seen any signs of the "slowdown" or of the "resource hog" that people refer to.
I type less than 500 words per second but my computer with Norton Running can move , copy, or save in excess of 100,000 words per second.
When I save a large MS Word document (which may have taken an hour or more to create) as a .pdf file it can take a minute to save. most other actions are so quick that I really do not know what portion of a second it took to complete the task.
What kind of equipment do you use to determine that Norton is making an action (which human involvement requires several seconds to prepare)take 7/1000 of a second instead of 3/1000 of a second.
I have had to "speed up slow computers" which had as many as 97 of the 420 installed spy programs actively sending out data through the dial-up modem.
I have had to "speed up slow computers" which had 70 or more Adware programs active and running.
I have had to "speed up slow computers" which had two or more CD Writing programs installed.
So Yes I have seen slow computers, but Evey time it has been due to something other than a legitimate program which was properly installed and functioning.
I have answerd complaints about computers running slow in the first few minutes after booting up DUHHHH.
What does a person do to determine, or how does a person know that his computer is bloated or running slow.
paid advertiser for norton!!
by wmorgan999 - 3/4/07 5:47 PM In reply to: Need For Speed v. "Bloated Others" by LionsMikeso come on - how much did they pay you? - even without the antivirus software - norton installes so much other stuff CCAPP - CCEVTMGR CCSETMGR CSCSERVICE.... chewing up system memory and for what - just as clean up routines for poorly developed software - thanks - but I have done my time with symantec!!
No I am not paid
by LionsMike - 3/4/07 6:54 PM In reply to: paid advertiser for norton!! by wmorgan999You mentioned 4 processes that norton put there I think you may have missed a few. Even if 7 of the 75 running processes are there by Norton, the 16 to 20 that were put there by AOL probably do more to slow down the computer. I have watched my CPU usage and of the 8% to 16% of CPU usage which is normal 0% is being used by the Norton programs.
BTW I could part with my Norton AV. I have found Avast, AVG, and CA all to work fine. I have one machine running Norton Sysytem Works without the Anti-Virus program (it has CA Anti-virus which is not as easy to use but works fine). I would not want to part with my weekly registry clean-up, defrag, scandisk, cash clean-up, protected recycling bin, the diagnostics, the process viewer, Go Back, cookie cleaner, data wiper, un-install wizzard, and other weekly maintainance functions that are in the System Works Program. In a way I get the Norton Antivirus free when I but the rest of the package.
Sorry, but Norton is a HOG!!
by retiredtech - 11/23/07 8:58 PM In reply to: No I am not paid by LionsMikeI have to agree with the users that say Norton Security Suite is both a disk and memory hog. I have repaired at least 5 computers that would not boot after an unwitting end-user tried to download a 40MB upgrade to Norton over a 56k phone line. After tens of hours and many dropped connections the computers just plain freeze up and will not boot again. Getting the first one back running again was a nightmare the first time through but I now have it down pat and get many calls from disgruntled Norton upgraders. I usually recommend AVG free since they have already spent their money on Norton and can't get a refund.
By the way I always remove the "crap" from the computers that you referred to such as AOL, extra "free" software from the manufacturer, etc. When all of that is done and you are still getting 60 to 70% CPU utilization from the Symantec Live Update program because it is stuck trying to contact the mother ship...you decide to dump the product. It always cures the slow computer. I guess your solution of adding extra RAM would also work but some of the older computers are limited to the amount of upgrade. Besides that is just putting a bandaid on a poor job of software development.
removing Norton
by randysvh - 11/25/07 4:53 AM In reply to: Sorry, but Norton is a HOG!! by retiredtechafter un-installing Norton you will find there are entries remaining in the registry and in the program files. i use Regseeker to do the search and remove all entries in the registry with this tool and it makes it so much easier. You have to put Norton in the search and then when you complete that one then do Symantec in the search to get rid of those entries. You will be surprised at how many entries will still be there even after uninstall. Norton is a terrible HOG of resources.
randy
Which anti virus
by Dennis Kearns - 11/22/07 2:46 AM In reply to: Want a Fast PC? Use AVG - Don't Care? Use The Bloated Others by Robert KI use both Avast and AVG because like others I found that they complimented each other. Both are free and detect problems which may have been missed by the other. they both offer good protection for Win Explorer. Avast offers a costant there watcher while AVG must be purchased to get the same watch-dog item. For me they are the epitomy of what an anti virus/spyware programe should be.
Two AV's at once?
by shanedr - 11/22/07 7:59 AM In reply to: Which anti virus by Dennis KearnsAre both functional at the same time. Anytime I tried to use two at the same time - big conflict.
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