 | Member with 57 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Experience: Beginner | | Is the new AVG ok or is something else better? Is there a verdict or a consensus? | | Account Closed with 654 posts. | | | | If you're paying: Kaspersky
If not: Avira
I also run WinPatrol and Comodo Internet Security for the Firewall
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midders | | Member with 57 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Experience: Beginner | | I will try Avira when AVG goes belly up. Thanks. | | Distinguished Member with 3,730 posts. | | Join Date: May 2004 Experience: Intermediate | | | | | Senior Member with 273 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Experience: Intermediate | | I've been using AVG for years now. I've just installed the newest AVG 8.5 and I couldn't connect to the net. Uninstalled it and I'm fine, well, as long as I'm surfing Tech Support Guy, 'cause I've not anti-virus at this moment. I'll try installing again..
__________________ It's all about the Pentiums, baby! | | Moderator with 36,830 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont | | I found that AVG 8.5 slowed my Vista system to an unacceptable level. I have always used AVG but just switched to Avira. It seems fine to me.
If you do switch, make absolutely sure that all traces of any previous brand of AV have been removed. Stray drivers can lead to trouble. Autoruns is good for checking that nothing is still loading that should not be.
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Windows Shell/User | | Distinguished Member with 7,661 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cyberspace Experience: Advanced | | If you're going to uninstall AVG eventually, you might want to use the AVG Remover. | | Moderator with 36,830 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom010 If you're going to uninstall AVG eventually, you might want to use the AVG Remover. | Didn't know about that. It may have saved me some time, though I would have checked manually, anyway, to convince myself. | | Member with 57 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Experience: Beginner | | Thanks for the AVG Remover link.
I have Vista on my laptop and it has been maddeningly slower than molasses and next to impossible to deal with since the first boot and gets worse all the time. Do they have a patch that fixes any of that? | | Senior Member with 677 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mumbai, India Experience: the 9th wonder :P |
26-Mar-2009, 12:10 PM
#10 | Well,
Kaspersky is really good im using kaspersky internet security 2009. There is a problem though, it sometimes slows down the internet connection. Overall im pretty happy with the protection.
here's some kind of a verdict. Decide for yourself. http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ | | Senior Member with 273 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Experience: Intermediate |
26-Mar-2009, 01:51 PM
#11 | Well, I have tried installing AVG 8.5 again and again. I can't use it anymore, because I can't connect to the net when it is installed. Guess I'll try Avira... | | Administrator with 6,862 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somewhere back in the Mountain Experience: better than my sister |
26-Mar-2009, 04:09 PM
#12 | I just updated to AVG 8.5. All seems fine with my system. I've not noticed any difference in the computer than before, but I'm running Windows XP Pro, not Vista. | | Senior Member with 677 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mumbai, India Experience: the 9th wonder :P |
27-Mar-2009, 03:04 AM
#13 | if one can afford, you should definitely go in for kaspersky internet security.. I bought this for 1800 indian rupees....its worth the buy |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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