AVG or Avast ?

now i'm TOTALLY confused !
maybe i'll try them both , one at
a time of course.
thanks to all for your replies .
regards ,
dick

D. wrote:
> hello ,
> I've decided to abandon ship on mcafee .
> I'm wondering whether i should go with
> avg or avast . are there any major
> differences between the two ?
> thank you ,
> Dick
>
>
I've used Avira (the best), but that showed continuous activity when
used with zone alarm so I went back to Avast but that had some problem
or other so now I'm using AVG. There isn't much difference between any
of them, AVG seems to be very light on resources. My reason for
switching may not be applicable to other users although I can't for the
life of me recall why I replaced Avast.
Dave Cohen

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:19:58 +0100, Alias wrote:

> Uncle Grumpy wrote:

>> I got pelted by so many updates with Avast ...
>
> Heaven forbid an AV should get updates.
>
> and I think they all
>> required a reboot,
>
> You don't think, then. Avast only needs a reboot after a program update.
>
>> so I dumped it and went back to AVG.
>
> I don't think you've ever used Avast and you're just making it up as you
> go along.
>
> Alias


I go the same vibe. If it walks like SPAM...

R. McCarty wrote:

> Not that much, AVG has a more simplified interface and fewer options
> and configuration to setup. Avast seems to have a "Heavier" footprint

Disable "skins" and avast! is very neat and simple
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Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605

Phisherman wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:21:47 -0500, "D." <wdstk69 DeleteThis @sover.net> wrote:
>
>> hello ,
>> I've decided to abandon ship on mcafee .
>> I'm wondering whether i should go with
>> avg or avast . are there any major
>> differences between the two ?
>> thank you ,
>> Dick
>>
>
> I use free AVG on a Vista machine and free AVAST! on an XP machine. No
> problems with either application. If you have two PCs, there is an
> advantage having two different applications in that it is less likely
> both machines will become infected by the same virus. As stated many
> times, use only one anti-virus application on any single PC.

Have used both, but settled for Avast for the past two years on a couple
of machines, one running XP Home and the other Vista. It works quietly
in the background, virus sig updates can happen 2 or 3 times a day and
never need a reboot. The only indicator is a slightly American voice
quietly announcing, "Virus database has been updated." I find it kind of
reassuring, which it's no doubt meant to be. Very rarely there is also a
program update and that may require a reboot. I think both are excellent
considering they are free, but Avast seems to have greater
configurability (IS there such a word?). Seriously, you can use it
without problems - at least that has been my experience for a couple of
years now.

Hope this is helpful,

--
Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.

"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbal DeleteThis @xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1201806099.349760@ftpsrv1...
> Phisherman wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:21:47 -0500, "D." <wdstk69 DeleteThis @sover.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> hello ,
>>> I've decided to abandon ship on mcafee .
>>> I'm wondering whether i should go with
>>> avg or avast . are there any major
>>> differences between the two ?
>>> thank you ,
>>> Dick
>>
>> I use free AVG on a Vista machine and free AVAST! on an XP
>> machine. No
>> problems with either application. If you have two PCs, there
>> is an
>> advantage having two different applications in that it is
>> less likely
>> both machines will become infected by the same virus. As
>> stated many
>> times, use only one anti-virus application on any single PC.
>
> Have used both, but settled for Avast for the past two years
> on a couple of machines, one running XP Home and the other
> Vista. It works quietly in the background, virus sig updates
> can happen 2 or 3 times a day and never need a reboot. The
> only indicator is a slightly American voice quietly
> announcing, "Virus database has been updated." I find it kind
> of reassuring, which it's no doubt meant to be. Very rarely
> there is also a program update and that may require a reboot.
> I think both are excellent considering they are free, but
> Avast seems to have greater configurability (IS there such a
> word?). Seriously, you can use it without problems - at least
> that has been my experience for a couple of years now.
>
> Hope this is helpful,
>
> --
> Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee
> nutter, and compulsive computer fiddler.
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I agree with Peter In New Zealand. My thoughts exactly.
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Doug W.
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