Is AVG anti-virus free edition or Avast Free Edition better?

"Mallane" <Mallane.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dave fo your reply. Happy to say it WAS an AVG problem - their
> update
> was corrupted but it has been rectified now. Cheers and thanks again
> --
> Mallane
>
>
> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
>
>> From: "Mallane" <Mallane.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>
>> | Hi, I am not sure whether I am in the right section or not but hope
>> someone
>> | can help me. I have run AVG Free for ages but last night the update
>> failed
>> | saying that there was a missing .bin file. This happened after I had
>> | installed the latest XP updates - could this be the problem? I have
>> | uninstalled and reinstalled the AVG Free programme but the response is
>> the
>> | same. Since I have no idea what a .bin file is and whether the
>> Microsoft
>> | update caused the problem or whether it is an AVG problem I hope
>> someone can
>> | help me with this. Many thanks
>> | --
>> | Mallane
>>
>> Actually, microsoft.public.security.virus is more apropos.
>>
>> Many people are relating the SAME problem which is problem at
>> Ewido/Grisoft and not with
>> your PC.
>>
>> --
>> Dave
>> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>>
>>
>>


You are better off using Avast or Avira. AVG has become a brake as far as
computers are concerned..


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