I'm installing AVAST! anti virus..

[Shinobi]

Seeing how Grisoft AVG Free 6.0 is ending support.. I'm giving AVAST! Home user edition a go.. looks good so far...

Any of you guys use this?

Shinobi :)

[YARDofSTUF]

I use avast, love it, put avg on another pc just recently to try and see a difference.

when is AVG ending their support?

[mnosteele52]

Important notice: This Beta version of AVG Free Edition will expire 11/30/2004. By this time, the final version of this product will be available for your free download.

Important notice: This is a Beta version of the product. This release may not be fully functional and may contain errors and bugs. By downloading this Beta version you acknowledge and understand that you are voluntarily taking a risk by installing the SW on your computer. You are responsible for the proper backup of your important data, monitoring the proper functionality of this product and checking for the newest updates as they become available.

THIS RELEASE OF AVG FREE EDITION BETA VERSION IS AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS AND FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! FUTURE RELEASES MAY APPEAR ON THIS PAGE. THE FINAL RELEASE OF AVG FREE EDITION WILL BE GENERALLY AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD SOON.


AVG is not discontinuing support for AVG FREE, they are updating it from AVG 6.0 FREE to AVG 7.0 FREE. The reason for this is because 6.0 cannot be revamped to protect against the latest types of viruses threats so they are releasing a whole new improved FREE version. It is supposed to be released sometime in November, more than enough time before support for 6.0 ends on Dec 31.

:)

[Cable Vision]

men Avast is one of the best av..oh,and its free

[The Dude]

I've been using Avast for a while now, I like it. IMHO it's better than AVG. :)

[YARDofSTUF]

Important notice: This Beta version of AVG Free Edition will expire 11/30/2004. By this time, the final version of this product will be available for your free download.

Important notice: This is a Beta version of the product. This release may not be fully functional and may contain errors and bugs. By downloading this Beta version you acknowledge and understand that you are voluntarily taking a risk by installing the SW on your computer. You are responsible for the proper backup of your important data, monitoring the proper functionality of this product and checking for the newest updates as they become available.

THIS RELEASE OF AVG FREE EDITION BETA VERSION IS AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS AND FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! FUTURE RELEASES MAY APPEAR ON THIS PAGE. THE FINAL RELEASE OF AVG FREE EDITION WILL BE GENERALLY AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD SOON.


AVG is not discontinuing support for AVG FREE, they are updating it from AVG 6.0 FREE to AVG 7.0 FREE. The reason for this is because 6.0 cannot be revamped to protect against the latest types of viruses threats so they are releasing a whole new improved FREE version. It is supposed to be released sometime in November, more than enough time before support for 6.0 ends on Dec 31.

:)


Does 7.0 have a new tray icon, cuz they really need something nicer :D

[Cable Vision]

Avast can detect trojans and is more exact ,you can choose diferent levels of scanning and resident protection is one of the best in the softwares world.

[mmione]

I found Avast to be clunky and slow.

[Paft]

I found Avast to be clunky and slow.
Strange. I found AVG to be the same that you did Avast.

*shrugs*

[Cable Vision]

I found Avast to be clunky and slow.maybe, but Norton remain worst AV
:irate:

[YARDofSTUF]

Clunky? how is an application clunky?

[CableDude]

Didn't like avast. :-/ *shrug*

[Cable Vision]

My PC still running fast and virus and trojans free..thank,s avast and my pockett say thank,s too

[YeOldeStonecat]

maybe, but Norton remain worst AV
:irate:

Oh there's much MUCH worse ones out there. Trust me. :nod: True of their newest home market retail products.

Now for their Corporate Edition/Small Business Edition of antivirus, I beg to differ, they are much different than their home market products, and FAR superior, one of my top 3 favorite AV products.

[Road Runner]

I went ahead and dropped NAV for the moment and download Avast! onto my system. It definitely isn't a system resource hogger.

[YARDofSTUF]

I went ahead and dropped NAV for the moment and download Avast! onto my system. It definitely isn't a system resource hogger.


Not as bad as norton, avast isnt the best at it wither tho, but I do like it. Have to wait and see how AVG 7 comes out, other than that I see no competition under 250 bucks lol

[koldchillah]

I realize not everyone has run into this issue, but I've never been able to get the updates to work on AVG, even after trying again recently.. I would manually click update and it would say something about "connection not available, please manually connect and try again".. This also happened to 2 of my friends whom I recommended AVG for. wtf? I tried a few things such as re-installing and adding other update servers to the list, etc etc.. but in the end I decided "why?".. Why should I have to go through all this trouble? I just want something that I can install and have it work on first go around.. AVG has struck out 3 times in my book..

I tried out AVAST and it never gave me the slightest issue.. Not like I've ever been infected with a virus anyways. :::shrugs::: As for resources, it doesn't appear to make my laptop flench in anyway so I'm good there. :)