FREE AVG - any good?

[Brighton till i die]

anti-virus?

does it do the job? was recommended to me but then a mate said he used it and his pc got f***ed from viruses!!

 

[Bluejuice]

It's pretty good value and does a job, considering you aren't paying for it.

But at the same time it's all too easy to pirate a pro distribution of one of the more major packages like NOD32

 

[Cian]

Its better than Norton.


Thats not saying much though is it?

 

[Bluejuice]

Its better than Norton.

So is covering your mouth when you sneeze

 

[Brighton till i die]

ive got macafee currently but its acting up so they said i can have a refund - then someone recommended this AVG so i have installed it - bit wanna check its cushty before i canx my macafee thing!!

 

[Ice Man]

It's very good, quick, user friendly, and FREE!

Much better than the Norton/McAfee crap.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

When I read the title I thought it said FREE AIDS!


oh and AVG is quite good, I prefere it to Norton

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Yes, I've used it for a couple of years now. It's great. Although I needed technical help once, and had to ask for it on a bulletin board in German. That's a small price to pay for it being free, though.

 

[hitony]

Ive been using the free version of AVG now for 6 years, i think its very good.

Thats all.

 

[Stinky Kat]

me free AGV has started asking me to re-start the computer after every download. Anyone else get this? Anyone else know how to remedy it?

 

[Rangdo]

I use Avast. Also free and also very good.

 

[Brighton till i die]

cheers guys - i think i will email mcafee back and tell them to stick their £40 package and use AVG - if my pc goes tits i will be bouncing this thread!! (on another computer of course as mine will be f***ed!!! )

 

[bardo]

I've used it since the network guys at our corporate site said they used it on their home PC's. What I like is the fact that it just updates with the latest amendments without me having to do anything, and as it has updates most days I am presuming that they are keeping up with all the latest stuff that's polluting our PC's.

For Stinky Kat: I think the problem you're having was the only I've had with AVG (about a year ago) and it was really annoying. I asked AVG for tech help but I can't find their reply now. From memory I think I had to reset a registry value in the AVG section and that fixed it, but best to do what I did as they were quite quick to reply even though I'm not paying for the product.

 

[bardo]

me free AGV has started asking me to re-start the computer after every download. Anyone else get this? Anyone else know how to remedy it?

OK I've found it now:

Try http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?1,73577,backpage=,sv= . The first reply in the thread has a link to show you what to do.

 

[Stinky Kat]

Thanks very much