AVAST VS VIPRE antivirus

I have a friend who claims the VIPRE is the best AV out (free side), I personally use AVAST myself and have since 2004 or so when Norton's became a ram hog. I can't for the life of me find any real comparisons or up to date info on this (I have checked this forum the newest thread is from 09-11). I am seeking informed honest opinions by anyone who has used these 2 please. I believe my friend is confused rolleyes as the AVAST does the (oh no you got GRIMEWARE thing) to up-sale you from free to a paid version. Any info?

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Hey Compguy1974, Avast free for me too. First, yes Avast Grime pop up in bottom right hand corner. Solution: click X, now pop up gone. Second, I have never heard of a free version of Vipre, only a free trial version. Can't find it via Google either, unless I'm just over looking it.

 

Vipre is NOT FREE. I was a beta tester for them quite a few years ago.

 

Well, since this thread has a POLL tag I'm not voting for either of them. Mine goes to MSE which just quietly gets on with its job without annoying the hell out of me with completely unnecessary popups, just an amber icon if I haven't scanned for a little while. That relates to Avast of course, I'm not familiar with Vipre.