Avira Anti virus V's AVG 8.0

Hello There,

Just a quick question for the members on here.

Which anti virus program is better in their opinion? Avira Anti Virus or AVG 8.0

Thanks

 

That would be like an opinion on the classic Coke/Pepsi war.
I'm using both on different machines. Tough call.

You can check out MG's members- oma's thread
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=185542

Or if you like check out this Vb100
http://www.virusbtn.com/index

 

The reason im asking is that I ran a scan on AVG 8.0 and it found nothing and I ran a scan on Avira and found 4 viruses on my computer.

So its come to my decision that AVG 8.0 dont detect as good as Avira does.

 

AVG 8.5 is it free to download

 

yes, here you go-
http://majorgeeks.com/AVG_AntiVirus_Free_Edition_d886.html

 

Did you notice MG' slogan on top of that link there? LOL Perhaps someone can unravel it. :-D

BTW: When AVG announced the update to 8.5 a couple of days ago, I clicked the "later" button. So far they haven't offered it again yet. Therefore, I want to install it today. Does that mean I will have to remove version 8 first? Thanks.

 

It's all personal preference. I use Avast! with absolutely no false positives like others say. Personally, I've tried them all (pretty much) and AVG keeps on pestering about upgrades and falsely tries to force users into upgrading older versions, saying they'll stop updating older versions and keep changing that cutoff date. Avira has problems updating, and in my past experience, "phones home" too much (I tried it when I had dial-up and my modem went nuts, my already restricted bandwith choked on it).

I've been clean for as long as I've been using this:

I use Spyware Terminator with the Real-Time Shield enabled, SpyBot mainly for the immunization feature (It's great for your host file protection and can replace Spyware Blaster), MalwareBytes for weekly scanning, and I use Avast! for anti-virus needs. I also disable activeX in IE, install IE7Pro, and use mainly Firefox with AdBlock Plus and Download Statusbar (with it, I can easily have everything I download scanned by Avast!). And Windows Firewall is more than enough with a hardwire router between your computer and the modem.

Hope that helps!

 

So far, I have yet to find a FP with AVG. Just switched to AVG 8.5 and went for a demand scan. It seems to go a bit faster than with v 8.

What Avira and Avast are concerned I've tried them in the past. Definitely didn't like the man's voice that an update was done in Avast. It shocked me every time. :-D Yep, I liked their boot scan. Didn't like the nag screen with Avira. Now I know that both irritants can be removed but am used to AVG and like it. Just do a custom install without the link scanner and other stuff one doesn't need.

 

Being a long time user of AVG..i was very hesitant to move to 8.xx After reading here the many voices ( of whom I trust ) I finally got on the bus and went with AVG 8.5.285...no bloat. A big THANKS to all who helped.
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