AVG Anti-Virus

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:25:54 -0500, The poster formerly known as Nina
DiBoy <nin@di.boy> wrote:

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:23 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Mick Murphy <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Avast is the best on the Net.
> >> I'd have to disagree, when AVG released their Vista compatible free
> >> version Avast was gone in an INSTANT! replaced with AVG.
> >
> >
> > I'd be interested in reading your views on why you thing AVG is better
> > than Avast!
> >
>
> My views are that AVG UI is much more user friendly, and AVG also does
> not announce to me through my speakers that it has new updates available
> (how annoying!) amongst other things.


It's *extremely* easy to turn off that announcement. Yes, it's
annoying and I turned it off here the first day I got it.

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[Tom Willett]

Yes, it does.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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| On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:20:27 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
|
| One of the things I very much like about Avast! is that it updates it
| definition automatically and often--sometimes several times a day.
| Does AVG match that?
|

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:12:07 -0500, "Tom Willett"
<tompepper@mvps.invalid> wrote:

> Yes, it does.


Thanks, Tom.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:dm7t831uveiiq5o4g6p6m16e9rs5a37hso@4ax.com...
> | On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:20:27 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
> |
> | One of the things I very much like about Avast! is that it updates it
> | definition automatically and often--sometimes several times a day.
> | Does AVG match that?
> |
>

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[Julian]

"The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy" <nin@di.boy> wrote in message
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> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:23 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Mick Murphy <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Avast is the best on the Net.
>>> I'd have to disagree, when AVG released their Vista compatible free
>>> version Avast was gone in an INSTANT! replaced with AVG.
>>
>>
>> I'd be interested in reading your views on why you thing AVG is better
>> than Avast!
>>
>
> My views are that AVG UI is much more user friendly, and AVG also does not
> announce to me through my speakers that it has new updates available (how
> annoying!) amongst other things.
>
You can set update to silent.

 

[XS11E]

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:

> OK, thanks. I'm not crazy about the interface either, but on the
> other hand, I hardly ever need to look at it most of what it does
> it does in the background. I'm happy with Avast! here.
>
> By the way, I don't really agree with the statement "Since both
> detect viruses neither is 'better.' " Even though they both detect
> viruses, one could still be better than the other:
>
> 1. It could detect more viruses than the other.
>
> 2. It could have its virus definitions updated more frequently.
>
> 3. It could have other features that make it easier to use.
>
> One of the things I very much like about Avast! is that it updates
> it definition automatically and often--sometimes several times a
> day. Does AVG match that?

Don't know, AVG is not allowed to update automatically nor is anything
else on my computer.

> Another very nice feature of Avast! is that you can set it to
> automatically do a complete virus scan whenever the screen saver
> comes on. I do that, and don't have to worry about running manual,
> or even scheduled, scans.

I run manual scans, I don't allow scheduled scans with either.



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[mikeyhsd]

when I removed avast and installed avg there was a GREAT difference in system responsiveness.
even WM runs and and is available instantly instead of having to wait.
and yeah I know turn of email scanning.
avast was good, but as soon as avg was available 64 bit FREE, I jumped on it.




mikeyhsd@comcast.net



"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:s25t8393qjf0utb7p04j04ek7es8nojve1@4ax.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:23 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

> Mick Murphy <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Avast is the best on the Net.
>
> I'd have to disagree, when AVG released their Vista compatible free
> version Avast was gone in an INSTANT! replaced with AVG.


I'd be interested in reading your views on why you thing AVG is better
than Avast!

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[Northerner]

Right click AVG desktop icon>click properties>compatibility>click privilege
than check 'run this program as an administrator>apply>ok.Hope that
helps.level "Pete138" wrote:

>
> After updating AVG Free the previous day it displays the following
> message today: "AVG update downloader has stopped working"
> I un-installed AVG and re-installed it again and the same happened
> again.
> Anybody got an idea how to correct this problem?
> Thanks in advance.
>
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[Pete138]

Problem solved. There was 2 updates and it seems that I had to download
the 2nd one before the first one. Thanks for the support.


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