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Answer» Hi, Bah, I disagree.. I've run AVG a lot at work, and it sometimes is a major pain.. and you can't install in SAFE.. which to most people might not seem like an issue, but when you see 50+ possibly infected computers/day.. those reboots add up... Personally, for home use, I love http://Http://www.ewido.org.. very nice, good free version, highly effective and works well with HiJackThis... How has AVG been a pain ? ? I'd be interested to know since i personally have been running it for over 3 years now and have installed it on hundreds of client's machines for them with no complaints...Why would you need to install it in Safe Mode ? ? For that matter what programs can you install in Safe Mode ? ? Just curious. patio. AVG really did a number on my WINDOWS 98 computer. Don't know why. I would suggest Panda Anti-Virus. Hasn't let me down yet. Quote Bah, I disagree.. I've run AVG a lot at work, and it sometimes is a major pain.. and you can't install in SAFE.. which to most people might not seem like an issue, but when you see 50+ possibly infected computers/day.. those reboots add up... Personally, for home use, I love http://Http://www.ewido.org.. very nice, good free version, highly effective and works well with HiJackThis... Ewido is not an Antivirus program. The Ewido realtime protection runs out after a couple of weeks in the free version. No wonder you're getting 50+ possibly infected computers a day. You should install a good Antivirus like AVG. For a commercial Anti-Virus UTILITY, I would go for Trend Micro. I have used them for a few years now, they are excellent (the firewall aint that GREAT though, but we're talking about the actual AV aren't we?). Norton AV uses far too many resources, and their newer versions come packed with too many "goodies" that are useless or mostly useless, often with better freeware substitutes. MacAfee is alright, but it costs far more than Trend Micro. I have heard good things about Nod32 and Kaspersky, but I haven't used either of them. As for freeware, Avast! wins all hands down. AVG does a far WORSE job at not only finding viruses, but also their removal rate is poor. Avast! uses a bit more resources, however, so I wouldn't install it on any machine more than about 3 or 4 years old. It's also a good idea to use free Anti-Virus online scans every now and again, as a backup for your hard-drive-based one. Trend Micro and Panda both have decent ones: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp with regardsNot to banter about but i'll make my point anyways. I personally have gone 3 plus years running AVG with absolutely no infections whatsoever...i also work on systems and have for the past 14 years. I couldn't begin to count how many client's machines i have installed AVG on with the same excellent results. Anyone who says it doesn't perform well or says it caused problems on their machines just doesn't know what they are talking about. There are more protection programs that need to be used side by side along with any AV program such as Spybot, AdAware, Ewido Trojan Hunter etc... But to say AVG doesn't do the job or it caused problems is both mis-leading and inaccurate. There. I'm Done. patio. This Rant brought to you by Woody's Chop Shop.I like your style, patio. A case well made for AVG. I use it on my limited number of Windows boxes and always recommend it to others on theirs. (Of course I don't need it or ANY of this other good stuff with Linux, heh-heh.) The penguin strikes again ! patio. Getting philosophical, the best antivirus is the one you update and use regularly along with other appropriate tools. In the case of Norton, please disregard and use anything else. |
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