Which anti-virus is everyone using

[Nico Coesel]

Chieftain of the Carpet Crawlers

ANY AV app that performs "real time scanning" is going to mean your
machine will be twice as slow. as a minimum.

At least with AVG the effect is much less noticable than McAfee and
Panda

 

[SMS]

Ok, it is that time again. My AVG just popped up, and said it
couldn't charge my credit card to renew my license (YAY!)

So, since I need to renew or change, I thought I would ping the group,
and see what everyone else is using. AVG has gotten to be more and
more of a hassle, taking up more and more resources on my system. When
it decides to scan or update, it slows every other function on the
system to a crawl.

So, anything better, or cheaper, or more reliable out there?

Charlie

I dumped AVG after a bunch of problems with it a couple of years ago,
and switched to Avast.

Avast free is good, but actually Microsoft Security Essentials works
fine and is less hassle and seems to use less CPU resources. I removed
Avast from all systems in favor of MSE.

It would be bad to be in the anti-virus or anti-malware software
business these days with MSE being supplied at no cost.

If anything, the business to be in now is anti-virus software for Mac.

Avoid Norton and McAfee at all costs.

 

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Chieftain of the Carpet Crawlers


At least with AVG the effect is much less noticable than McAfee and
Panda

I went through several AV programs because they were slowing my computer down
more than a boatload of viri. I decided to try StopZilla and it's been
working very nicely. It's found some malware and eliminated it quickly.

 

[miso]

Idiot. If you go online with dial-up, the virus doesn't need to call
out, because you already have.

You could be a little more stupid, but not today.

You just confirmed that you are the idiot here. You stated that using
dial up would prevent viruses, which is totally stupid. Hence you are
"Always wrong."

 

[miso]

That is not a very bright statement. NO virus requires cycling offline
and back on to be active.

They don't. Some sit around for a while and wait for a specific date. In
the case of dialup, the virus would wait until an internet connection is
detected. That was the whole raison d'etre
of Zone Alarm.

 

[gregz]

Ok, it is that time again. My AVG just popped up, and said it
couldn't charge my credit card to renew my license (YAY!)

So, since I need to renew or change, I thought I would ping the group,
and see what everyone else is using. AVG has gotten to be more and
more of a hassle, taking up more and more resources on my system. When
it decides to scan or update, it slows every other function on the
system to a crawl.

So, anything better, or cheaper, or more reliable out there?

Charlie

Avira won the CR ratings. Both the free and bought versions. Avira, AVG,
Avast, Microsoft, in that order.

Me, I have free comcast nortons, and another cross platform version.

Greg

 

[Ray]

Avira won the CR ratings. Both the free and bought versions. Avira, AVG,
Avast, Microsoft, in that order.

Me, I have free comcast nortons, and another cross platform version.

Greg

Microsoft Security Essentials, or Avast Free both free, work fine and
not as bloated as most others
.. do occasional scan with Malwarebytes free version and you are good to go
anywhere.

Ray

 

[Przemek Klosowski]

Ok, it is that time again. My AVG just popped up, and said it couldn't
charge my credit card to renew my license (YAY!)
So, anything better, or cheaper, or more reliable out there?

Let's not forget Microsoft Security Essentials: the reformed perp is
doing community service

 

[Sofa Slug]

Ok, it is that time again. My AVG just popped up, and said it
couldn't charge my credit card to renew my license (YAY!)

So, since I need to renew or change, I thought I would ping the
group, and see what everyone else is using. AVG has gotten to be
more and more of a hassle, taking up more and more resources on my
system. When it decides to scan or update, it slows every other
function on the system to a crawl.

So, anything better, or cheaper, or more reliable out there?

Charlie

Avira is pretty effective ...I've been using the free version for a
couple of years. It does show some pop-ups touting the paid upgrade
(usually at boot-up), but they aren't too annoying:
<http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus>

 

[JW]

Avira is pretty effective ...I've been using the free version for a
couple of years. It does show some pop-ups touting the paid upgrade
(usually at boot-up), but they aren't too annoying:
<http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus>

The new version 12 sucks. Pop-ups every hour!