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Mahoney
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AVG Free. I've always been against AV products, and have done fine without them (almost entirely virus free). But, recently, I've been thinking, "Since I don't play many games on my PC anymore, maybe I should try installing a free AV, and see how it goes." So, I'm considering AVG. Any suggestions? Tips? Slaps-in-the-face?

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Keo C
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Posted: 19th Aug 2008 05:49
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AVG was a major slowdown on my machine, I use avast and leave it on all the time, even during FPSs.


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Insanity Complex
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Quote: "I use avast and leave it on all the time, even during FPSs."


Same here Switched over to Avast after I reformatted from a nasty virus(previously used AVG). Nothing to say it was AVG's fault, but I've not had any problems since getting avast


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Agent Dink
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AVG runs fine here, keeps me quite protected. I like it a lot. I leave it on all the time, don't notice any issues. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64bit. It seems to be quite compatible and worked great in XP before I updated Windows.

I have never used Avast, but I believe it's also free? So see which suits you better. Don't get Norton.

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Phaelax
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Norton no, but Symantec yes. And yes there is a difference. In my opinion, Symantec has worked better than any free AV I've used. Didn't have much luck with NOD32, incredibly slow file scanning. Haven't used Avast, but if I remember the comparitive stats I read then it didn't perform as well as others. Do a google search for AV comparisons, there is a site that does many tests with all of them.


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bitJericho
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Posted: 19th Aug 2008 10:17
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symantec = fail.

Nod32 ftw. AVG blows.

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BatVink
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Posted: 19th Aug 2008 11:20
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AVG was good until version 8. Now it fails to update, is slower, and kills web browsing.

I'm looking to replace AVG with another free anti-virus solution if there is a solid recommendation.

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Raven
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Posted: 19th Aug 2008 11:21
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All Anti-Virus products have their good and bad points.
Just realistically depends on what you do most often for what you should get... not to mention personal preferences.

Over the years I've tried a huge number of them.

Dr. Solomons
Norton Anti-Virus
McAffee
AVG
NOD32/64
PC-Cillin
Live OneCare
Demonsia
Bug Blast

Still the one I've found that seems to offer the best balance between performance, protection and security is definately Live OneCare. If you just go by reviews, then aparently it's the worst... if you go by what people say stuff like NOD and AVG are best.

With the exception of Dr Solomons (which no longer supports Windows, only Mac now), I've yet to come across an AV product that not only make me feel secure enough to click any website or e-mail knowing that anything nasty will be instantly caught and either quarentiened or destroyed; but also barely affects system performance.

The sheer fact that the anti-spyware/malware aspect is part'n'parcel is built-in and works along side the AV aspect rather than the majority of the other products where it is a seperate package and can often lead to both thinking the other is a virus is quite a nice bonus that OneCare doesn't.

Combine that with the daily, not weekly/bi-weekly/monthly database updates. It's honestly not that difficult to see why it is so damn good.

Sorry I didn't write a single line one it just rocking or sucking; but ya know you can't make an informed decision without that little thing called information. You should still goto each website of possible AV products and read about them mind. Make you're own damn decision.

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Big Man
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Posted: 19th Aug 2008 12:01
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AVG slows my computer down loads and its not even a badly speced comput either.
I also use avast and it does the job perfectly for me, its saved my ass on several occasions where it tells me my computer is trying to download a virus which is good because it stops the download before it reaches your computer which saves the time you would have to spend running a virus scan later. Im sure most other virus programs do this aswell but avast AVG and Mcaffee are the only ones I've used.
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Omega gamer 89
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Avast=YAY!
seriously, it works great.

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Posted: 20th Aug 2008 23:40
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I uninstalled AVG which is worryingly buggy since V8, and installed Avast. So far, it's found 4 dormant viruses in temp internet files, and a rootkit in my System32 folder

Downloading email, it's finding trojans in spam attachments that I know are there, but AVG never found ("Your package could not be delivered please fill in the attached form")

So - Avast 9.5/10, AVG 1/10

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Mahoney
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Posted: 21st Aug 2008 00:24
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I just installed avast!. Thanks for the recommendation. It's really nice. I like it. I'm letting it do a thorough scan right now, since I'm about to leave.

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avast is good!


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Mahoney
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Some interesting things are turning out to be Trojans. A fairly common editor for the Pokemon GBA ROMS was labeled as a Trojan.

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Little Bill
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Hmmm. Sounds good. I'll look into Avast!

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BatVink
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Posted: 21st Aug 2008 13:40
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Quote: "A fairly common editor for the Pokemon GBA ROMS was labeled as a Trojan"


...and might just be! Considering editing ROMs is illegal, you are risking using software that is written by the less discerning programmer.

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Benjamin
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Quote: "Considering editing ROMs is illegal"

It is?

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Well its almost like cracking software. You disassemble it and re-build it.
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Posted: 21st Aug 2008 15:39 Edited at: 21st Aug 2008 15:49
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Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, who prohibit any copying, archiving or backing up of their products, let alone modifying them. So in the overall scheme of things, this is the worst case scenario.

On top of that you could also be accused of creating derivative artwork, reverse engineering, plagiarism, etc etc...

Anyway, my point is...no legitimate company would risk developing a product that may have legal implications. Hence, the software may be susceptible to viral activities. After all, who are you going to report them to?

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Posted: 21st Aug 2008 17:28
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Quote: "Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, who prohibit any copying, archiving or backing up of their products, let alone modifying them. So in the overall scheme of things, this is the worst case scenario."


Really? I thought the only exception to owning ROMS was owning the actual cartridge.

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Benjamin
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Quote: "Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, who prohibit any copying, archiving or backing up of their products, let alone modifying them. So in the overall scheme of things, this is the worst case scenario."

Which is why the modifying is the least concerning part in itself.

Quote: "On top of that you could also be accused of creating derivative artwork, reverse engineering, plagiarism, etc etc..."

Who cares enough to prosecute those who have a hobby of modifying ROM files for fun?

Your point is a valid one however.

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I agree with the fact that modding ROMs (within certain ethical limits) is probably a great advertisement using products that no longer generate profit. But the legalities are entirely different.

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