AVG v Avast!

OK guys so AVG Free is no longer with us from 31st May 2008.

In response to AVG's request for £40 a year for their new v8 software I decided to drop AVG and installed Avast!.
I read some really good reviews on Avast! before going ahead with the change over, compared to all the well know Antivirus stuff by Norton etc Avast! looks OK to a PC numpty like me.

Anyone on here any genuine concerns with Avast! ?

have we not discovered that you are wrong?

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

Yes... I posted that before the Thread in which I got answers developed...

haha

whats avast like? i may test

Bit early to say yet, but it seems more user friendly than AVG in that it can be Customised for different levels and applications. Have a look. It did find a couple of things that AVG had missed.

ill try on my "other comp" (the torrent one) as i havent upgraded to AVG 8 yet.

does it have regular updates? take long to download?

Yes the reviews I saw said it updates regularly. I have to see that for myself yet, if the updates are visible. Took about 20 mins from start to end for me.

You have to get a licence number from the providers and re-do that every year, that comes via e-mail. But it tsarts to work straight away on a free 60 day licence.

i have used avf 7.8 and avast on same pc with no problems.
avast noramlly found the virus first or avg missed it

yes i know im not suppost to run 2 antivirus programs

Its great, updates alot via the day. Ive been using it quite a bit recently. a pop up comes up and tells you in an american voice that the virus database has been updated.
I recommend.

i been using it for ages too, never had a problem with it

it dont slow every thing down like norton did either

I used to use AVG which at the time I found ok, there was a problem arise with it updating which I could not fix, when I came to uninstall it then d/l a new version from AVG, their website was down, so I got Avast instead, and its been great.

Still running NOD32 here very minimal footprint.

u rave on about it a bit.

think i may get rid of AVG soon

As said above, updates arrive automatically with Avast!, no messin around like with AVG.

Ffoxy, let me send you a link and some instructions - what OS do you have again?