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

Mike - A - Million said:

have we not discovered that you are wrong?

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

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

Ffoxy said:

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

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haha

whats avast like? i may test

Mike - A - Million said:

haha

whats avast like? i may test

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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.

Ffoxy said:

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.

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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?

Mike - A - Million said:

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?

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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.

Stu DemonD said:

Still running NOD32 here very minimal footprint.

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u rave on about it a bit.

:chin: think i may get rid of AVG soon

Mike - A - Million said:

u rave on about it a bit.

:chin: think i may get rid of AVG soon

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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?

I used to use NOD32 but i had problems gettin it to download the virus database, lol.. Had to swap.

y2dom said:

I used to use NOD32 but i had problems gettin it to download the virus database, lol.. Had to swap.

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Just mess with manual server settings - one will update, and after that set it back to automatic.

Stu DemonD said:

Just mess with manual server settings - one will update, and after that set it back to automatic.

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where can we get nod32?

Mike - A - Million said:

where can we get nod32?

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Let me send you a PM

Ffoxy said:

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! ?

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You may be pleased to know that I downloaded AVG Version 8.0 yesterday and today for free - unless you know that this is possible already. Do a Google search for AVG free and you will find the website.

Everything worked fine except for the scanner. The scanner experienced an irrecoverable error with the usual message "Tell Microsoft about this problem?". I tried rebooting, deleting AVG 8.0 and downloading again, rebooting twice and it failed a further three times in the same way. Then I had the idea of looking at the file at which it had stopped scanning. Yes, you have guessed it - it was the Blue and Me zipped file I had downloaded a few months ago (but not used) for the text message reader! I deleted the file and directory and the scanner subsequently ran through to the end of the test! Brilliant!

Has anyone heard of such a thing happening before?