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thanks. i'm surprised avast didn't surprise with this update.
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Wow... I don't know... Should I switch from Avira and SUPERantispyware to this?
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cool.. trying it now..lets c how improved it is..
thanx for the info..
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Arjunned... Report back with your findings.
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Nice! Always liked Avast, but its a performance hit.
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I'll test it out too since I run avast for active protection. Though it is a resource hog.
Leon: I'd keep those two programs and use avast as your active protection & secondary scanner.
Edit: Going solely off of task manager, avast is definitely using fewer resources for me. I'll run a thorough scan sometime and see if they sped it up.
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How would Avast compare to AOL/McAfee VirusScan Free in terms of finding viruses. I use AVG now but am wondering if I should switch, because McAfee comes with a two-way firewall.
EDIT: Looks like I'll stick with what I gotMcAfee's firewall stinks according to PC Mag.
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supposedly nod32, avira, kaspersky use less resources. these i haven't tried, but the general consensus is they use the least amount of resources. norton and mcafee use alot of resources and i agree.
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And better than commercial av programs? It couldn't catch what Avira could, and Avira is free. Based on my experience, at least, I can say that Avast wouldn't be better than commercial antivirus solutions.
Anyway, didn't AVG also upgrade into a sort of all-in-one-ish approach? All the anti-'s combined? It's nice to see these improvements in free products, but I'd like them to concentrate on improving their Anti-virus too. They shouldn't lose focus on the main purpose [or at least in the view of the consumer] of their products. -
Well when I had the old version, all of its processes combined for ~75000 K of mem usage which I think is excessive. Still I think it's active protection is supposed to be better than Avira's. Does anyone know about which is better?
scythie: You should change generate VRDB so it only does it on idle. Right click the i in the task bar to find the option -
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ook i have to say resource-wise.. avast has definitely improved!.. but on demand scanning is still slow..
also cpu usage goes up a few notch's wen the avast icon rotates..
but definitely an improvement from 4.7..
one more thing.. is there a way to check whether anti-spyware and anti-rootkit scanning is on or not?? i cant seem to find those options anywhr.. or is it on by default and cant be changed?? -
I'm done with avast, unfortunately.
BTW, You asked if which one's better: Avast or Avira? Well, based on my experience, Avira. Took care of my nasty USB that Avast couldn't. In fact, Avast completely ignored the virus altogether -- or rather, it only detected it on a scan, but couldn't block it from automatically executing when plugging it [I know, I should have AutoPlay disabled, but I didn't know then]. While Avira [together with Online Armor I might add] blocked and blocked and cleaned [quarantined or healed] every USB drive and SD card I was afraid of plugging in before [because of Avast ignoring the virus in that one USB drive I always use -- the virus made it impossible to Open my C: from My Computer, I might add. Minor, but a pain in the a** nonetheless].
Avira also barely uses resources. It has a really slow scanner, though. But I do complete scans when I'm asleep so no biggy. -
All I can say is Avast Home is better than the McAfee I paid for and it does not really seem to slow me down much at all. I also really appreciate email scanning (I live in Outlook!) and Avira does not do that for me.
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hi all , here in India i purchased bittdefender antivirus from www.bitdefenderasia.com for 600 indian rupees approximately 15 us dollars $.
The product is excellent value for money . All my virus n malware related probs were solved -
hi all , here in India i purchased bittdefender antivirus from www.bitdefenderasia.com for 600 indian rupees approximately 15 us dollars $.
The product is excellent value for money . All my virus n malware related probs were solved -
Avast free; now with antispyware & antirootkit protection
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Baserk, Mar 30, 2008.