AVG Review - Comments

I have been using AVG for a bout 2 years and am happy with it. Thanks for reassuring me of it.
Janet

For the price (free), AVG has the right stuff. The newest version is simple, so support isn't really an issue. For years I used the pay anti-virus programs but they were more trouble than they were worth. For starters, they're bloated and slow down most computers. Then there's the confusing subscription/renewal process.

AVG's worked well for me on a number of computers for quite some time.

AVG is NO LONGER FREE! I'm now using avast which is free and I prefer it to the AVG that I used to use.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Not true at all... Go to http://free.AVG.com and you can download the FREE version. I just did...

Hi. I've been using windows 3.11, 98, 2000, xp and now vista. I dont know much about the built in firewall in vista but i understand its all right. When it comes to virus infections i have mixed experiences. The ultimate solution i found was the combination of Mailwasher to filter out all these unwanted emails, Zonealarm pro to filter incoming and outgoing activities, and finally AVG Free as the best virus program.
I've tried McAffee, Normann, Norton and some others but the best and easiest to use is AVG.
I havent seen a virus or adverticement popup for years:-)
Norton is, by the way, not compatible with Mailwasher because Norton interfares with Mailwasher's routines when deleting unwanted emails. The result is that Norton forces a download of each mail prior to deleting them? And then you get virus warnings for every junk mail containing virus. This doesnt happen when using AVG...

The new AVG 8.0 seems to rub some folks the wrong way. Some say the small footprint of the old days is gone..... this new version sucks up the resources. I don't have any technical data to prove or disprove this. In most testing results AVG seems to be midpack or closer to the bottom on detection rates. Hope I don't get blasted by all of the AVG lovers.... just wondering Thanks

EDITOR'S NOTE: AVG uses about 50MB of memory on my machine. By comparison, Firefox usually ties up about 100MB.

I have used AVG for years, I mean long, long time and was a loyal fan - always recommended it and used it on friends computer exclusively. However with the new 8.0 version it turned into bloatware. It dragged my system down terribly causing extended boot time and other issues even with my P4 1.8Ghz with 765RAM. I switched to Avast Anti-virus and love it. Recently had to rescue a friends laptop it was so infected with with viruses, it barely booted but I needed to capture his drivers before reformatting. Avast immediately detected them and ran a scan from boot, got rid of viruses so I could snag the drivers before reformatting. Its default skin was somewhat confusing for me, but there are loads of simpler skins that are easy to download. It has 7 providers for real-time scanning and you can pick and choose which ones you want to use. For example, I have turned off the Outlook process because I don't use it.

Yes I just recently dowloaded avg 8.0. So far I like it however I had to shut it off from running all the time as it drags down my computer. When I want to use it I turn it on.

I have been using it for 3 years now and have never had a problem!!! I just upgraded to the 8.0 version and am completly satisfied with it!!!

Have used AVG 7.0 Free version for only 4 months, then started getting blasted with notices that unless I upgraded to 8.0 I'd get no more downloads.

Have attempted 3 times on both desktop and laptop to download 8.0, seems executed, but then I still am getting the same WARNINGS since May. Is there a secret to which directory the updated version needs to reside before it is recognized?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe an uninstall, then a clean install willl do the trick.

I have been using AVG free for about 5yrs. I have
never had any problems. The new version is outstand-
ing.