Avast Free Anti-Virus - Comments Page 2

I've been using Avast for over a year now after being a faithful AVG user. I like Avast for not being a memory hog and prompts when finding corruptions. My latest concern was the sale Avast pushed when closing in on my one year free service trial. I wanted to buy it but didn't want to end up with something that would bog me down. Has anyone tried the pay version w/o issues? Another friend told me he often donates something to these free sites to help keep them free. That sounds like it makes sense, otherwise we may loose some of our free choices.

I've used it for over 12 years. When I get a new computer I immediately strip out Norton or McAfee and install Avast. At the same time, I install Sandboxie. I have not had malware or a virus since the advent of Sandboxie.

Has anyone else been malware or virus-free for over ten years? No one that I know of, except me and my friends who use this combination of protection.

I previously used Bitdefender Internet Security, I found that it tended to be a resource hungry beast. I tried it on different systems with the same results. I switched to Avast and I am pleased with the program performance. It doesn't seem to gobble up system resources either.