trifield
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 11:56 AM |
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Avast Antivirus
Hi, wondered if anyone on here using Avast AV?
I have been using the full paid for edition of AVG 8. Downloaded and ran free edition of Avast and it finds 2 probs straightaway!
Win32:Small-MAM(Trj)
Win32:AutoIt-S(Trj)
Looking to try it for a while in case AVG is causing my Browser problems but wondered how good it was?
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 12:00 PM |
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changed to avast from the free avg years ago, prefer it much more.
never had any problems with it
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scotlad
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 12:28 PM |
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I've been using avast free version for 3 years with absolutely no problem. 
Highly recommended!!!!
Wonderous is our great blue ship that sails around the mighty sun, and joy to everyone that rides along!
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imp paul
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 12:35 PM |
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avast rocks all good
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 01:09 PM |
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Another vote for Avast.
You'll find that you don't get massive updates from Avast, like you do with AVG - you do get updates, but they're much more discrete
and don't interfere with whatever you're doing.
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trifield
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 01:14 PM |
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OK guys,
Thanks fo the replies.
Looks like I'll keep using it instead of AVG.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 02:50 PM |
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Yep I have used Avast! for years too! it's on both my pc's and 2 laptops..... excellent programme!
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 03:57 PM |
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Word of caution
I am not a big fan of either program (only because they don't have professional looking interfaces) but I think what you have are false
positives --- all anti-virus programs produce false positives to varying degrees , so you will always get conflicting results if you run them back to
back. However I have had it suggested to me that one or too shareware av programs produce false positives as a deliberate sales tactic.
The brand new version of Avira AntiVir premium edition truly rocks --- anybody using it should download a fresh copy and do a modify instal to take
advantage of the new web protect feature.
[Edited on 25/10/08 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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dave r
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 05:02 PM |
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avast is good
saved me a few time 
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