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trifield

posted on 25/10/08 at 11:56 AM Reply With Quote
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

posted on 25/10/08 at 12:00 PM Reply With Quote
changed to avast from the free avg years ago, prefer it much more.
never had any problems with it

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posted on 25/10/08 at 12:28 PM Reply With Quote
I've been using avast free version for 3 years with absolutely no problem.

Highly recommended!!!!





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imp paul

posted on 25/10/08 at 12:35 PM Reply With Quote
avast rocks all good
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David Jenkins

posted on 25/10/08 at 01:09 PM Reply With Quote
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

posted on 25/10/08 at 01:14 PM Reply With Quote
OK guys,

Thanks fo the replies.

Looks like I'll keep using it instead of AVG.

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Fozzie

posted on 25/10/08 at 02:50 PM Reply With Quote
Yep I have used Avast! for years too! it's on both my pc's and 2 laptops..... excellent programme!

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britishtrident

posted on 25/10/08 at 03:57 PM Reply With Quote
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]





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dave r

posted on 25/10/08 at 05:02 PM Reply With Quote
avast is good
saved me a few time

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