Your take on the latest, free version, of AVG

darlin · Post by **darlin** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:21 pm

Hi,
I just wanted to get some input from people using the latest, free, version of AVG.

I know it's been out for awhile, but I'd just like to hear the pros and cons about the program before I decide.
Thanks.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:21 pm

It makes winamp skip on Windows 98.

Dark_Regent · Post by **Dark_Regent** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:33 pm

I have been useing it since it came out. And I love it. It isnt a system hog like so many others. And seems to also find mean nastys that others dont.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:12 am

Real time seems close to the older AVG as far as system performance hit goes..."Not too bad"..but what I don't like, is now the manual scans are excruciatingly long in scantime.

Which for most users, isn't an issue, but for me, I often use it as a second opinion when working on infected machines, and I have to wait for that scan to finish before moving onto the next step.

But hey, for free....it does the job. I've found Avast a bit too clunky, and I've seen it (again just last week) let systems get badly infected.

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:05 pm

AVG is all we run here with the occasional online scan from Trend , Panda or Symantic back when Ver.7 was released just to make sure.
There appeared to be a few teething problems with updates but all's good now.

If you need a freebie Darlin, go for it.

Croc.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:32 pm

My biggest complaint is that it needs a new icon

darlin · Post by **darlin** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:13 pm

I appreciate everyone's input.