AVG 9.0 comments
 

i currently have 8.5 free, which works. any reason to go to 9.0?

is it more baggage?

I've never understood why anyone liked AVG. It's nagware. I installed it on a relative's PC and it kept nagging them to upgrade.

I replaced it with Avast and it runs so much smoother.

Now I'm hearing Avira is one of the most effective free anti-virus software now. I tried Avira but was not crazy about it - a huge nag screen will pop up from time to time, very hard to get rid of.

I run a combination of Avast + Threatfire to get the bases covered. Least amount of nag and you still have adequate protection.

I've installed Microsoft's new free antivirus, Security Essentials, and have been pleased with it so far. It is fast, free, and as unobtrusive as any antivirus I've ever used.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

I dropped AVG 8.5 free like a bad habit as soon as MS Security Essentials came out. MSSE is much less resource intensive than AVG.

I agree with previous posters. AVG seems to have lost their way. I'm using Avast these days for my Windows VM's.

I installed 9.0 the other day and I don't see any difference from 8.5.

I didn't get nagged by 8.5 and I'm not getting nagged by 9.0.

Does Security Essentials cover all like AVG or AVIRA ..... does?

I have MSSE since some days/weeks. I also had AVG 8.5 which I changed to AVG 9.0 some days ago. Had some problems with AVG 9.0 and removed it and installed AVIRA. So, now I am running MSSE + AVIRA. My PC runs 64 bit VISTA SP2. So far, no problems.

I find Avast's scanner really, really slow when you are re-opening a Firefox session with multiple tabs.

Does it also replace Microsoft's Windows Defender?

I've been running AVG 9.0 without any hassles, but I've never run 8.5. Also have installed it on machines for several friends, one of which had a virus and some trojans that Norton didn't find but AVG killed without a problem. It is resource intensive when a scan is running, so I set it to run when I'm usually not using the PC. If I am using and notice it is running it is simply two clicks to kill it until the next day.

The only issue I've had is a couple false alarms being warned about unsafe websites.

It's super-easy to block the pop-ups on Avira. A quick Google search will tell you how.

I've got Avira (free version) and it's zero problems for me.

I have been problem AVG won't let me do it onto Windows 7. So the downloading has been failed from internet connection. So could you please figure it out what is the happening for now. What about anti-virus should have to be installed onto Windows 7. So unfortunately, I'm sorry that I can't help it out there.

AVG Power hungry
 

I find that AVG uses a lot of power when running on my Laptop, I'm thinking of switching to Avast

Really? I use FireFox 3.5 with many many tabs and notice no slow down with Avast.

You may want to check your extensions / add-ons to see if they are causing the slow down.

I think that AVG main point is the price, and when MS got it's product there is really no need for another product.

But I would like to give you another advice: if you don't download P2P files, delete suspcious emails and don't visit rogue sites, I would go with no antivirus at all. there is really no need for antivirus if you are a smart user.

Erm yes except that even regular sites can become infected with viruses and malware. Digitalspy.co.uk had a problem with malware (that didn't just affect them) and that's not a rogue site by any means and that's just the first one that comes to mind.