Is AVG Antivirus reliable?

[Programmer 10]

I have seen many people using Free AVG antivirus and they are happy with it. The only complaint about it is that it makes the computer runs a bit slower than any other antivirus? Did any body had a try with it?

[melthebell 862]

i used it for years and loved it

 

BUT!!

 

a while ago i got a nasty trojan and even when pointed towards it avg didnt detect it....got rid and installed avast...found it instantly

[Fantasia X 10]

I used AVG as a free trial for a wial but then downloaded Superantispyware and that does do everything...

[Ravenger 10]

Microsoft Security Essentials is currently the best free antivirus. It's free to owners of Genuine Windows OSes.

[steev 10]

It was good 3 or 4 years ago.

 

I used it for years, slowly it started getting false positives, then more false positives, then I started hearing stories of experiences like melthebell's of it missing stuff, so I dumped it. Now using Comodo (AV & firewall in one), have been for 2 years & have no complaints about it apart from the free toolbar you have to say no too on installing (as with practically every free Windows-based program now it seems).

[Prodigy1992 10]

Schools use it so probably.

[kirakk 10]

AVG free is fine as long as you are not downloading from illegal or p2p web sites.Most free anti-virus programmes need you to purchase an upgrade to get full protection.

[melthebell 862]

AVG free is fine as long as you are not downloading from illegal or p2p web sites.Most free anti-virus programmes need you to purchase an upgrade to get full protection.

 

thats ********..............it used to be the case but they DO hack and hide viruses on all sorts of sites these days

[waddler8 10]

I used AVG as a free trial for a wial but then downloaded Superantispyware and that does do everything...

 

No, it doesn't.

 

AVG is different to Superantispyware in that AVG is an anti-virus which includes anti-spyware protection whilst Superantispyware is anti-spyware and will not protect you from viruses. Also, If you are only using the free version of Superantispyware it is on-demand only and has no realtime/on-access protection.

 

You need an anti-virus with realtime/on-access protection.

 

Any of the below will cover you for both anti-virus and anti-spyware/malware and include realtime/on-access protection.

 

Antivir PersonalEdition Classic

avast! 4 Home Edition

Microsoft Security Essentials

 

You should only ever have one anti-virus with realtime/on-access protection installed at anytime. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can cause conflicts where the operating system may become unstable.

[pattricia 574]

I am unable to download AVG 9 for some reason, and am stuck with 8.5. on my desktop.

[megalithic 10]

I ran spybot friday and it found a trojan Avast missed, shame as i really like it.

 

Edit: sorry, that should read i ran Malwarebytes friday and it found a trojan Avast and Spybot missed.

[waddler8 10]

I am unable to download AVG 9 for some reason, and am stuck with 8.5. on my desktop.

 

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