Opinion about Grisoft's AVG free edition Antivirus

In news:7a40h2lueauiunet2uh0cdn9sinu4nbfpi@4ax.com,
Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA.DeleteThis@attglobal.net> typed:
> Dear friends:
>
> After trying Norton's and McAfee's Antivirus, and being tired for
> their problems and the way that they make my computer to run slow, I
> want to try Grisoft's free AVG Antivirus.
>
> I think that simpler is better. Also I have Spy Sweeper installed, and
> I am very happy of it.
>
> Do you have any opinion of AVG Free Edition? Is it reliable and a good
> Antivirus? Does it loads your machine very hard?
>
> I have a Thinkpad X-41 TabletPC with 1.5 GB memory, 1.6 GHz, with
> WinXP SP2 with the standard Windows Firewall (I don't think that
> anything more is necessary).
>
> Thanks
> Juan I. Cahis
> Santiago de Chile (South America)
> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Questions like "What is the best antivirus software?" tend to generate a lot
of "chatter" in these newsgroups, and you will get plenty of replies, I'm
sure.

For myself, I've been quite happy with the free edition of AVG for several
years. The resource load on my own computer seems very low, and I haven't
caught any viruses at all. Then again, I am exceptionally cautious as a
computer user, and I also have other non-locally installed virus scanning
(such as for my e-mail, file server).

There are other (free) antivirus options available, and I think some people
prefer them to AVG - but much depends on your own computing habits, really.
And, you do tend to get what you pay for - don't expect much in the way of
tech support with anything 'free'. Note also that you can't legally run AVG
free edition on a 'business' computer.

Oh, and your English is just fine.... mejor que mi español
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"Juan I. Cahis" <jiclbchSINBASURA.RemoveThis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:7a40h2lueauiunet2uh0cdn9sinu4nbfpi@4ax.com...
Dear friends:

After trying Norton's and McAfee's Antivirus, and being tired for
their problems and the way that they make my computer to run slow, I
want to try Grisoft's free AVG Antivirus.

I think that simpler is better. Also I have Spy Sweeper installed, and
I am very happy of it.

Do you have any opinion of AVG Free Edition? Is it reliable and a good
Antivirus? Does it loads your machine very hard?

I have a Thinkpad X-41 TabletPC with 1.5 GB memory, 1.6 GHz, with
WinXP SP2 with the standard Windows Firewall (I don't think that
anything more is necessary).

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Almost anything would be preferable to Norton or McAfee. AVG does not load
the system as heavily as either of them, and it has a better detection rate.

Thus, I think that AVG would be an improvement.

I use NOD32 which isn't free.

I also use ZoneAlarm as my firewall because I want a firewall which blocks
outgoing messages. Windows firewall does not do that.

Your English is quite good. I would never have known that you are posting
from Chile had you not said so.

Regards

Jim
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Ron Martell, 9/19/2006, 1:45:54 PM,
<n4b0h2po9elk1ebom4jdsmq9oitbl4eo23.RemoveThis@4ax.com> wrote:

> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > AOL AVS is based upon Kaspersky engine which is widely considerd
> > among the best there is.
>
> AVG is also based on Kaspersky.
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

I have never seen this anywhere. Do you have some documentation (link)
to support this claim?
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In news:DOVPg.3473$6S3.3082@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net,
Jim <j.n.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> typed:
<snip>

> Your English is quite good. I would never have known that you are
> posting from Chile had you not said so.

If I go on vacation to Chile and post from there, will it have any bearing
on my own English?
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Juan I. Cahis wrote:

> Do you have any opinion of AVG Free Edition?

It rocks.

> Is it reliable and a good Antivirus?

Easily the best around.

> Does it loads your machine very hard?

Nope.

> I have a Thinkpad X-41 TabletPC with 1.5 GB memory, 1.6 GHz, with
> WinXP SP2 with the standard Windows Firewall (I don't think that
> anything more is necessary).

You'll do fine.

--
Paul Johnson
Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo.TakeThisOut@ursine.ca
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badgolferman wrote:

> As far as free AV goes there are several choices for you but AVG would
> be among the worst ones in detection rates.
>
> AOL AVS
> Avira Antivir
> AVAST
> Grisoft AVG

AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.

--
Paul Johnson
Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo.TakeThisOut@ursine.ca
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"Paul Johnson" wrote

> badgolferman wrote:
>
>> As far as free AV goes there are several choices for you but AVG would
>> be among the worst ones in detection rates.
>>
>> AOL AVS
>> Avira Antivir
>> AVAST
>> Grisoft AVG
>
> AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
> other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.
>
> --
> Paul Johnson
> Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo RemoveThis @ursine.ca
>


I haven't had any false positives with either Avast or AVG. Haven't run the
other ones.

--
Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User]
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Paul Johnson wrote:
> badgolferman wrote:
>
>> As far as free AV goes there are several choices for you but AVG would
>> be among the worst ones in detection rates.
>>
>> AOL AVS
>> Avira Antivir
>> AVAST
>> Grisoft AVG
>
> AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
> other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.
>

That hasn't been my experience with Avast and I've used it for years.
Can you prove your assertion?

Alias
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Paul Johnson <baloo.RemoveThis@ursine.ca> wrote:

>> AOL AVS
>> Avira Antivir
>> AVAST
>> Grisoft AVG
>
> AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
> other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.

When testing "Avira AntiVir", "AVAST!" and "Grisoft AVG" for a long
time, only "AntiVir" was reporting false positives.

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d-d
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Paul Johnson wrote:

> badgolferman wrote:
>
>> As far as free AV goes there are several choices for you but AVG
>> would be among the worst ones in detection rates.
>>
>> AOL AVS
>> Avira Antivir
>> AVAST
>> Grisoft AVG
>
> AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
> other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.


I run Avast on three machines here, and have installed it on several other
as well. There have *no* false positives on any of these.

--
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It doesn't cost anything to try it. After I dumped Norton I installed
AVG. It runs faster, updates automatically and quickly, relatively
small program, no nagware after 12 months, and it's free. Remove your
existing antivirus before you install AVG. BTW, your English is a
lot better than most native-speaking English people. Sometimes I have
a difficult time with it, after 50 years!

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:54:05 -0400, Juan I. Cahis
<jiclbchSINBASURA.RemoveThis@attglobal.net> wrote:

>Dear friends:
>
>After trying Norton's and McAfee's Antivirus, and being tired for
>their problems and the way that they make my computer to run slow, I
>want to try Grisoft's free AVG Antivirus.
>
>I think that simpler is better. Also I have Spy Sweeper installed, and
>I am very happy of it.
>
>Do you have any opinion of AVG Free Edition? Is it reliable and a good
>Antivirus? Does it loads your machine very hard?
>
>I have a Thinkpad X-41 TabletPC with 1.5 GB memory, 1.6 GHz, with
>WinXP SP2 with the standard Windows Firewall (I don't think that
>anything more is necessary).
>
>Thanks
>Juan I. Cahis
>Santiago de Chile (South America)
>Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:41:12 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>Paul Johnson wrote:
>> badgolferman wrote:

>>> As far as free AV goes there are several choices for you but AVG
>>> would be among the worst ones in detection rates.

>>> AOL AVS
>>> Avira Antivir
>>> AVAST
>>> Grisoft AVG

>> AOL, Avira, and AVAST all lead the way in false positives: In
>> other words, they trigger on stuff where there is no virus present.

>I run Avast on three machines here, and have installed it on several other
>as well. There have *no* false positives on any of these.

I see a lot of false positives with AntiVir 6 (an older version than
the current Avira) but I don't mind - because its detection rate is
very, very good, even though AntiVir 6 no longer gets updates!

These are genuine detects, too - mainly those nameless 1-generation
trojans that av vendors simply can't keep up with.

I use AVG 7 as resident scanner (don't install the email component if
on dial-up and you auto-disconnect after sending mail) and AntiVir 6
(among others) as on-demand clean-up scanner.

Avast hasn't really shone for me; when using it after other scanners,
it's yet to detect anything others have missed.



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