July 20, 201016 yr I am getting rid of Avira because with every update a restart is required. What is a good free antivirus; is comodo or panda's cloud antivirus any good? I have Vista 64 and comodo firewall.
July 20, 201016 yr A restart is required with every update? Then there's a problem. Do you have the latest version of Avira? I use Avira on 2 computers and didn't need to restart them in the last month, and even then, it was for windows updates that I had to restart them. Anyway, Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty much the only other very good free antivirus.
July 20, 201016 yr Varn, stay away from Comodo's antivirus services, at least until Comodo fixes what they did wrong. Somewhere on the RSOF or something, I caught wind of someone that tried using Comodo's AV stuff, only to have it block them from downloading Sun Java direct from Sun's own website. Further, it even broke the old Java install that was already present on that other person's system. :( As far as I know, AVG and/or Kaspersky has a free version. Might be wrong about that, however, so please take a look at both of those and run an extra Google search before you settle on anything. I wish you the best of luck in keeping your PC secure. :) ~D. V. "Comodo's not a good idea, sorry." Devnull and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.)
July 20, 201016 yr AVG or Avast "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."Abraham Lincoln
July 20, 201016 yr Using the latest version of Avira here and I never need to restart it after updates, i'd definitely give reinstalling a try. If you still want to switch, try Avast, AVG isn't as good as it used to be. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
July 20, 201016 yr AVG or Avast Never tried the new version of Avast, so I won't say anything about it, but AVG is a very bad antivirus.
July 20, 201016 yr AVG or Avast Never tried the new version of Avast, so I won't say anything about it, but AVG is a very bad antivirus. Based on? It was proven to block Aurora exploits and has a decent batting average agaisnt the fake anti-virus's floating around - For a free download, it's far from "very bad" Imo. "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."Abraham Lincoln
July 20, 201016 yr AVG or Avast Never tried the new version of Avast, so I won't say anything about it, but AVG is a very bad antivirus. Based on? It was proven to block Aurora exploits and has a decent batting average agaisnt the fake anti-virus's floating around - For a free download, it's far from "very bad" Imo. Based on personnal experience and those who I went and repaired/did maintenance on their computers. AVG has a bad detection rate, even though it detects the known viruses you are mentioning, that I am sure most antivruses can also detect.
July 20, 201016 yr i think it's grossly understated at "poor detection" most sample set's and trials do not have AVG more at 3-7% behind Avira. It still out-preforms many of the paid ones like Norton, Mcafee and trend and imo , deserves a mention. Avira also nags you daily to pay, annoys the piss out of me. "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."Abraham Lincoln
July 20, 201016 yr Running a combo of Avast and Spybot search and destroy is pretty good if you ask me. AVG isn't as bad as people think, imo. I just prefer Avast atm. I edit for the [Tip.It Times]. I rarely write in [My Blog]. I am an [Ex-Moderator].
July 20, 201016 yr Author I have installed the Panda Cloud scanner (One of the few without negative feedback).
July 21, 201016 yr i think it's grossly understated at "poor detection" most sample set's and trials do not have AVG more at 3-7% behind Avira. It still out-preforms many of the paid ones like Norton, Mcafee and trend and imo , deserves a mention. Avira also nags you daily to pay, annoys the piss out of me. Then if it annoys you, make so that it doesn't pop up? Meh I don't mind that, but I did stop them from poping up on one of my computers. And of course it will outperfom some of the paid ones, moreso if you name the worse antiviruses (Mcafee or Norton (Although Norton is making efforts to become better again)) Personnally have never used Tred Micro, so I'm not saying anything about it. I'm just saying that most people I've seen having trouble with viruses are running AVG and that changing to Avira or MSE, they detected over 10 viruses on most computers I've changed the antivirus.
July 22, 201016 yr Antivirus programs often get in my way rather than being useful. Of course, I have one installed because it's kind of silly to run Windows without anything to fall back on if stuff does go wrong. I usually have the active protection disabled though. Steam | Soup | Last.fm
July 23, 201016 yr I find AVG to be a system hog, and it didn't catch a lot of things I had on my machine. It was getting to a point where I couldn't use my computer while AVG was scanning. I use a combo of Avast and Ad-aware now, and works perfectly. RIP TET "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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