for a good anti- virus, AVG or AVAST?

Hey!

Hope I can Help. I have used all the available free antivirus software available..although I do not recommend plain antivirus because it does not usually protect you against spyware nor has a good firewall I do realyze it is nesessary for some people.

Not to knock on avg or avast but ive had terrible luck with the latest versions of them. I highly recommend you give PC TOOLS a try. Its actually what I use on my laptop. It works fine and doesnt slow me down.

Get your FREE download here.

☆ Download = http://www.pctools.com/

NOW.. if you do not have one already you should get a firewall and antispyware program to go along with your antivirus. Both can be obtained for free.

ANTISPYWARE = the best program for this is MALWAREBYTES. FREE.

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FIREWALL = The best ive used is WEBROOT FIREWALL. FREE.

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Ps.. Pc security is very important..Id never recommend a program to anyone unless I truly belive its the best option.

☆Good Luck. I hope my answer was helpful. If I can do anything else please let me know. You can email me via my profile page. Peace out - Eric

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Avast is one of best anti-virus programs and completely free Avast works for 60 days after installation you will obtain your FREE license key by email after you register, the license key is valid for 1 year after one year you will need to just re-register.

Avast home edition is free and effective, it scans your downloads and emails for viruses (unlike AVG) and also includes anti-rootkit and anti-spyware, it can also run a boot scan, I use Avast along side Comodo Pro firewall both are free and have been independently tested and proven to be more effective then Norton or Mcafee.

Avast Anti-Virus: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Comodo Pro: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Why Avast is better then AVG:

AVG themselves state that the free version of their Anti-Virus does NOT scan downloads for malicious content where as the free version of Avast DOES, whats the point in having anti-virus software that can't prevent viruses from being downloaded to your computer, I've also tested both using the EICAR test viruses, AVG allowed all the viruses onto the computer Avast blocked them instantly Avast offers far superior protection. test your anti-virus: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

Although AVG has the population behind it, it is not as good. Avast has around a 5-10% higher detection rate of all viruses.

Oh, and don't listen to that one guy that said about pctools. There products are commonly known to give MANY false-positives (mis detected)

Avast is in my opinion the best free anti-virus out there

Does not hog computer resources

The amazing thing about it is that it scans the web pages in real time and blocks the page from loading any virus onto your computer!! Set the "Web Shield" setting to high.

Updates easily and automatically every day

I prefer AVAST as I have used AVG in the past and it slowed my machine down on boot up .Also I had problems removing it when I loaded Avast & it is still lurking about in my PC I have even gone as far as reinstalling A.V.G to use the removal program but it is still lurking about ! So I prefer the Avast prog

Without a shadow of a doubt Avast is a much more superior Antivirus than AVG.

I wouldn't touch AVG with a barge pole...it promises everything and delivers nothing. You would end up with more problems than you could imagine.

Avast is as good as alot of AV's you would pay alot of money for.....

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-22...

Paid Versions are all simliar Free Versions makes Avast on Top People have their own opinions though. They offer similar protection it's just user interface etc. Try one. If no likes, try other.

i better give u my source for best antivirus software of 2008 but its up 2 u 2 decide......

in my opinion i prefer AVIRA antivir free and superantispware free...check my source pls....tnxs

threatfire from pc tools and pc ools antivirus they work well together ..

you can run two aniviruse a once ..