AVG Antivirus

pclancy · 09-09-2003 12:55pm #1

is avg any good or is it a complete piece of crap like i think it is? How does it compare to norton antivirus?

Also have heard of a bloke selling AVG to clients, surely that isnt legal seeing as its a free download?

Frank Grimes · 09-09-2003 1:01pm

Originally posted by pclancy
is avg any good or is it a complete piece of crap like i think it is? How does it compare to norton antivirus?

Why ask if you think it's crap? Anyway I don't think it's crap at all, I'd rate it higher than Norton (I've used both, much prefer AVG).

Also have heard of a bloke selling AVG to clients, surely that isnt legal seeing as its a free download?

There's a commerical version, I'd assume "some bloke" is selling licences for that.

MrPinK · 09-09-2003 1:05pm

The basic version is free, but there are server versions that you pay for. I would guess tho that you'd have to buy it directly from grisoft and it's probably illegal for this guy to be selling it.

It is by far the best virus scanner I've ever used. I wouldn't go near McAfee or Norton ever again, even if they were also free.

pclancy · 09-09-2003 1:24pm

but how can a product that comes from a company as big and powerfull as symantec be worse then AVG? if a virus comes out at 9am, symantec have an update for NAV by 12pm! I personally dont like AVG but to be honest ive never used it that much, so i just wanted peoples opinions as to whether it was anyway as good as products such as NAV or even mcaffee.

By the way this guy is definatly selling the free version not the corporate or server versions. Illegal?

Frank Grimes · 09-09-2003 1:27pm

Are you just trolling? If you don't like AVG, don't use it.
wrt. the guy selling AVG Free, I'd imagine Grisoft wouldn't be too impressed. Mail them if you want.

pclancy · 09-09-2003 1:29pm

not trolling, just wanted other users opinions of it!

Frank Grimes · 09-09-2003 1:31pm

If you haven't used it that much I don't know how you can reach the conclusion that it's crap.
I've used McAfee/Norton/AVG and have found AVG far superior to the others.

pclancy · 09-09-2003 1:36pm

why superior? Asking because have to buy large quantitiy of AV software.

Frank Grimes · 09-09-2003 1:40pm

I can't speak for the commercial version as I don't use it.
I've just found it uses less resources than Norton. Also, recently someone decided to run blah.scr.pif.exe on my PC at home. McAfee picked it up but wouldn't remove it but AVG would.

raphaelS · 09-09-2003 1:40pm

I'm also using AVG and I confirm that for a free product it's a very good anti-virus!

As for the virus update, for the last worm few weeks ago, it was in the definition the day of the outbreak... In average, there's one update every 4 days.

Raphael

Zion · 10-09-2003 1:04pm

Just wondering what about PC-Cillin 2002? Is it any good at all? That's the only anti-virus software I have.

pclancy · 10-09-2003 1:08pm

Cheers for the info lads. Might give AVG a whirl so. I'm just never a big fan of free software.

raphaelS · 10-09-2003 1:15pm

I'm just never a big fan of free software.

Why, free is good, no?

Raphael

oscarBravo · 10-09-2003 2:02pm

Originally posted by pclancy
Cheers for the info lads. Might give AVG a whirl so. I'm just never a big fan of free software.

Which, free software (as in beer) or Free software (as in speech)?

What's not to be a fan of (in either case)?

...sez he, indulging in just a little smugness having switched to Linux just last weekend...

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2003 2:08pm

RE:I'm just never a big fan of free software.

Just wondering if you use the Web or not..

Most Browsers are free inc IE / Netscape
Most Web sites are hosted on Apache
The only reason the web exists is that HTML is free

BTW: you did mean free as in beer rather than speach

pclancy · 10-09-2003 2:16pm

you know what i mean, obviously free stuff like HTML is cool but im never a fan of software that is free like antivirus software because im never sure how they can be good if the publisher isnt charging for them obviously how can they have developed them as well as a company that charges for them?

Im a huge fan of Linux and Staroffice both software that was origonally free or at least very cheap. Its just in the case of antivirus software, my belief was that how could a company like Symantec with as much resources dedicated to finding and countering viruses and security threats produce software that is not as good as one that is free to download?

And i LOOOVE FREE BEER!

LoLth · 10-09-2003 2:19pm

The free version of AVG does not get the engine upgrades as often/quickly as the licensed version. The licensed version is based on a per seat license and costs about €49 retail.

I have used Norton, Mcafee and AVG in a workshop and out on site, and AVG (even the free one) is much easier to install/uninstall and performs just as well as the more well known ones (and the licensed version is still a good €20 to €40 cheaper than the competition).

Never used the network version though.

raphaelS · 10-09-2003 2:21pm

As for AVG, it's free only for a single user and for non-commercial use.
They're selling their "pro" product for server, corporate... so they get (hopefuly) some money from their work.

Raphael

aodh_rua · 10-09-2003 2:31pm

AVG all the way. I've been using it for a good while and have to say that I've found it superior to the Symantec and Norton products I used before.

The only concern I have is whether they'll soon phase out the free version when they discontinue version 6.0. All the current releases of version 7.0 cost money - not too much and probably worth it.

Serbian · 10-09-2003 3:56pm

I've been using AVG for years now. I bought a version about 2 years ago and was using that on my old PC. When I got my new PC back last December, I installed the free version and have been using it since. Personally I think it works just fine, and I think it is easier to use than Symantec's AV program.

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