Reply to: Disappopinted - AVG let me down

[SuperZ]

Problem I had with Avira is that it gave lots of false alarms. Files that had not been detected by other AV software (AVG or AVAST) as being infected were detected by Avira and it wanted to delete them. The files have been commonly used and have never caused any issues. Other scanners in the past have done a similar thing temporarily(detected false alarms in other files) until the next update and they usually stop detected falsies but even after a few updates Avira kept detecting the same files as infected.

AV is only as good as the last virus it found and stopped . If you`re one of the first to be targetted by a NEW virus, none of them will detect and remove it.

[DimPrawn]

Or just do what I do on my 8 PC's at home and don't run any antivirus bloatware.

Never had a crash, never had to rebuild and a couple of the machines are on Windows 2000 and so we're talking nine years without a single issue.

Simples.

[Fred Bloggs]

I have Avast! Home (free) on 6 PC's. No issues.

[BolshieBastard]

Hang on Bolshie... you've been using Avira since August, after a post where you slammed most other AV products (incl AVG I admit).

So it's a bit early to start preaching!

I use the paid for AVG on 5 PCs and this is the first problem I've had in several years.

I'll take a look at Avira, but anything with a "Game Mode" makes me suspicious that it's a real hog!

I have been using Av for quite a few years. Norton, Mcafee and even some of the free ones such as Avast. I have never used AVG because all the research I've done on it shows it to be lacking in virus protection.

Yes, I have slagged off a few such as kaspersky, and NOD32. I used Avira Premium security Suite after using the 30 day trial. This is the same as the full 'paid for' version. I did this with kaspersky but when I installed the paid for version, two pc's immediately had issues (one pc said it had been downloaded too many times!)

Next NOD32 completely trashed one of the laptops such that it needed a full re install.

Avira has had no such issues. Again, this is the paid for version. If anyone wants to use free AV, I can only recommend Avast as that was the only one I used (I did not want to try another free AV even Avira because to me it just isnt worth the risk).

I would not recommend AVG even in its paid for form as its just too weak.

BTW, Im not really bolshie, its just an act

[Platypus]

Why oh why do people trust that piece of tulip that is AVG? It is ******* crap! It consistently comes bottom of the free anti virus software.

Use it at your peril.

If you want free use Avira or Avast.

I personally use the Avira Premium Security. OK it costs £39 for 3 pc's for a year but that's a small price to pay.

I really cant believe people take such risks with their AV as far as AVG is concerned.

Hang on Bolshie... you've been using Avira since August, after a post where you slammed most other AV products (incl AVG I admit).

So it's a bit early to start preaching!

I use the paid for AVG on 5 PCs and this is the first problem I've had in several years.

I'll take a look at Avira, but anything with a "Game Mode" makes me suspicious that it's a real hog!

[minestrone]

I got rid of AVG after search and destroy found a trojan.

[BolshieBastard]

Why oh why do people trust that piece of tulip that is AVG? It is ******* crap! It consistently comes bottom of the free anti virus software.

Use it at your peril.

If you want free use Avira or Avast.

I personally use the Avira Premium Security. OK it costs £39 for 3 pc's for a year but that's a small price to pay.

I really cant believe people take such risks with their AV as far as AVG is concerned.

[Platypus]

Ouchies! Is it now throwing up one particular virus/issue or a whole host of them now? Which one/s?

It's deleting swathes of my (virus-free) cygwin installation, by virtue of it's heuristic analysis.

It didn't find a couple of nasties and says it's getting rid of them, but I feel it's "back to backup" time here. What a waste of a day

[northernladuk]

It's the paid-for version of AVG I use, so it did let me down.

Ouchies! Is it now throwing up one particular virus/issue or a whole host of them now? Which one/s?

[AtW]

I don't run any anti-virus and have never had a virus on any of my computers ever.

What about yourself?

AVG 7.5 was good, it turned to tulip from v8.

[DimPrawn]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[cojak]

Top tip - use Virtual PC to visit dodgy sites.

When the website wrecks your OS (which it will everytime), delete the image and go back to a fresh one.

Is that a particular piece of software DP?

I just perform a system check-point every morning and roll back to that...

[Platypus]

Must say that the new AVG 9 is not so good as previous versions.

That's not good news at all

[Platypus]

Top tip - use Virtual PC to visit dodgy sites.

Ha ha the irony is that AVG's "web shield" or whatever it's called didn't flag the site as dodgy !

[pzz76077]

Must say that the new AVG 9 is not so good as previous versions.

Installed it last week on one of my laptops and all day today it has been popping up and asking to do a reboot after installing an emergency patch.

PZZ