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KynloStephen66515:
Have you never opened the AVG window? Usually adverts there.
I also hate AVGs regular scans that seem to grind your system to a complete standstill.
-Carol Haynes (April 28, 2012, 11:45 AM)
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No ads in the main window, and all my scans are set to "User Aware" which means it only uses minimal resources so I've never noticed lag
kalos:
I think I will go for a free solution with VIPRE engine/signatures, before moving to paid solution
I read all the time that it's superior
so far, I only found UnThreat that uses it, any others?
Carol Haynes:
Have you never opened the AVG window? Usually adverts there.
I also hate AVGs regular scans that seem to grind your system to a complete standstill.
-Carol Haynes (April 28, 2012, 11:45 AM)
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No ads in the main window, and all my scans are set to "User Aware" which means it only uses minimal resources so I've never noticed lag
-Stephen66515 (April 28, 2012, 11:55 AM)
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Strange every version of AVG Free I have seen has had ads in it, and popups at the most annoying moments. Are you running some sort of OS level ad blocker (like AdMuncher) ?
Ath:
I'll add a +1 for Avast here. (or +4 for 4 computers :tellme:)
Light-weight (though recent AVG versions don't seem to be as bad as older ones), pretty light on ads, updates at least every 4 hours, but yes, an annual 'license renewal cycle', that can be a bit of a pain, but it's still free.
Mark0:
Still no resident AV here. When I download something, I scan it with ClamAV or just use the VirusTotal Uploader (usually someone other have already checked it, so the results are instantaneous). If I am very suspicious of some executable, first I run it under Sandboxie and try to figure out if it's doing something fishy.
So far so good.
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