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Bomb Squad:
The only reason you aren't getting any viruses with AVG is because it fails to detect them.
Personally, I have had a bad experience with AVG in the past. Through both real-world situations and testing by purposely infecting machines, I've found that AVG often failed to detect what other free anti-viruses do detect.
However, this was in 2010. AVG might have gotten better since then.
coolz / other people who use AVG, how long have you been using it?
coolzeldad:
--- Quote from: Bomb Squad on August 20, 2013, 04:05:31 PM ---The only reason you aren't getting any viruses with AVG is because it fails to detect them.
Personally, I have had a bad experience with AVG in the past. Through both real-world situations and testing by purposely infecting machines, I've found that AVG often failed to detect what other free anti-viruses do detect.
However, this was in 2010. AVG might have gotten better since then.
coolz / other people who use AVG, how long have you been using it?
--- End quote ---
Yeah AVG wasn't always the best but they have definitely improved in the last few years.
Also keep in mind, lots of free antivirus can use many potential heuristic or false positives in their definitions.
All of my clients have been virus free after using it and I have heard no complaints from them.
Personally however, I do not use a virus protection application.
Viole:
AVG gave me a ton of false positives, and I raged.
Peetah:
Been using Panda Cloud for a good 2 years now I think.
Never has let me down.
Its main strength is that it is very very light because its cloud base.
This also means your definitions are always up to date.
The free version will give you all you need.
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/forHome/
Try it out and see if ya like it.
Supertoaster:
I use AVG Free and have not gotten a virus in years. Last time I used MSE I got a blue screen but I think that was an isolated incident.
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