Avast! Vs AVG · DIGIT-ARC

Which is Better AVG professional or Avast! Professional?Is Avast! Firewall also available?

I use both AVG and Avast free editions.
I say Avast is better.
Why go for professional editions when the security is the same????

Avast is better coz it has a more comprehensive real time scanner and besided AVG free has automatic healing disabled

AVG=crap...having it and not having it doesnt make any difference
avast free ed= ok...may be a good free option, better than AVG for sure
avast pro= superb, light on resopurces, yet grt scanning and script blocker for IE
AVG pro=never tried, nor will

avast is better b a shade atleast in all depts, inclu features, detection and removal capabilities and resource utilization....

There is absolutely NO difference in the detection rates of Avast Free and Avast Pro. The inly diff is the script blocker and some scheduling features.. Which dont matter much. And yeah, AVG is CR@P..

Avast ofcourse, there's no much difference between free and professional edition.You can always crack the free version if you want the professional version and dont want to pay for it.

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ppl it cannot be said that any antivirus is not foolproof. it only play an important role only in protecting your pc and hence this quest for which is a better solution cannot be fought over. Aromor you PC the best posssible way. Use an Anti Virus Solution + Anti Spyware Solution + Firewall. Its should help u on the long run. but if a hacker wants to still gain access he can.

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Between the 2, avast is better. But you should use an additional on-demand scanner like Kaspersky or BitDefender along with it.

One Vote For Avast....i use only Avast!Home Edition.

avast! for me too..though it needs a progress bar. Its skinnability rocks. I wish it also had a firewall of its own, since it does not have much support for ZA :-(

Avast all the way.

<bypassing>

Avast for
>Virus recovery database
>intrutive skinable interface
>light on system
>quick scan
>powerfull
>frequent small auto updates

i use: Avast! home 4.6 + spybot 1.4 + Zone alarm home

shaunak said:
>frequent small auto updates

Oh yes, the most imp feature, avast beats even Kaspersky in this

??? FYI, Kaspersky has hourly updates and it updates like 20 times a day on an average! Please get your facts together before you give some advice!

Is there Avast! Firewall Also?If yes pls send me the link to download it.

Nope there's no Avast Firewall.. Avast does have network shield which detects common network attacks..

kalpik said:
??? FYI, Kaspersky has hourly updates and it updates like 20 times a day on an average! Please get your facts together before you give some advice!

20 times a day???? what Madness !!! :-o

It gives weekly updates, and i was using Kaspersky Pro v5.0.227.

Results of Test conducted by Virus Bulletin (*www.virusbtn.com)

Code:

Name               Passed     Failed 
-------------------------------------------- 
Kaspersky           32          13 
McAfee              25          18 
Norton              32           6 
NOD32               37           3 
AVG                 12          21 
Avast               17          19

Find out 4 urself which is the best

looks like ppl r goin my way! I have posted 3 replies in favour of avast in this very forum in last 2 weeks. I think it is simply great as it is free of cost. And yes, may be now everybody will stop asking for antiiruses.

MysticHalo said:
20 times a day???? what Madness !!!
It gives weekly updates, and i was using Kaspersky Pro v5.0.227.

Something was definately wrong with your installation then!
From Kaspersky website:

The standard antivirus databases currently contain 181567 records.

The last update to the antivirus databases was released at 12 May 2006 at 11:25 (GMT +0400).

It is essential to update your antivirus databases on a regular basis. If you do not do this, your antivirus program will not detect new malicious programs. This is why we release updates every hour, to ensure that users are protected against the latest malware.

In February 2005, we stopped issuing large cumulative updates. All antivirus database files can now be updated hourly; this means that we are able to rapidly update the files and users of our products can access these new files.

*www.kaspersky.com/avupdates

hey guys which software is working and u all are Troubleshooting it.because it is Software Troubleshooting.

Hey guys, will it be advisable to switch from NAV 2006 to Avast Home Edition (wich is free) ??

I hv been using NAV and NIS 2006 for the past 8 months, and it is a system HOG..

So, will Avast provide me with an Active Real time Internet security (firewall) as well as a Real time Antivirus solution while im surfing the net? So that if Viruses, trojans, Adware are detected, then Avast! can automatically inform me and delete the file...?? (as NAV ans NIS does)?? please help needed..

I already use Ad Aware and Spybot S&D for Adware removal. (but these 2 do not hv a real time always ON protection).

NAV=Norton AntiVirus, NIS=Norton Internet Security.

Cheers n e-peace......

Hey Guys pls help me out,
Is Norton 05 better than Avast!.hOW much memory does it take like Avast takes about 4 MB.Pls can u go to Task Manager and check it out in NAV???
Pls,

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AVAST is best when comapring to AVG, I use both free versions of these softwares.

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R.Bhuvaneshbabu
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btw avast and NAV , its a bit hard . nav is big big system resource hog. if u dont care abt speed and u feel u need too much of protection , the use it.
If not i shud say avast is better.

Which firewall shud i go for ?

It's true that no antivirus is fullproof...
But I feel that Avast Free edition is much better option than AVG

avast! is far far better than AVG. its da best free av

K

Sameer whn u already know the answer why r u simply wasting r time>>>
This is the 3rd time i m reading ur crap post...
Ofcourse its Avast as usual...
Our answers won't change..

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Norton Internet Security2006 will be the best for ur dumb pc..

Don't overclock ur brain much...

When u have NOD32 ... why try others ???

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avg is trash.
Has all sorts of problems. Even if ur computer is virus-infected it sometimes won't detect it and when it will, it will not allow u to either delete it or quarantine it.

I am using Avast! 4.6 which works very well and has kept my system trouble-free.

go for AVG it occupies very less memory and it is good .

Though I'm an AVG fan but currently I'm using both AVG & avast! coz I hv also read a lot about avast!

avast is better than AVG for sure due to its superb virus tracking engine

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Avast rulz!
aye aye DISSEL!
Point a finger at avast! Ad i will blaze all My guns on u all!!
Avast simply rocks and has a gr8 scanner.
it is also easy on the system resources