avg or avast

Headshot

got a windows vista and installed it

messed up avg on me so i has to delete avg and reinstall it


but i saw that is only 30 day trial

and saw another anti virus program avast

so whats better for a laptop with vista

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avast or avg

i had avg for a long time before vista and was working great but the 30 day trial is putting me off

Karoma

You didn't download AVG Free so...it's free. No trial period.

I'd suggest giving Avast a shot. I've been using AVG for years - So many installs just 'break' after a dodgy update, and last night, for the first time in years ... one of my PCs has a virus (Vista.) - I detected the virus before AVG. pfft. It's great AV, it pisses over the majority of commercial alternatives but it's not perfect but so I'd say try avast.

Nick_oliveri

Avast me hearties! For it updates in the background, and gives me no guff!
I had troubles with AVG so i kicked it to the curb.

Ruu_Old

AVG broke on me a few months ago as well, also after an update. I have been using Anti Vir since.

byte

AVG also acted up on me after an update, so I removed it and installed Avast! I find it quite good, though I must remove that "Virus database has been updated" sound whenever it's updated. I sometimes have the volume left up high, and the voice can be quite startling if sitting in silence!

dulpit

byte wrote:

I find it quite good, though I must remove that "Virus database has been updated" sound whenever it's updated. I sometimes have the volume left up high, and the voice can be quite startling if sitting in silence!

Oh is that Avast that does the noise thing? A girl i work with must have that on her laptop, every morning, usually when its very quiet and you're having a good day-dream or the like that stoopid american accent yells to all & sundry... Scares the crap out of me...

Headshot

ill give avast a shot

just on a side not

i turned off the user account control in vista

good or bad move

and my rating of my laptop is 4.2

with a intel cpu T2600 2.16 GHz
and ram 2gb
and graphic card 7900 gs

that couldn't be

Slutmonkey57b

Vista is making stuff up as it goes along.

I heartily recommend Avast, it's quick, effective, and hassle-free. And Free.

Headshot

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

Vista is making stuff up as it goes along.

I heartily recommend Avast, it's quick, effective, and hassle-free. And Free.

another problem i have is im missing 5 or more updates

when i use Belarc advisor it says im missing 5 or more windows security updates

check windows update and it says iv all the updates

i failed in downloading

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2007

and

Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.18.2621.7)

how do i get to download them again

and i didnt download 3 optional downloads

there were ricoh drivers

Mr Mojo

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

I heartily recommend Avast, it's quick, effective, and hassle-free. And Free.

Agreed, I've been using it for years, it's not let me down yet......

supersub

Hi all,

i have a similar problem to headshot. I have Vista on my laptop and i'm trying to download AVG/Avast but Windows security centre won't let me download the EXE file. I have windows defender running and no active antivirus on the laptop. Do i have to disable the firewall? i tried changing settings but still won't let me.
any advice please!!

Supersub

Orion

Only got my Vista laptop last week and put AVG on it. Works fine I think. Updates daily no problem. First time using it - I've been using a corporate edition of NAI up to now.

On a slightly related note - and only cos others mentioned it - are there any firewalls that are Vista compatible? I tried Comodo and Outpost but they're not.