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  • Cuddles_In_the_Buff
    Cuddles_In_the_Buff Posts: 381 Forumite
    Hopefully AV Comparatives will set your mind at ease :)
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    andyrules wrote: »
    Tried uninstall etc, still wouldn't load so have gone with Antivir - seems OK! Hopefully it will catch as much as avg. Had same probs with lappy too.
    Thanks to all

    Exactly what happened when you tried to install AVG 8?
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
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    Did you reboot your machine when your uninstalled one and before installing another?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    andyrules wrote: »
    Tried uninstall etc, still wouldn't load so have gone with Antivir - seems OK! Hopefully it will catch as much as avg. Had same probs with lappy too.
    Thanks to all

    Avira has a better database than AVG (In fact all of the 'anti virus' programmes that I know of!)
    :idea:
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Cuddles_In_the_Buff wrote: »
    Hopefully http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2008_08.php will set your mind at ease :)

    Thats the second time someone has posted that, yet when I click it says 'not found' :confused:
    :idea:
  • espresso
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Avira has a better database than AVG (In fact all of the 'anti virus' programmes that I know of!)

    But it gives too many false positives in my experience!
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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    But it gives too many false positives in my experience!

    Yeah, ive only just started using it myself. I scanned my new computer with no problems :confused:. There are some....erm......dodgy programmes ;), which escaped no problem.

    What kinda false positives?
    :idea:
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »

    What kinda false positives?

    Can't give specifics at the moment as it's been removed from my test machine but it wanted to remove lots of DOS batch files that I had written, that I know are clean.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Cuddles_In_the_Buff
    Cuddles_In_the_Buff Posts: 381 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Thats the second time someone has posted that, yet when I click it says 'not found' :confused:
    Sorry about that, go to the main site and click on Comparatives <- if that link doesn't work either ;)
  • cmonthehoops
    cmonthehoops Posts: 139 Forumite
    Use Avira the 8 version is to bloated Avira i feel is a lot better. Plus don't forget to use a spyware program also. I use superantispyware and the both keep my PC clean no probs.
    'HAIL HAIL' :dance:
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