AVG question

Jaffa.

Avast is also another popular free choice.

DCFC79

I can vouch for avira and avast, they are both good AV's

Bigcammy

I used to recommend AVG to people, but this last 6 months I've had a lot of problems with updates so I changed to Avast, so far I'm impressed with it so it gets my vote.

The_stingemeister

I'm thinking of uninstalling AVG in favour off Avast. Had no problems but it does appear to slow down my laptop, or at least I think it does.

Could anyone tell me if Avast has the "AVG feature" of when you google something and all the list of sites appear on the page with usually a tick (rarely, but sometimes a cross) signalling a "safe" site. Is it called a Link Scanner?
It actually says: "This page contains no active threats" next to each option as long as its found to be safe.

Jaffa.

The_stingemeister wrote: »

I'm thinking of uninstalling AVG in favour off Avast. Had no problems but it does appear to slow down my laptop, or at least I think it does.

Could anyone tell me if Avast has the "AVG feature" of when you google something and all the list of sites appear on the page with usually a tick (rarely, but sometimes a cross) signalling a "safe" site. Is it called a Link Scanner?
It actually says: "This page contains no active threats" next to each option as long as its found to be safe.

You can use Mcafee's site advisor http://www.siteadvisor.com/

The_stingemeister

You can use Mcafee's site advisor http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Thanks for that. I assume it wouldn't have any compatability issues if running alongside Avast, ie sluggishness etc?

gaming_guy

The_stingemeister wrote: »

Thanks for that. I assume it wouldn't have any compatability issues if running alongside Avast, ie sluggishness etc?

its just a little icon sitting in the bottom right of the screen (firefox) and at the top of the screen (internet explorer).

i did read an artcle that someone posted on here a few days ago saying that siteadvisor defenitions can be up to a year old

vervin

Do i have to uninstall the old agv before i put 8.5 on or does it do ti for me HELP

thomas01155

No just install it and follow the instructions.

Quasar

vervin wrote: »

Do i have to uninstall the old agv before i put 8.5 on or does it do ti for me HELP

I didn't. I decided to go for it and try it out before switching to Avira or something else, and it just upgraded. I was running AVG 7, downloaded 8.5 and installed it. No problems whatsoever, except that I found that the AVG scanning took hours, but then I've only done it once.

Good luck.