Whats better - AVG 7.5, AVG 8, or Avir anti virus ?

dog1

** AVG FREE 8 **

I updated from free AVG 7.5 yesterday, only possible problem would appear to be that the Web Shield is not active.

On the overview page I have Nine items, all of which are active except the bottom left one (web shield) which is not.

Is this normal? or, Should I take any further action?

Mike_J

I'm so waiting until the end of the year before I make my mind up !!!!

Mary_Hartnell

d!!! wrote: »

** AVG FREE 8 **

I updated from free AVG 7.5 yesterday, only possible problem would appear to be that the Web Shield is not active.

On the overview page I have Nine items, all of which are active except the bottom left one (web shield) which is not.

Is this normal? or, Should I take any further action?

My list is smaller than yours!
I've got:
Anti-Virus
Anti - Spyeware
E-mail Scanner
License (sic)
Link Scanner
Resident Shield
Update Manager
all ticked.

[BTW further to my previous posts about the overhead imposed by Link Scanner, it seems that "Drive-By" badware is the flavour of the year; so anything that discourages visits to dodgy sites is a "good thing".
StopBadware.org
Project being run by Harvard Law School, Oxford University and Consumer Reports WebWatch to develop a clearinghouse for research on badware ].

PistonBroke_2

alanrowell wrote: »

Installed it on my GF's laptop and if anything performance has improved - especially from boot up.

I did however elect not to take the toolbar

Likewise i unchecked the toolbar & i've installed this on my laptop
Toshiba
Centrino Duo T2600
1 Gb Ram
XP Pro

And on my home PC
Mesh
Amd 3800+
1.5 Gb ram
XP Pro

And it runs like a dream on both of them & even found trojans that Antivir & Avast had missed i personally chop and change Av's regulary to see what's out there and although i'd agree AVG is more intensive on your PC if you have a half decent PC it''s a great program

buglawton

AVG's link scanner makes a virtual visit to each site on your Google results page in the background. It is causing a big spike in page visits and is confusing the stats for webmasters everwhere as the visits look real.

Mary_Hartnell

The link scanner seems to be speeding up. perhaps it is building its own database of red yellow and green sites and only visiting the new grey ones?