Changing anti-virus advise please

Psykicpup

I did the upgrade to AVG 8.0free & am now regretting it as I'm having the slow pc probs that people have mentioned.
So I'm considering either reverting to AVG 7.5 or changing to a different one - possibly Avira, less likely Avast (thier site confused me I clicked the link to the free version & it was all in foriegn!)

Well guys & galls which would you do & what to I need to bare in mind ie one of them I believe doesnt have an email scanner - I want that, can I get that seperately somewhere?

But the MAIN question is how... Do I uninstall AVG then download/install or download - come off line to uninstall & then install new or what is the best way

I'm on a rota'd day off so I'd like to get this sorted if poss (so I can get back to playing games like I should be doing lol)

Conor_3

Get yourself over to www.eset.com and download a trial of NOD32 which is noted for being light on resources. I can guaratee you'll find it worth paying for. It has full email and web scanning in realtime. Just get the AV/Spyware solution - no need to go for the full fat Security Suite as there are plenty of free firewalls out there.

Once you've done that, close down your browser, uninstall AVG and install NOD32. You'll be OK from potential infection whilst you do this.

heatherw_01

Don't revert to AVG 7.5, it will no longer recieve updates soon.
I use Avast and it works fine for me.

Link to avast in English
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

superscaper

Conor wrote: »

Get yourself over to www.eset.com and download a trial of NOD32 which is noted for being light on resources. I can guaratee you'll find it worth paying for. It has full email and web scanning in realtime. Just get the AV/Spyware solution - no need to go for the full fat Security Suite as there are plenty of free firewalls out there.

Once you've done that, close down your browser, uninstall AVG and install NOD32. You'll be OK from potential infection whilst you do this.

Been using Eset Smart Security for a year now and have just paid for 3 year licence. Seemed worth it to me.

Psykicpup

Thanks Conor but all tho that looks great I really dont want to have to pay (tightwad me) (although I do pay for Tune-up but thats just £12-14/yr & well worth a £1 a month

Heatherw-01 - I see that avast does do email scanning so I assume then that its Avira that doesnt .. I think I might give that one a go

superscaper

Psykicpup wrote: »

Thanks Conor but all tho that looks great I really dont want to have to pay (tightwad me) (although I do pay for Tune-up but thats just £12-14/yr & well worth a £1 a month

Heatherw-01 - I see that avast does do email scanning so I assume then that its Avira that doesnt .. I think I might give that one a go

The trial doesn't cost a penny.

Psykicpup

superscaper wrote: »

The trial doesn't cost a penny.

but is only 30 days.. I suspect I might want AV a little longer than that :rotfl:

heatherw_01

Yes, Avast does email scanning

I used to use AVG, and switched to Avast and I am pleased with it.

Psykicpup

heatherw_01 wrote: »

Yes, Avast does email scanning

I used to use AVG, and switched to Avast and I am pleased with it.

Thats exactly what I wanted to hear - i'm downloading as we type....

heatherw_01

Make sure you uninstall AVG before installing Avast

superscaper

Psykicpup wrote: »

but is only 30 days.. I suspect I might want AV a little longer than that :rotfl:

It was only using the trial myself I realised how poor the free AV, firewall etc programs actually were and how much of my PC's resources they used up, intruded into everyday activity etc. I wonder if actually the time saved has actually been financially better for me that if I'd stuck with the free alternatives.