📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

PC Wolrd's Anti-virus review

sra
sra Posts: 4,676 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
in Techie Stuff
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,124475,00.asp

Quite interesting
AVG is at the bottom.

I decided to give AntiVir a try

Unfortunately it won't shut up about Google Talk being a virus :(

Comments

  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thing is though Ive seen loads and loads of reviews and frnakly I aint seen an honest one yet, because whoever is the best at the mo will be slated so that it does'nt
    command (hug) top spot for all eternity...

    I would say for freebies AVG and Avast are pretty head to head and the
    reason I would say this is because I have used both quite a lot but AVG
    just did it for me because of usablilty.
  • sra
    sra Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    intel wrote:
    Thing is though Ive seen loads and loads of reviews and frnakly I aint seen an honest one yet, because whoever is the best at the mo will be slated so that it does'nt
    command (hug) top spot for all eternity...

    I would say for freebies AVG and Avast are pretty head to head and the
    reason I would say this is because I have used both quite a lot but AVG
    just did it for me because of usablilty.

    I think I'll go back to AVG.

    I've never thought it was the best Anti Virus but I do think it takes less system resources than many in the day to day running.

    Then just use the online scanners every
    now and then to double check
    :)
  • steve_r123
    steve_r123 Posts: 512 Forumite
    Until I see a review done by someone who is totally impartial then I'll stick to personal opinion on here and other forums.

    I'd say that BitDefender's Chief Exec found the nicest restaurant to take 'Tony Bradley' to, coincidently, just before he wrote those reviews......

    I must stop being so cynical..... I must stop being so cynical...... I must..... :rolleyes:
  • 996ducati
    996ducati Posts: 290 Forumite
    Im with Steve on this topic.

    If they are a magazine with paying advertisers they are going to be skewed results. They cant possibly say AVG free is as good as an advertisers product.
  • wolfman
    wolfman Posts: 3,225 Forumite
    AVG has never been great though. It's a good product, and more importantly is free.

    I've always rated BitDefender, although was amazed to see McAfee at number 2. I personally use Nod32.

    Basically, if you want the best, at the moment you have to pay. If you want a free product, AVG is good, but not the best.
    "Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha."
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.6K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.9K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.6K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.2K Life & Family
  • 258.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture