Remember When AVG was actually good?

[pspfreak]

Before they changed your homepage and added a toolbar and even change your new tab page. I used to use it because it was light and was just antivirus. I used to recommended it but now I feel to recommend Avast.

What's your opinion on avg over the years?

Also I'm talking about back in like 2008 times.

[Lyons]

I've always just used MSE, no problems so far... and before that I was using Macs.

[MG2R]

Happens with every free product that makes it big

 

Use http://ninite.com/avg to install it without browser changes.

[CwGoh]

I've always just used MSE, no problems so far... and before that I was using Macs.

To be honest, MSE + Intelligence while using the internet is enough to keep you safe. I personally like Avast/Malwarebytes, AVG is kind of bloated now.

[Guest GRRigger]

Switched to avast. Also used Avira, but game me alot of truble.

[pspfreak]

Yes, sadly they have opted to go the adobe route. Here install this ooh this too, Hey want this? Used to be a good free av but now... crap.

It's like I want a fucking antivirus, not toolbar, a widget, a browser-take-over. Just an antivirus. Avast in my experience has been better about it.

[Dragonzeanse]

I had a friend who once accidentally installed McAfee because it was bundled with Adobe software.

 

And yes, AVG is awful. I remember the last time I used it, it hijacked the search engine in Firefox. That was a while back when I was still using Windows XP.

[JupiteL]

I think that's not a big deal. I'm still using it now and I think this one still quite doing it's job.

[Lyons]

To be honest, MSE + Intelligence while using the internet is enough to keep you safe. I personally like Avast/Malwarebytes, AVG is kind of bloated now.

 

Yep, I've always stood by the MSE and common sense combination

[cjeffcoatjr]

Wait it used to be good?!

[pspfreak]

To be honest, MSE + Intelligence while using the internet is enough to keep you safe. I personally like Avast/Malwarebytes, AVG is kind of

bloated now.

People like to click on ads that give then viruses. Sometimes intelligence is not enough. The other day my mom got a virus on her pc that tried to lock her out and say she was watching child porn and to unlock give us a $300 Moneypak.

Also this system had avg. Key word had.

[FlakeyBanana]

you can just unselect the check boxes when your installing and it wont do any of that stuff

[s3ns3]

it didn`t made any change to my browser and i love the thing. only antivirus that doesn`t suck couse its light

[pspfreak]

you can just unselect the check boxes when your installing and it wont do any of that stuff

Yeah but the auto update from 2013 to 2014 will install the toolbars and crap

[SirReallySam]

Happens with every free product that makes it big

 

Use http://ninite.com/avg to install it without browser changes.

Ninite is probably my favorite website... To date. Other than LTT obviously

I've used it SOO much more that I thought I would, and it's just so useful!

[kizoku_95]

Have used AVG free version for over 5 years....ie since I had my second computer assembled for my family!!

Recent changes to AVG has not gone well with me especially dat UI.

Went the Avast route just a month ago,used the premiere version trial for a monthand was impressed and bought a subscription today!

Avast FTW

[Denned]

AVG is still pretty good though, despite the toolbars and stuff. But I feel like Avast have be come a little shittier during the latest revisions. It's extremely grandparents friendly these days. But I don't like when my files are just randomly deleted by Avast. Amoung other small annoyances that havn't been a problem before.

[macpro622776]

Go for Avast. If you configure it correctly you shouldn't have a problem.

[GoodBytes]

Yup, I remember when AVG was awesome... then they did this years ago, and getting worst every time. Not to mention force a virus check at boot time, slowing down Windows start-up.

Since they started to screw things up, I switch to MSE. It is exactly want I want:

 -> Simple, bare bone (in functionality), super light weight, non-intrusive, easy to use anti-virus.

And as a bonus, it's actually pretty darn good. Is it the best? No. But, it's awful, and I am the one using my system, I feel fairly competent on what I download and were I visit. And I know that if I open a picture or video or document and it requires elevated credentials.... then I know something is not right. I click No, to not give it credentials, and delete the file in question. Simple.

 

Well, in reality, right now I use Windows Defender, the renamed and now built-in MSE, in Windows 8.

[Cwazywazy]

I used to use Avast until the time it caused me to not be able to boot into Windows AT ALL. (No safe mode, nothing. Apparently this was a problem with the first versions that supported Windows 8)

 

I had to reinstall Windows and everything. Now I just use MSoft security essentials.

[Latislapaloie]

I used to use Avast until the time it caused me to not be able to boot into Windows AT ALL. (No safe mode, nothing. Apparently this was a problem with the first versions that supported Windows 8)

 

I had to reinstall Windows and everything. Now I just use MSoft security essentials.

is MSE the "windows defender" in the control panel in windows 8? 

[Cwazywazy]

is MSE the "windows defender" in the control panel in windows 8? 

Yep.

[Latislapaloie]

Yep.

should i get avast or just stick with mse and malwarebytes pro?

[Cwazywazy]

should i get avast or just stick with mse and malwarebytes pro?

I don't really know since I don't know much about Malwarebytes. (Or really much of anything about antivirus)

 

Someone else needs to post their opinion on this..

[GoodBytes]

The anti-virus solution depends on your needs. Every time you have someone asking "what is the best A/V", you get responses going all over the place.

 

Windows Defender (in Windows 8 - so aka: MSE)  is part of Windows, it must be expected that virus maker will start seeing ways (as soon as Windows 8 becomes more popular), to be not detectable by it.

In fact, this issue, is nothing new. Any anti-virus that gets really popular faces this problem. And that is why about yearly, you have new version of anti-viruses as they modify the algorithm or patch things up in a n normal update to avoid skip detection of known viruses.

 

You have 2 types of anti-viruses, aggressive ones and not.

The aggressive ones have the best virus detection, but they put your system down to a crawl.

Non-aggressive ones effect little or not at all system performance, but it's not so great at detecting viruses.

 

So you have to pick.

Enterprises, schools, and so on, tend to get aggressive ones. Computers takes time to load accounts, slow to start, takes time to open programs, but viruses have no match against, unless it's extremely new, out of the oven. Home users varies. Computer enthusiasts prefer light weight, non-aggressive solution, so they are willing to sacrifice protection for a smooth and fast computer experience, especially when you know what you download, and you know what places you visit, the USB key or disk you insert, and so on... there is not much to worry about.

 

So, it's up to you.

 

For me, it's Windows defender, nothing else.. and just safe web surfing... at least for now, maybe things will change once Windows 8 has a large market share, but so far so good.