Another AVG Fail
AVG has a history of releasing updates that break things.
The update that deleted important .dll files comes to mind. That and the update that tippled traffic to Wikipedia. Now, AVG is flagging iTunes as a huge virus: Slashdot IT Story | AVG Update Breaks iTunes |
I was a big fan of AVG up until 8.5 came out. I'm thinking of getting a different one now.
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I personally use avast! home. Free and awesome (and computer voices).
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I use Kaspersky. Every so often there's a site that offers a mail-in rebate on it, ends up being free every time.
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A few friends of mine told me how AVG eff'd their itunes.
If im gonna use/recommend a free Antivirus, i'd say Avira Antivir with the startup protection enabled. Even the free version blocks stuff pretty well. My absolute favorite AV is NOD32. never given me a single problem. Updates constantly and has instant protection from the nasty stuff. It also lets you know if windows isn't completely up to date so you don't overlook that security problem. |
Used to use AVG until it caused directX crashes in Half-Life 2 based games. Long gone now. Using Avast.
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I agree with NOD32.
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switched from avg to avast about 5 years ago when avast was pretty much the only free anti-virus that offered a 64 bit windows version... never looked back
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Avast and NOD32, got it. (makes bookmarks)
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Never used AVG, but when I was deciding on what AV to use AVG looked shit, so took Avast!.
I'd use NOD32 if it had a free version. Too many Security products are on the market. http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ |
Kaspersky W7 Beta for me.
When it comes to Virii, trust a Russian. That's what I always say. |
one problem i've heard of with NOD32 is that it reports peerguardian 2 as malware which = false. i would think they'd have fixed that by now though.
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I recommend that shit to all of my customers because of the vulnerability detector (tells you if any installed software on your computer is out of date). It either saves me work (customers upgrade stuff themselves), or it makes customers call me. |
I recommend Kaspersky to all my customers too, cause we dont sell NOD32... third favorite, Panda.
I really like how I'm supposed to sell Norton 360 to every single person who buys a computer, but I refuse to sell that to anyone, ever. |
I spent a summer working with McAfee and actually like the product. However, avast! is more light-weight IMO.
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I got worried when I came home from work and saw the AVG warnings. It wasn't working, it broke iTunes, and eventually I just decided to reformat.
Then two days later I hear it was all a mistake. I was so pissed, I've got Avast installed now. I'm thinking of purchasing NOD32, I've heard a lot of good things about it. |
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Well, as far as I am concerned, itunes is a pest. It installs a service that runs when you start your computer, and you can not end the task through task manager. Or at least the first versions of itunes your couldn't - you might be able to now.
For someone that does not use itunes, I welcome anything that can remove it from my system. I usually go into administrative tools - services - and disable the itunes service. But a lot of people do not know how to do that. So itunes is just sitting there taking up memory. |
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