Why I feel AVG 8.0 is better than Avast! 4.8

[Cool Joe]

Until now, if anyone asked me for my free antivirus recommendation, then I’d happily direct them to www.avast.com but now it’s different. Previously, among free antivirus software, Avast! ruled the roost. But now, both Avast! and AVG have released their latest versions. Avast! Home 4.8 and AVG Free 8.0. I myself have tested both of them, so I can truly tell you which is better.

AVG has completely revamped it’s user interface. The old one was a dull, boring and totally uninspiring one. But the new one is slick and rather cool- looking. It’s based on a light blue colour theme. Avast! retains the old media player- like interface, and to be honest, I’m bored of it now. You can download skins for it though. In my opinion, AVG’s interface is much better and more like that of a professional antivirus.

In terms of features, there are quite a lot from both. AVG again, has new things on offer. The new version has an antivirus, antispyware, e-mail scanner, linkscanner and resident shield. It allows you to configure the various aspects of each of the components. You can, for example, add extensions which you want the resident shield to scan. You can also configure the way scans take place, for e.g- you can configure the type of scan- fast, slow or automatic. There are a lot more settings that can be configured by an advanced user. Even the default settings will do fine for a newbie. Avast doesnt have too many new features. All the old features remain, and are improved, that’s all.

In terms of resources, AVG consumes more than Avast! but isn’t very noticeable unless you have a snail for a PC. The size of the setup file is shocking- close to 46 MB! This makes it very inconvinient to download using dial- up connections. Once installed on your hard drive, however, it takes no more than 32 MB.

Overall, Avast! 4.8 is just an update to the previous version, where AVG Free 8.0 feels like a whole new antivirus program. Highly recommended by me.
Download AVG Free 8.0

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[Abhishek Dwivedi]

AVG 8.0 is best...lolz...it rox

[Cool G5]

I found AVG 8.0 heavy, back to my earlier favourite Avast 4.8

Avast Rocks & AVG too .

E- Peace

[ashu888ashu888]

agree to avg and avast too,

i myself hv used NORTON (a real system HOG :grrr..., Avast professional (really lite on system but faisl to detect sum species of virus (esp. wen d/loading from torrents) then went on to NOD32 (the best and really lite on the system) but stopped using it as the definitions jus wouldn't update then went on to use Kaspersky Internet security 2009 and using this currently..

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Cheers n e-peace...

[axxo]

Both Avast & AVG lags in detection rate. That's where Antivir comes in. It has got the best detection rate next to Kaspersky.

[Ecko]

Using Avast past 3 years & never got any problem
Fact is they aren't just use less resources their updates also are pretty small indeed

[ssk_the_gr8]

@beta testing
^^ finally agree with u on something

[Cool Joe]

^^ lol

[ashu888ashu888]

i think every other AV is good and its usage and protection depends on wat the users use them for..

eg: say i use torrents alot, so for me NOD32 and Kaspersky giv me alot more protection for TCP and UDP packets and ports as wel.. wich the avast wud fail in these conditions,, similarly there are many other instances where the AV fails for one user and succeeds for the other user...


Cheers n e-peace....

[ax3]

avast is good ...... its light on system ......

[ashu888ashu888]

^^

not good for me as i d/load using torrents, so it does not check ports for malicious s/ware.. this is wat i said in my post here...

i think every other AV is good and its usage and protection depends on wat the users use them for..

eg: say i use torrents alot, so for me NOD32 and Kaspersky giv me alot more protection for TCP and UDP packets and ports as wel.. wich the avast wud fail in these conditions,, similarly there are many other instances where the AV fails for one user and succeeds for the other user...

[IronManForever]

Avast NEVER worked well for me. It seldom healed; just notified me about a virus attack. Not that I hadn't made the correct settings; yet. But that was 1.5 year ago. and I don't know how it is now.

AVG Impressed me since the beggining; The older interface; though old-school kind, was slick and USABLE. The current one confuses me a lot; maybe Im the only one not liking it.
And I dont judge an AV by its looks; Avast disappointed me on its first encounter with a virus; nothing of the sort with AVG.

regards;
IronMan

[evewin89]

Avast & nod32 both rox, both AV are better than norton & McAfee.

[Kulz]

Avast is the one i would go for because it detects a lot of viruses while i download from limewire or so..AVG has failed in these cases for me..

Avast simply keeps you free of mind

[NIGHTMARE]

avg having very long updates

[Cool G5]

I like avast detection capabilities but what I don't get is it fails to repair. Have to del or quarantine the infected file.

[shaunak]

^^ Avast does have a Virus Recovery database, so a file [if indexed] can be restored.

[max_demon]

Kaspersky FTW .

[ashu888ashu888]

^^
+1
as the updatesa re the smallest i guess,
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@ Cool G5:

totally agree to ur point buddy and really good point noted..
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@ shaunak (off topic), love reading ur siggy..lol..
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FOr me it was Norton (for a long time, 2 yrs) then as i was able to figue it out and others prompted me as well tat it was a system HOG :grr...:

then, i moved on to Avast Professional, it had gr8 detection rates but sum how on many occassions, it failed to delete the file and jus quarantine it.

then moved on to NOD32, it was gr8, really lite on the system but sum how (thepast cpl of weeks) the update servers got overly loaded and hence updates were not working, not even manual updates.. so,

i switched to Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and using it past 4-5 days, its also gr8./..
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so, overall, it wud be Kaspersky (or NOD32) for the 1st place
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Cheers n e-peace....

[New]

so, overall, it wud be Kaspersky (or NOD32) for the 1st place

One more Kaspersky user here

[nikhilpai]

Avast free has Anti-rootkit.
AVG Free doesn't have it.

[thewisecrab]

Both are great AV
Thanks for the review beta testing
You too a Chelsea Fan ???
Off Topic:
Is anyone facing prob with NOD32 update?

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by nikeel

Avast free has Anti-rootkit.
AVG Free doesn't have it.

AVG 8.0 has antispyware & anti-phishing mode...

virus detection type depends on antiviruses...like some files may be a virus for AVG
but not 4 Avast & vice-versa...

Q: can they both detect mobile viruses ?

[Cool Joe]

@nikeel- though its not mentioned anywhere, AVG also checks for rootkits when it is scanning. if u need it, then u can download AVG anti rootkit from http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html
(updates for it are no longer provided so no use i guess)

@new- i too was a kaspersky user b4. it really hogged my PC so i switched to avast 4.8. then i removed it and installed AVG 8.0. after that i wrote this review.

@ashu- i would like to c which AV u use next

@thewisecrab- its obvious that im a Chelsea fan. look at my avatar, location and the FOOTBALL channel.

[NIGHTMARE]

Kav +1

[Cool Joe]

OK so let KAV be the best. but its paid. AVG is free.

y are v going off topic talking abt the best AV? for all that there is the official AV thread. this is my opinion abt y AVG is better than Avast. Kaspersky and NOD32 are totally irrelevant here.

[thewisecrab]

^^
+1
The AV debate will rage on till eternity
[/offtopic]
@beta testing
Great man...another Chelseaite like me...
Chelsea rocks!!!!!!

[ashu888ashu888]

Originally Posted by thewisecrab

Off Topic:
Is anyone facing prob with NOD32 update?

well, yes there is a problem (the worldwide) abt NOD32 not updating itself either automatically or manually, it jus says, "the virus defs are up to date and there is no need of an update", even though the defs are older..
there is no difference even if u change the servers in advanced tree mode > updates.

hence i switched over to KAV...

Originally Posted by KaranTh85

AVG 8.0 has antispyware & anti-phishing mode...

welll,the same modes are for KAV too.. : )

virus detection type depends on antiviruses...like some files may be a virus for AVG
but not 4 Avast & vice-versa...

agree to that,

esp, many AVs detect key generators as trojans (and many of us use key gens and cracks to update our version of s/wares to full/professional versions..lol.. )

Q: can they both detect mobile viruses ?

u mean wen any mobilephone is connected to the PC ?? or any mobile device (like pen drives, PSPs, Ipods etc..etc) ???

Well, the AV will detect mobilephone viruses only if the virus is a windows affecting virus, say a mobile phone using a WIndows Mobile type of OS.. for all other types of OSes (on mobile phones) its inaffective...

For mobile devices like Ipods, PSPs, the format is different than the one on our PC (FAT or NTFS) hence viruses cannot travel to these devices, but even if they do, they are ineffective, coz there is NO windows platform for them to get activated..

but since in pendrive, the format is FAT32, they penetrate into them and cause havoc.. : )

Originally Posted by beta testing

@ashu- i would like to c which AV u use next

Well, im sticking to KAV , infact will stick either to KAV or NOD32 (not anything else) until i get proper updates yaar..

since ther was an update problem in NOD32, iss liye had to switch over to KAV (jus 5-6 days ago)

@thewisecrab- its obvious that im a Chelsea fan. look at my avatar, location and the FOOTBALL channel.

Well, chelsea are a force to be recon with this time..

u wanna knw whic club is my fav?? (look at my avtaar icon)
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Cheers n e-peace....

[Cool Joe]

k k no more going off topic. man this thread should b renamed as the offtopic thread. v ve talked abt kaspersky and NOD32 and such. and now we are talking abt football!!???!

[ashu888ashu888]

^^
yup, well since the thread is ONLY abt AVG vs Avast, then my vote goes to avg

+1 for AVG...