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The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« on: October 29, 2008, 12:05:08 PM »
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Recently, especially since AVG 8 was released and gone was the excellent free anti virus we all known, trusted and liked...
Instead there were all manner of annoyances and nags to buy...
Some people even thinking it doesn't still automatically update itself...

Looking around the net for anti virus recommendations 6 months ago would have lead you to AVG every time. Now it appears Avast! is being suggested instead...

Avast! always was a great antivirus program but fell short of AVG on some features and AVG became the trusted leader. Looks to me that this could be turning around leaving Avast! in the lead.

I've now eventually switched to Avast!, I'll see how it goes over the next few weeks...
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2008, 02:48:57 PM »
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hm, Ive heard alot about this Avast, Should be a good program to use, I'm sticking with AVG till' I get an update from you i-CONICA    ;)
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2008, 11:14:12 PM »
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i have used Avast! in the past and i really liked it, but until recently (like 3-4 months ago) i moved over to avast because of an annoying new feature on AVG...
I really do recommend Avast!
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2008, 11:27:12 PM »
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Which annoying feature was that? There was a few introduced in version 8...  ;D
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 08:28:05 PM »
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Well all of them really! Espeically the nagging to buy AVG!
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2008, 12:50:44 PM »
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Avast! is going well so far.. An audio message speaks, telling you the definition database has been updated which is reassuring... Other than that, it seems to be going well so far...

Pretty sure the less I notice the program the better really...
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 06:27:18 PM »
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cool, its better than a popup...
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 06:40:30 PM »
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Also, Since un-installing AVG and installing Avast! i've noticed MASSIVE performance boosts. Especially just after login, when the system, (mainly the HDD) is being hammered to load all the services and start-up items... AVG is usually busy reading the master file table according to the Vista resource monitor...

My system is now instantly ready for action when it's first logged in...
Thanks to the removal of AVG...
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Re: The Demise Of AVG, Rise Of Avast!?
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 10:42:37 PM »
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O_o I need to get AVAST! Ill be getting it when i get my new PC, This PC is a huge lump of crap that crashes all the time, my new PC is going to be great!
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