Antivirus

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Hushed

Ive used both Avast!, and Avira. I like Avira better, but prepare to bombarded with advertisements. I get pop-up adverts from Avira every so often, asking me if I have chosen the right version, and if I want to upgrade. Its pretty inconvenient, but I can live with it.

For all my security tools I use all free programs: Ad-Aware, Avira Anti-Virus, RegCleaner, Spybot, and Spyware blaster. I rarely run them unless my computer is getting funky, but I usually take good care of my computer otherwise.

Bombarded? You get 1 "pop-up" when updating. That's it.

[Tech Geek Deluxe]

I like Avast ... solid detection, small footprint, easy, low maintenance and very few false positives ... ohh and it is free.

I use it with Comodo firewall and Spybots protection features.

[Elysium]

I've been using AVG Free and Windows Defender/Firewall/Thingy... I think I may try Avast, but I haven't been having any issues with AVG Free, and AFAIK it works pretty well.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

I've been using AVG Free and Windows Defender/Firewall/Thingy... I think I may try Avast, but I haven't been having any issues with AVG Free, and AFAIK it works pretty well.

The family computer runs Grisoft AVG Free and Windows Defender. It's a decent combo. The sole reason why it's not using Avira Antivir PersonalEdition Classic is because my dad can't stand the pop-up when it updates. Anyway my main rig is running Avira Antivir PersonalEdition Premium now (since I thought it was worth to pay for it) so the family computer will likely get the same treatement soon. :)

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Bombarded? You get 1 "pop-up" when updating. That's it.

correct

Pros: its free

cons: it pops up the advertisement every day when it updates

AVG doesn't have this but it is not as strong as some of the others

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by screwballl

correct

Pros: its free

cons: it pops up the advertisement every day when it updates

AVG doesn't have this but it is not as strong as some of the others

Yeah, AVG has that "OK" button which closes after 30 seconds. At any rate, if you're working on your computer, both are to a certain extent "annoying", both also only disappear after 1 well placed click, only Antivir one takes a bit more screen real-estate, which I guess is what annoyed my dad.

[screwballl]

I will take the annoying ad to get the best protection anyday, especially if that great protection comes at a price of free

[Jokerswild]

I uninstalled Avast yesterday and installed Avira to give it a try and both seem to be good specially considering the price. The popups for both are not that much of a problem considering what your getting.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by screwballl

I will take the annoying ad to get the best protection anyday, especially if that great protection comes at a price of free

Which is what I used to tell myself. I've been using free antivirus for a while already, but Avira Antivir is one of those programs I'm very satisfied with. If I bought the Premium version it's mostly to support the great work that is being put in the software, not really because the ad annoyed me. Actually, since my computer is on 24/7, the update would be done at 6am. At 6am I'm normally still comfortable in bed. When I'd wake up I would click OK and that's it. Far from being something bothering me considering the great protection and low resources that come with it.
I've tried several other antivirus solutions, and most simply don't cut it for me. They're either too heavy (too demanding on computer resources) or have a bad detection rate. Since I've noticed av-comparatives testings (there's also virus.gr which provided me more information on antivirus testing) i've moved from AVG Free to Antivir Classic, then Premium version. Couldn't be more happy. :)

[Phosphorous]

I've used both AVG and Avira. I like both of them. Haven't had any issues with either system.