AVG Free ends 5/31, what next?

[Correction]

Hi, your list includes Norton and McAfee. Obviously it's bullshit.

I dunno aurik, they're pretty spot on with their review of Norton.

Norton Antivirus 2008 is a full featured antivirus and antispyware product. It includes several options that are commonly passed over by other suites while leaving many out that would be beneficial. The Norton scanning engine is one of the most complete on the market, but suffers from issues with system resource usage and overzealous integration with your computer that can cause freezing or simple hanging application.

Details like the performance drag the software causes on the system are a key chafing point between me and anti-virus/spyware products. The fact that these reviews appear to respect that point of view is a pleasant surprise. It's not like #10 means 'must buy A++'

The 'top ten' list approach to reviews is an enormous turnoff but what actual information they have to present is more than what's written on the box of the product. You could do a lot worse in a review.

[Jones]

AVG 8.0 has a free trial, but they WILL pester you everyday after that to upgrade and pay. It also stops updating itself after the trial period is up. My wife downloaded it on her laptop 40 days ago (I know this because AVG keeps reminding us.) I'll try the link others provided and see if that works too.

I've heard of Avast, but most of the things I've heard are bad. I guess I might give it a shot on my own and see how I like it. Thanks for the useful replies thus far, but I will say at this point I don't want a cracked version of an AV program. Hmm, I bet my work will give me a discount on Symantec Corporate, maybe even for free. I hadn't thought of this until now. Would that be a decent route to go?

[Bartylby]

i might like avg more if i had found it before avast, i can't say either way which is better as avast has served me well enough that i wouldn't consider any other free option unless there was some glaring flaw about it found.
If i was in the market to pay for a program though, it would definitely be nod32 by a long shot.

[Shuemue]

Hmm, I bet my work will give me a discount on Symantec Corporate, maybe even for free. I hadn't thought of this until now. Would that be a decent route to go?

That would be the best route to go. Symantec Corporate is what Norton should be. It's simple to use and consumes very few resources compared to every other AV I've used personally. I absolutely recommend it.

[Osede]

I just paid for kaspersky having to download a cracked version every two months got old fast.

i like kaspersky, but my bank puts a stop on my card when i pay to renew because the payment office is located in Germany.

My kasperskyp suppose to be expired last month ago, but it tell me to upgrade to 7.0. After i done upgrade and re-enter the license key, i got 4 more months extended lol

[Auspice]

I've been using AVG 8.0 for almost a month and it hasn't bothered me to upgrade since I got it. Downloaded from free.grisoft just like I did with the older versions. I don't know WTF you guys are doing lol

[aurik]

The list still includes norton and mcafee, both of them are ridiculous amounts of fail. Not only that, if you look at the review of Avast, it scores very high in every category, except ease of use. Compare this to norton/mcafee which lack in more critical areas.

No offense, for something like a virus scanner, ease of use is about the least important attribute, behind things like "does this actually protect me from viruses" and "can i leave it running while i do other things on the computer".

[Miltani]

change to avast it's still free!

[Bunnykillah]

Not surfing the net like an idiot. That is my anti-virus.

[aceofspades]

comodo is a good freeware AV and one of the best free firewalls too

[Feedmenow]

Was currently using just Firefox (with plugins) and AVG free for security, now I've downloaded Avast thanks to this thread. I'll consider how good it is after I finish up the thorough scanning (27% shit's like FFXI updates ) although the window for it is pretty innovative in itself. I like how it appears as a music player .

[Cephius]

The list still includes norton and mcafee, both of them are ridiculous amounts of fail. Not only that, if you look at the review of Avast, it scores very high in every category, except ease of use. Compare this to norton/mcafee which lack in more critical areas.

No offense, for something like a virus scanner, ease of use is about the least important attribute, behind things like "does this actually protect me from viruses" and "can i leave it running while i do other things on the computer".

I'm thinking they mixed up the ease of use and effectiveness bars because they say that it was easy to install ect, and then say:

AVAST 4 didn't receive the West Coast Labs Checkmark level 1 or 2 or the VB100%. AVAST wasn't as effective as some of the other products reviewed. For better virus protection refer to some of our higher ranked products

Also, what do you want them to do, leave Norton and McAfee off the list? We all know they're bloated, but as far as virus protection goes, they're still decent. Again, the point of posting that list was not so much as "here's the best virus scanners in order" but the fact that they give indepth reviews for each product and tells you whats good/bad about them. Again, if you don't like the list, provide a better one....

[Kiyuan98]

Not surfing the net like an idiot. That is my anti-virus.

I wish my internet armor was as strong as yours.

[Mayareira]

Might try Mcafee out, I guess. Free for comcast customers.

[Maxxthepenguin]

ITT some real fucking idiots

AVG is just discontinuing the old version; download the new version, for free, and you don't lose a thing.

[Myst]

trend micro is the best if you turn off all the automatic shit.

used it at the compusa shop to remove viruses when people didnt want their computer formatted, dad uses it where he IT admins, i use it where i IT admin, and at home.

[Norellicus]

ITT some real fucking idiots

AVG is just discontinuing the old version; download the new version, for free, and you don't lose a thing.

QFT

They're giving people those warnings because they changed the core engine for 8.0, and can't upgrade over the net; but there's still a free version. Naturally though, if you just click through the warning they're going to try to get you to buy the full edition...