-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG v AVAST
- From: "D H (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:06:41 +1200
Well, Scott, all I can say in answer to you is that over the last
several (+5)years the only virus I have had was in my SysRestore files.
That was odd in that it kept appearing after several different types
of scans. Then, I think it was Sir Troth suggested that the problem
could exist in the SR files. I disabled them, restarted, and reenabled
the SRfiles, and have had no problem since. AVAST gave me instant
problems, so I revertd to AVG. Say what you will, but I won't be
influenced. One other thing is that some AV progs build into their
structure the ability to tell the innocent that they have just cleaned a
virus which may not have been. I don't know the truth of any of this -
I am not a guru, but my experience is that AVG is tops, and free. I'll
stick with it.
Cheers,
Rick H
Scott wrote:
> Oh yea! All I can say is that I have tried both and have found Avast to find
> things that were on my machine, (before I became more puter litterate), that
> AVG didn't even acknowledge were even a threat. Also I turned a friend on to
> it, and he ran a boot scan after ditching Norton and it (Avast) found about
> 7 items that Norton didn't seem to think were threats.
> So far the majority of my group of friends here swear by it.
> Just my 2 cents worth.
> Scott.
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