Avast vs AVG

"MikeB" <MPBrede DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message news:1141415637.575472.237240@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

> I'm sorry to insert myself into this discussion, I'm a newbie that came
> here looking for answers and clarifications on AV software.
>
> I read all of the links above, and by all the tests mentioned, Norton
> AV seems to perform much better than AVG, yet many more people seem to
> recommend AVG.
>
> What am I not understanding?

People recommend AVG for reasons other than it's detection capabilities.
They don't like the top contenders because of system resource impact. I
think the top contenders have added too much functionality (bloat) to their
programs and users are paying more attention to this these days.

MikeB, 3/4/2006,11:46:03 AM, wrote:

> Norton - I don't care how much resources it consumes, I just want to
> know its the best I can get.

Norton Anti-virus may not be the best you can get. There are other
standalone packages with better performance. I do use Symantec
Antivirus 10 because it is provided by my employer for our home
machines and has nowhere the effect on system resources that NAV does.
On the 30+ machines that we have it installed at work it has only
caused problems on one machine. A simple uninstall and reinstall
corrected that problem.