Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better?

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:40:24 -0000, bassbag
<bassbag.DeleteThis@bodybags.dragon.wales> wrote:

>In article <7gvcr2phosfv4is215d0s52c0nue6j0d9g.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, ferrante276-
>caesar@yahoo.com says...
>> Is Avira considered a good AV protection program (free) or is AVG 7.5
>> (free) better? I've never heard of Avira.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Caesar
>>
>Avira...antivir has better detection rates than AVG (as borne out by av
>comparatives),is very low on resources,but can be more problematic in
>updating ,and reliable functioning ,especially on older machines such as
>98/me.Some have lots of problems ..some have none.Try it and see.
>me

Btw, does it scan incoming e-mail?

Thanks,
C.
 >> Stay informed about: Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better? 

In article <g03dr2tal8rlv6q01hj13r66q39e51boaj.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, ferrante276-
caesar.RemoveThis@yahoo.com says...
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:40:24 -0000, bassbag
> <bassbag.RemoveThis@bodybags.dragon.wales> wrote:
>
> >In article <7gvcr2phosfv4is215d0s52c0nue6j0d9g.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, ferrante276-
> >caesar@yahoo.com says...
> >> Is Avira considered a good AV protection program (free) or is AVG 7.5
> >> (free) better? I've never heard of Avira.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Caesar
> >>
> >Avira...antivir has better detection rates than AVG (as borne out by av
> >comparatives),is very low on resources,but can be more problematic in
> >updating ,and reliable functioning ,especially on older machines such as
> >98/me.Some have lots of problems ..some have none.Try it and see.
> >me
>
> Btw, does it scan incoming e-mail?
>
> Thanks,
> C.
>
The free antivir does not have an email scanner (the premium has) ,but
resident scanner scans on writing to disk anyway
me
 >> Stay informed about: Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better? 

In article <7gvcr2phosfv4is215d0s52c0nue6j0d9g RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
ferrante276-caesar RemoveThis @yahoo.com says...
> Is Avira considered a good AV protection program (free) or is AVG 7.5
> (free) better? I've never heard of Avira.
>
> Thanks,
> Caesar
>
We often use Avira when doing cleanups, as it will install and
run in Safe Mode, and it's easy to apply updates manually.
However we don't know much about what it's like for normal
running.
 >> Stay informed about: Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better? 

Caesar wrote:
> Is Avira considered a good AV protection program (free) or is AVG 7.5
> (free) better? I've never heard of Avira.
>
> Thanks,
> Caesar

I used Avast before switching to Avira. Both are good. I tried AVG,it
insisted on telling me a very old file created before any version of
windows was infected. I didn't like it.
Only problem with Avira is there's a harmless conflict with Zone Alarm
that caused ZA to show continuous activity in system tray. For this
reason I might one day revert back to Avast, but like I said it's harmless.
Dave Cohen
 >> Stay informed about: Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better? 

Dave Cohen wrote:
> Caesar wrote:
>> Is Avira considered a good AV protection program (free) or is AVG 7.5
>> (free) better? I've never heard of Avira.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Caesar
>
> I used Avast before switching to Avira. Both are good. I tried AVG,it
> insisted on telling me a very old file created before any version of
> windows was infected. I didn't like it.
> Only problem with Avira is there's a harmless conflict with Zone Alarm
> that caused ZA to show continuous activity in system tray. For this
> reason I might one day revert back to Avast, but like I said it's
> harmless. Dave Cohen

I've used AVG and Avast and feel that Avast is much better constructed, an
I've never had any trouble with it for many years. The updates are
automatic and seamless.

I have no information about Avira.

--
Gregg C.
 >> Stay informed about: Avira or AVG 7.5, Which is better?