AVG

[gemma10]

Anyone know how to stop the daily advertising by AVG asking me if I`m away from home? This is a paid for service and I think I`m entitled to have a bloatfree AVG. Doesn`t appear to have anything in Options>Advanced Settings to delete this.:mad:

[obgraham]

The once great AVG succumbed to the lure of bloat.

Once removed from my systems, speed, annoyances, etc all improved vastly.

Sorry you had the pay version.

[crablab]

AVG is the source of most problems I've found.

It even thinks it fit to start fiddling with your network adaptors (net result, they stop working)...

Ditch it as soon as you can.

[Geordie_Expat]

Used to have AVG Free for years and thought it very good then suddenly started having a lot of weird little problems with it (like it stopping me using IE11). I changed to Avast Free which seems fine (and has the bonus of a built-in adblocker).

[gemma10]

crablab, thats just what I have been experiencing also with my network adapter. I think you are all correct, time to ditch it and install A N Other. Any suggestions?

[andytug]

Avast seems to work fine for me (free version). Backed up with Malwarebytes and Spybot & D when required.

[jimtherev]

Another vote for Avast! free here. Mind you, I migrated from Norton when they were wanting to take over the world, to AVG, then moved to Avast! when AVG began to show the same tendency as Nortons.
I'm holding me breff!

[obgraham]

Bitdefender

[Loose rivets]

Since I'm running several machines I can risk a trial or two. Right now I'm only on the one that comes with W10 - Windows Defender.


I have three seats (down to two now, I hear) from Kaspersky but it got everywhere. I could hardly do a thing without its logo popping up.

The thing is, Barclays may deem me irresponsible for not using their freebie. But I am, in all seriousness, mindful that one man could have data from every machine, and worse still, the power to cripple them at a crucial moment.

I had a pal that became unwell due to worrying about the bomb. I don't think I've reached that stage but what I can't see is where my logic can be proved false.

I doubt I'd get anywhere with Barclays, though I did finally get their attention over the FireFox issue. They sent me two lots of 25 quid, one as an apology, and the other as a thank you for the work I'd put in with a (very nice) UK Kaspersky team.

[gemma10]

Thanks all. Time for change, although I did have a problem once before with Avast but for the life of me cant remember what it was. Losing brain cells rapidly I fear. Looking up Kasper thingy.

[Loose rivets]

It seemed such a good deal with Barclays giving a paid version of Kaspersky to their internet customers. But it really is a burden on the processing, and as I say, having one man/country able to knock out thousands of computers worldwide, does not fill me with confidence.

[FullOppositeRudder]

Avast free on most of my machines. I Paid for Avast on this one, but immediately noticed a significant slowdown in almost all operations. The box is a few years old. I console myself with the hope that at least it's being thorough, but almost certainly won't renew the subscription. Even now it frequently self advertises, and seeks to entice me into further more advanced options at additional cost.

FOR

[gemma10]

Avast for free it is then, you have convinced me, but first to find an AVG uninstaller. Guess the best place is still Bleeping Computer. Lots of faith in their site.

[Loose rivets]

I suppose there's no need for an adversary to use Kaspersky when it's being done all the time with 'lesser' programs.

I'm perhaps not as neurotic as I thought I was. ;)

One of the Snowden leaked files.


• NSA developed sophisticated malware "implants" to infect millions of computers worldwide. In one example, the NSA posed as a fake Facebook server to infect a target's computer and steal files. — March 12, 2014

[deeceethree]

I used Norton many years ago and it sure did become a beast, taking over the computer and slowing it down to the point where it was a pain to use! But that seems to be the way of all antivirus software now - something that was once good becomes bloated due, probably, to the greed of the developers.

In more recent years I have used AVG, and then Avast. Both started okay but with time they began slowing down practically everything I did with my PC, including even when not connected to the internet! And the boot times became sooooo long. As soon as the offending antivirus software was removed, all returned to a much speedier normal, so it was obvious where the problem lay!

Am currently using Avira. It seems to have a relatively small footprint and hasn't pissed me off ..... yet. I have been through the settings to try and ensure minimal regular intrusion, and the only pop-up that does occur regularly is the daily small window, soon after the desktop appears, giving me some startling statistic about the doom and gloom that might befall me if I don't pay for some other service of theirs. I just close it and am not bothered again until the next boot up. Seems a fairly small price to pay when measured against other ****e out there.

But who knows how long it will be before Avira builds itself up to be a ravenous, resource-devouring monster like so many others? By which time I will be looking again for something new.

[olympus]

Another vote for Avast free. Previously had AVG until it let through a very nasty virus thing that was so bad I had to do a complete OS re-install.

[Geordie_Expat]

It seems Avast has just bought AVG. Hopefully it will combine the best of both rather than the other way round.

[gemma10]

God help us then. Even more bloatware on the way.