What would you prefer?

I've decided to go with Avast. And i use to like MSE and Now tbh i dont like... i find its slow at scanning and i hate how it uses windows update to update.

On Another hand... when AVG was instaill it turned windows defender off. And when i instaill Avast it turn back on... should i leave it on or off?

Mitch656 said:

I've decided to go with Avast. And i use to like MSE and Now tbh i dont like... i find its slow at scanning and i hate how it uses windows update to update.

On Another hand... when AVG was instaill it turned windows defender off. And when i instaill Avast it turn back on... should i leave it on or off?

Turn Windows Defender OFF. Use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as your on-demand scanner.

Mitch656 said:

I've decided to go with Avast. And i use to like MSE and Now tbh i dont like... i find its slow at scanning and i hate how it uses windows update to update.

On Another hand... when AVG was instaill it turned windows defender off. And when i instaill Avast it turn back on... should i leave it on or off?

Mitch i agree with as far as MSSE scanning is slow but i dont keep Windows update on & MSSE update its own database & i dont get updates for my win 7....as far as win defender is concerned you can keep that off & use other anti-malware apps...with MSSE i keep it off bcz it solves both problem & even my OS tells me to keep 1 on not 2, so i choose MSSE....

I also give my vote to avast. i m using it from a long time and its really low on resourse and has great detection rate. another reason i use it because of its user forum. the forum is very active and helpfull. they taken me out of problem few times

I was hoping to try AVG 10 Beta but my data allowance is nearly up (stuck with mobile broadband for the time being).

JMH said:

it is NOT bloated as claimed so often.

To anyone that thinks otherwise without trying the current version: Raymond.CC Antivirus Performance Benchmark Test

Petey7 said:

JMH said:

Suffice to say I am extremely happy & will keep using it. NO BSOD's, NO false positives & it is NOT bloated as claimed so often.

I just want to point out that as with anything, mileage will vary. I had to reinstall 7 before because of AVG deleting random program files belonging to iTunes and Format Factory. After it deleted the files I got pop-ups constantly from itunes and was unable to uninstall it, or reinstall it. I tried removing everything by hand, and that only made everything more unstable (i.e. BSODs every 5 minutes). It doesn't seem bloated for what it offers but this is a matter of opinion. You might use it for years, and have no problems at all. You might use it for a day, and everything go to heck. But this is usually true for all software.

The user often is a contributing factor to any problems perceived or otherwise too.