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AVG 9 vs Avast Beta 5
Someone I work with brought in a friends computer because it was essentially toast due to viruses/trojans/etc.
My coworker swears by AVG and has it loaded on all his systems. So he installed the latest version and did a scan. AVG found a ton of stuff. No problems. But, the computer was still slow and there were still numerous issues.
I finally convinced him to take Avast Beta 5 for a spin on the system. After a full system scan, Avast found 126 pieces of malware, including trojans and more, after AVG said the system was clean.
I realize this could happen with basically any two anti virus apps, the point is, AVG simply is not good enough IMO and too many people rely on it because it is free and the most popular free anti virus solution.
If you are looking for free, my advice would be to give Avast serious consideration. Microsoft Security Essentials is also an excellent choice, although we did not install and scan the system with MSE. We did however load Malwarebytes to see if Avast had missed anything and Malwarebytes did not find a single thing after Avast had cleaned the system. Very impressed with Avast.