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Windows 7: AVG Free is best free AV according to PC Pro.
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11 Feb 2010
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AVG Free is best free AV according to PC Pro.
What the foxtrot? Quote: But it's partly thanks to this lean feature set that AVG Anti-Virus Free is one of the lightest packages around. We found installing it added just 25 seconds to boot time - including post-boot CPU activity - and a tiny 49MB to the overall RAM footprint of our Vista test system. I guess he's never tried Avast or Avira. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard ASUS P8P67
Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW
Sound Card ASUS Xonar DS
Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG P2070
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech K300 Black
Mouse Genius on Steelseries 4HD Gaming pad
PSU Corsair TX950W
Case Corsair Obsidian 650D
Cooling Thermaltake Frío
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue
Other Info Headphones: Sennheiser HD-515
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11 Feb 2010
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W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation) |
seems he has not heard of a2 either, a2 uses less then 1MB... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell
OS W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation)
CPU P4 2,4GHz (at 1,8GHz, "slow" RDRAM, only 400MHz FSB...)
Motherboard Intel 850E
Memory 2GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA QUADRO2 PRO 64MB
Sound Card Yes
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 1702FP
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes, and i also have Cats...
PSU Yes
Case Yes
Cooling Yes
Hard Drives Yes
Internet Speed University: 100 MBit/s, Home: UMTS 7,2 MBit/s
Other Info W7 on a DINOSAUR: P2 with 266MHz CPU & 160MB RAM
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11 Feb 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate The Southern Hinterlands |
I personally dont see memory usage as an issue when your system security is at stake...RAM is dirt cheap.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
Memory 6.00 GB
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24'
Screen Resolution 1900/1020
Hard Drives (1) INTEL SSD SA2M120G2GC ATA Device (2) ST31000528AS ATA Device
Internet Speed 30mb
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11 Feb 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit Orlando, Florida |
I tried AVG free when I installed Windows 7. So far, I am pleased with it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
Memory 2.50 GB RAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB
Mouse Logitec optic USB
Cooling Fan based
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB
Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload
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11 Feb 2010
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Windows 7 and MAC Bangalore |
AVG.... any version, just a CRAP.. nothing else | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Microsoft
OS Windows 7 and MAC
Graphics Card NVIDIA 9200 GT
Sound Card NvIdiA
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11 Feb 2010
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W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation) |
cheeriokilla: where did you read that "AVG Free is best free AV" ?
this is what Pc Pro says: AVG is perhaps the best established free antivirus package, with a service record more than a decade long. With longevity like that, it must be doing something right.
Indeed, in our malware tests it detected a credible 93% of threats - rubbing shoulders with commercial packages from Eset and Kaspersky."
93% ???
what a joke....
a good antivirus / antimalware-program like fx. a2 detects over 99% !
a2 typically detects 99,8%.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell
OS W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation)
CPU P4 2,4GHz (at 1,8GHz, "slow" RDRAM, only 400MHz FSB...)
Motherboard Intel 850E
Memory 2GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA QUADRO2 PRO 64MB
Sound Card Yes
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 1702FP
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes, and i also have Cats...
PSU Yes
Case Yes
Cooling Yes
Hard Drives Yes
Internet Speed University: 100 MBit/s, Home: UMTS 7,2 MBit/s
Other Info W7 on a DINOSAUR: P2 with 266MHz CPU & 160MB RAM
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11 Feb 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by hackerman1  cheeriokilla: where did you read that "AVG Free is best free AV" ?
this is what Pc Pro says: AVG is perhaps the best established free antivirus package, with a service record more than a decade long. With longevity like that, it must be doing something right.
Indeed, in our malware tests it detected a credible 93% of threats - rubbing shoulders with commercial packages from Eset and Kaspersky."
93% ???
what a joke....
a good antivirus / antimalware-program like fx. a2 detects over 99% !
a2 typically detects 99,8%.... There you go lol.
Got that title out of bit-tech.net's article. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard ASUS P8P67
Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW
Sound Card ASUS Xonar DS
Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG P2070
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech K300 Black
Mouse Genius on Steelseries 4HD Gaming pad
PSU Corsair TX950W
Case Corsair Obsidian 650D
Cooling Thermaltake Frío
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue
Other Info Headphones: Sennheiser HD-515
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11 Feb 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition FL |
personally i dont think AVG has been that great in a long time. i think it's more that they are better known than many of the other free av options available because of the popularity it gained in the xp days | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory 12GB DDR3
Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
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11 Feb 2010
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
They will sell you any junk.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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11 Feb 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 x64 RTM Manila, Philippines |
To each his own.... I use MSE  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built PC
OS Windows 7 x64 RTM
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard MSI 790FX-GD70
Memory OCZ Gold (3 x 2GB)
Graphics Card Powercolor AX 5970 2GB
Sound Card Auzen XFi Prelude 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VK191T 19"
Screen Resolution 1440x900 75HZ
Keyboard Logitech EX100 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech EX100 Mouse
PSU HEC XP1080 1080W
Case Old but reliable Chieftec
Cooling 6 fans
Hard Drives 2x 1TB WD Black SATA
Internet Speed Crappy DSL connection :P
Other Info www.tipidpc.com
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