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Windows 7: AVG Scanning Question
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22 Feb 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit Virginia |
AVG Scanning Question
Hey guys. I am a AVG 9.0 user. I use AVG for live protection but for system scanning I use Malwarebytes. Is AVG decent enough to give live protection? If not, what would you recommend for live, free protection?
Thank you,
Stephen Hobson | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio XPS 9000
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
CPU Intel Core i7 920 clocked at 2.66 GHz
Memory 8 GB DDR3 Dual Channel RAM
Graphics Card nVidia Geforce GTS 240
Sound Card Integrated 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 20 in.
Screen Resolution 1280x960
Hard Drives One 750 GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD with a secondary 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD
Internet Speed 16 MB/s
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22 Feb 2010
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windows 7 64 bit Commonweath of Australia |
Avast antivirus free additon 5 or paid version | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6795a
OS windows 7 64 bit
CPU intel core i5 3.30GHz Quad Core
Motherboard HP
Memory 6gb
Graphics Card AMD RADEON HD 6450 1GB Dedicated
Sound Card ATI HIGH DEFINITION SOUND
Monitor(s) Displays LG
Screen Resolution 16:9 Hd
Keyboard Wireless
Mouse HP wireless keyboard and mouse
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 1TB
Internet Speed fast enough
Other Info Beast Of A Machine!
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22 Feb 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit SP1 |
+1 Avast
Avast Free and MBAM Free are good combination. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit SP1
CPU Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93 Ghz
Memory 2 Gig DDR2
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4300 Series
Hard Drives 160 Gig
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22 Feb 2010
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#4 | |
Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
Quote: Originally Posted by stillfreefilms  Avast antivirus free additon 5 or paid version I agree. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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22 Feb 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Chennai, India |
I've used Avast before and i got a lot of false positives. I'm using Avira now. Its worth trying out. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache)
Motherboard Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution)
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse
Hard Drives 250GB Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 ATA Device (IDE),
120GB in External Casing
Internet Speed 2 Mbps
Antivirus MSE
Browser Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader,
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7561S LightScribe
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22 Feb 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by gladson1976 I've used Avast before and i got a lot of false positives. I'm using Avira now. Its worth trying out.
Yeah. I think that was happened on November or December 2009?.
They post public apology.
But they make sure now that it will never happened again.
AVG has also issues.. Detecting FP... Deleting system files. Forgot the year that happens.
My point is all AV's or Internet Security is created by human being.
No one is perfect.
Avira is good also. But im loyal in Avast. 
Avast is Version 5 now. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit SP1
CPU Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93 Ghz
Memory 2 Gig DDR2
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4300 Series
Hard Drives 160 Gig
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22 Feb 2010
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Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1. |
Quote: Originally Posted by Rivahratt Hey guys. I am a AVG 9.0 user. I use AVG for live protection but for system scanning I use Malwarebytes. Is AVG decent enough to give live protection? If not, what would you recommend for live, free protection?
Thank you,
Stephen Hobson Hi Steven & welcome, You will get a variety of answers to your questions. Re AVG Live Protection?? Do you mean Web Protection? Regardless AVG 9 is a good program, I suggest you continue with it. Providing you surf safely, use a Firewall, Anti virus program, Antimalware program, update & scan regularly you should be ok. You may care to consider SuperAntiSpyware as an alternative to Malewarebytes. [The paid version only provides Real -Time Protection.] Link for you to peruse - SUPERAntiSpyware.com | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware!
Last edited by JMH; 22 Feb 2010 at 11:46 PM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-4010TX .
OS Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
CPU Intel i7 -720QM.[1.6GHz Turbo Boost 2.8GHz. 6MB Cache.]
Memory 8 DDR 3 RAM. 1066MHZ
Graphics Card ATI 1024 MB. DDR3. Radeon HD5650
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3" High Definition Brightview LCD. LED Backlit.
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900.
Mouse Logitech Anywhere mouse. MX.
Case Laptop / notebook.
Hard Drives 640GB
Internet Speed ADSL [ but too slow ]
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22 Feb 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Avast or Malwarebytes along side of MSE until you feel comfortable with MSE like myself... either or work great with MSE but a lot of folks here already feel good with just MSE. I also agree with adding a firewall to protect out going data... No need to change the firewall but just add Windows 7 Firewall Control... GL | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Pentium(R) Dual-Core T4300 @ 2.10GHz
Motherboard Toshiba Model KSWAA - Chipset Intel GL40 Rev 07
Memory 3 GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (400 MHz) Samsung M4 70T2864Q23-CF7
Graphics Card Mobile Intel GMA4500M 32bit OS (64bit OS) dynamically
Sound Card Realtek ALC272-GR Software Sound
Monitor(s) Displays 16.0" HD TFT with TrueBrite Matrix colour LCD display
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Canadian Bilingual Keyboard 105 keys with 13 Function keys
Mouse Touchpad Point device & Lexma USB Mouse
Hard Drives FUJITSU MJA2320BH G2-(S2) 320GB (5400RPM) Serial-ATA
Internet Speed Walking is Faster
Other Info Wireless LAN Realtek RTL89191SE 802.11n PCI-E NIC + a
LAN Realek PCIe FE Family Controller and
TOSHIBA Software Modem
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23 Feb 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Chennai, India |
Quote: Originally Posted by chubalz
Quote: Originally Posted by gladson1976 I've used Avast before and i got a lot of false positives. I'm using Avira now. Its worth trying out.
Yeah. I think that was happened on November or December 2009?.
They post public apology.
But they make sure now that it will never happened again.
AVG has also issues.. Detecting FP... Deleting system files. Forgot the year that happens.
My point is all AV's or Internet Security is created by human being.
No one is perfect.
Avira is good also. But im loyal in Avast.
Avast is Version 5 now. I guess it was in November 2009. Avast deleted a few of my setups (WordWeb, ...) which were actually clean and i had to download them again. Avast said it found viruses on the new files too, so i moved over to Avira.
Anyway, Avast is very good as long as it doesn't detect false positives. Might be a bit talkative 'Updates have been downloaded., ...' but my kids loved it  | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache)
Motherboard Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution)
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse
Hard Drives 250GB Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 ATA Device (IDE),
120GB in External Casing
Internet Speed 2 Mbps
Antivirus MSE
Browser Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader,
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7561S LightScribe
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