It seems avast! free version has slower updates... so, why criticize how AVG provides the free version updates? It makes no sense.
Apparently you don't seem to realize that there is a huge difference between the ability to update as often as six times per day and once per day.
Bashing one other product (which seems to be what is happening) won't make avast! be any better.
Since when is it bashing if you point out shortcomings of a product ???
You'll find many such posts on this forum about avast!.
Comparing one products abilities to another isn't bashing, it's simply pointing out straight facts. :)
And, I’m trying to understand which features are those? AVG hasn’t take any away from their free AV. They have added features like LinkScanner, Identity Protection and Anti-Rootkit protecion.
So, how am I failing to express anything? It seems Tech is failing. He/She mentioned that AVG had features that were part of AVG Free version, and that now only are part of the paid products. This is not true.
Before AVG acquired Ewido antispyware, if memory still serves me they only had their AV and an on-demand anti-rootkit, I believe. After some time (I can’t precise how long after it was.), AVG added the antispyware component to the free version as well.
Then, it came LinkScanner. They did the same: they added it to the free AV, as well. Then Identity Protection, which they added to the free AV, at the same time they added free full anti-rootkit protection.
So, saying that AVG has taken features away is a lie. They have added features to it.
That is not true. A person using AVG AV Free can update as many times as he/she wishes. But, it is needed to update manually… I don’t exactly recall… as I don’t use it. But, it is not true that it only updates once a day.
Bashing one other product (which seems to be what is happening) won't make avast! be any better.
Since when is it bashing if you point out shortcomings of a product ???
You'll find many such posts on this forum about avast!.
Comparing one products abilities to another isn't bashing, it's simply pointing out straight facts. :)
When mentioning that AVG took features away from their free product, when it is exactly the opposite situation that is happening… I see it as bashing. Or, simply lack of knowledge of what a product had or not as part of its protection in past, when compared to what it is now. If it’s the latter, then one should not say that AVG has taken away features from AVG AV Free… to get more paid users… because they have added more… not removed.
Maybe you do not know what country you live in ???
You do not show your operating system nor Service Pack level.
You do not even know how to have an avatar :
The thing here is that it’s not just users on a forum complaining about AVG. Users who may have limited computer savvy and may have done something themselves that caused the problem. This is Majorgeeks, people who certainly know what they’re doing and their opinion therefore carries a lot more weight. They obviously have been using the product for years and are well qualified to know how it has changed for the worse.
AVG used to be the best free solution available. I used to recommend it to people who did not want to pay for their protection. It never was up to snuff with the paid products such as Norton or even McAfee but it was a lot better than nothing at all. Nowadays, all I read are complaints about increasing bloat and ineffectiveness of the free product. I tried their Linkscanner once and it worked great as long as their servers were up but one day the servers went down and I was practically unable to browse at all. Norton’s Safe Web is much better. Grisoft / AVG is rapidly losing it’s position as a major player in the security field.
I’m not comparing anything. I merely stated that AVG doesn’t only allow 1 update per-day to the users of their free product. How the update is done, is not of my concern, as I do not use it.
m00nbl00d, being that you have stated that you do not use either avast or avg so you seem to not be in the position to answer or make statment’s about either, you can try to do manual update’s a few time’s a day with avg but it wont get you anyware because they only release update’s every 12 to 24 hour’s the last time i used it anyway which was about two years ago, unless they have started to add more regular updating recently.
By choice, I don’t use AVG Free and do not pay for AVG Pro. However, thanks to a promotional offer by an AVG reseller, I do currently have a number of W7 laptops running sweetly with AVG 9.0 Pro.
Many of us here are former AVG users. Recently a couple of my friends with Outlook 2010 told me about serious compatibility problems with AVG 2011 Free.
They knew that I used avast! In answering their questions about AVG alternatives I did not neglect to tell them that avast! wasn’t perfect, that they should make their own evaluation of the various options, including waiting for a fix from AVG.
In each case within the hour, both emailed me to say they had installed Avast! Free.
Why did they choose avast?It wasn’t because I told them AVG was crap!
However sincerely and well-intentioned we may be in supporting avast! here, it can easily be misconstrued as fanboyism. So without making any comment on the merits of contributions by individuals in this discussion so far, can we please stick to the facts and avoid cheap shots.
It’s not.
The automatic update period is different.
The same servers updates the free and the pro.
Oh, it makes sense. AVG and Avira do not respect the free user regarding to updates: less servers, frequency and (with Avira), popups…
Stop talking it makes no sense. I’m not stupid and neither you are.
All the user needs to stay clean is on the free version. The protection is enough and you don’t need to buy the pro.
If you need other services, like the firewall and sandbox, you can buy or even use other freeware products.
You can have a full suite for free if you want (CIS).
I’m talking about free users respect, which I do not see on AVG and Avira, pushing the paid product.
Seems we have a little friendly discussion about avast! vs. AVG.
Well… first at all, i wanna say that I’m not a fanboy of Avast! or something else… personally, i use Avast! cause i think it’s the better AV (i have tested, of course) for my computer.
I used AVG. Yes… couple of years ago… it was very used and very well talked… but after that, other companies raised to the next level and that’s why AVG it’s falling apart on the free antivirus competition (gradually).
Why?
Because:
Avira have more detection rate but low on shields.
Avast! have more layers of protection, more configurable and the detection rate it’s only 3%/5% under Avira.
So you see… AVG will have to create a ‘miracle’ to get out of this…
