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A friend is running AVG and I’m trying to convert him to Avast. Can anybody tell me why AVG make this statement: "You also need to temporarily turn off any protection and make certain that you don’t have Ad-Aware’s adwatch running when you perform this (updates) nor Spybots TeaTimer program or any other protection software that may be stopping any system changes. These can potentially stop AVG from updating.

Is this a positive advantage being that AVG is also keeping a check on ‘system’ files? I had a quick look at their forum and found endless folks with updating problems.
I have never given updating any attention with Avast, like clockwork it just happens and pretty regularly also. What is the schedule for Avast VPS updating, once a day, every so many hours? I do see the Avast icon spinning at odd times when I’m not even active on the web and then my firewall confirms it is an Avast update check.

AVG quote: “Updates are issued several times a week according to the current state of virus attack. If the virus database is older than seven days, it is considered to be outdated”
That sounds scary, SEVEN days! Why would anybody use a computer with an AV database older than a day?

[Lisandro]

@joburg post:1

A friend is running AVG and I’m trying to convert him to Avast. Can anybody tell me why AVG make this statement: "You also need to temporarily turn off any protection and make certain that you don’t have Ad-Aware’s adwatch running when you perform this (updates) nor Spybots TeaTimer program or any other protection software that may be stopping any system changes. These can potentially stop AVG from updating.

This statement seems ok. Some programs (like Ad-aware and Spybot TeaTimer) could prevent updates if they are not correctly set. I don’t think AVG update is affected in normal operation of these other programs.

@joburg post:1

Is this a positive advantage being that AVG is also keeping a check on ‘system’ files?

avast! does the same… it checks system files as weel any other file if you set it correctly (the default settings does the job…).

@joburg post:1

I had a quick look at their forum and found endless folks with updating problems.

AVG free has a poor update rotine compared to avast! free.

@joburg post:1

AVG quote: “Updates are issued several times a week according to the current state of virus attack. If the virus database is older than seven days, it is considered to be outdated” That sounds scary, SEVEN days! Why would anybody use a computer with an AV database older than a day?

AVG updates could be run manually anytime, and automatically only once a day (in free version). As I’ve said, it’s a disavantage of AVG.

I feel avast! more confortable, configurable, fast update.
In fact, AVG has a faster scanner (on-demand) and a very good detection rate compared to avast! in my nowadays opinion. 8)

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Thanks Tech, appreciate your input.