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    REALLY liking the new avast is5 suite. after a bit of tweaking its very nice

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by zfactor, Jan 31, 2010.

  1. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    and FAST FAST FAST WOW. dare i say lighter than anything ive ever used. you literally cant even tell its running even on a older celeron m 140 with 1gb of ram.

    the firewall is a bit basic but serves the needs of most especially with a few custom rules. the av is performing very well in my testing so far almost right on par with nis2010 though each missed a few the other caught. its a very light and simple to use setup. im even thinking abouyt switching from nis2010 to the avast suite on my own systems. just wanted to update since i spoke about it a few days back in early testing of mine. overall very nice av though
     
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    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    What kind of tweaking did you do (besides custom rules for firewall)?
    Do you think it's better then MSE?
     
    Darth Bane, Jan 31, 2010
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    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    TS was talking about Avast! Internet Security 5.
    OK.
    If MSSE compared with Avast! 5 Home Edition, Avast! wins.
    It's detection rate is on par with MSSE(I think it still slightly lower than Avira) but it's resources usage is very low(lowest I think :D ) and features are more than those MSSE provides.

    I am with Avast! 5 Home Edition now. It's UI is better than MSSE. LOL.
    I always like to switch around those FREE AVs. Which have the better performance and lower resources and beautiful GUI, I will choose that. If AVG improves until like Avast! 5, I won't mind switching it.
    I always advise people(if they want free) to use either Avira or Avast or MSSE. I said either 1 of these will do for you(generally, you should be save with either 1). They're free and very good and don't go for AVG. It sucks. >.<
     
    DarkSilver, Jan 31, 2010
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