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    Washington Post Review of Avast and AVG free antivirus programs

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Clare, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. Clare

    Clare Notebook Consultant

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    Interesting.

    I use AVG free, (well actually I'm trying a 30 day trial of AVG 7 pro which seems no different but costs a lot) and it seems perfectly adequate and the updates seem well done.

    I'm glad I found out about it before paying another £26 for another year of NOrton Antivirus.
     
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    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    He comes off a little negative, but overall I'm glad people will be educated about these programs. I don't think he said anywhere that they're light and won't eat up system resources, but oh well.
     
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    Newspaper columnist are always limited by space and to some extent audience--his is a fairly well educated but not necessarily technical bunch. I'm impressed that he gets as much info as he does in his 20 or so column inches...
     
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