AVG - Computer Juice

**dasray** · #1 16th Apr 2007, 13:57

hi all,i have a new computer with 90 days free norton anti virus on it.i have been told that the free download AVG anti virus software is just as good.does anyone know if this is anygood,cheers das.

**Hybr!d** · #2 16th Apr 2007, 14:05

Google "Norton removal tool" and use Norton's tool to completely remove it, that tool is probably their best product. :p

Manual removal leaves lots of stuff still on your system.

Then get avg or avast, i prefer avast, both are free but i feel avast is better at removing viruses.

I have had many instances in the past where avg finds stuff but then says it cannot remove it.

The common view that Norton is good is just good marketing, don't buy into it.

**dasray** · #3 16th Apr 2007, 14:54

nice one dave,

**Hybr!d** · #4 16th Apr 2007, 14:56

No problem mate.

**kknight0506** · #5 22nd Apr 2007, 00:16

i have used avg and have seen that it doesnt always remove the high priority virus. when i run norton, it is only then i feel secured that every virus has been delected from my computer

**Hybr!d** · #6 22nd Apr 2007, 01:22

Sorry don't agree. Norton is crap.

I wouldn't have it on my systems even if Norton sent a guy round once a year and installed it for me on all my systems for free, forever.

**alex** · #7 22nd Apr 2007, 09:34

Yup, norton is crap.

For a test, do a system scan using Norton. Then 'switch Norton off' and use another AVirus software and do the same scan again. I'm pretty sure you'll get an interesting result.....

**arppt01** · #8 24th Apr 2007, 05:41

I would also agree with alex. Don't go for Norton. I am using aVast and since I have used AVG also I feel aVast is better. You can use aVast for free.

**Hybr!d** · #9 24th Apr 2007, 08:57

Avast is definitely better than AVG IMO.

**Taggart** · #10 8th Jun 2007, 07:03

Hmm... My ISP is a cable company that offers Norton and its upgrades as part of the service and I've been using it for about a year. I'm not pro-Norton or anything like that. Do you think that this ISP version would have any benefits over using Norton otherwise? There is some diagnostic software on my PC now that I don't recognize from the previous version of Norton that I bought.

Also, I used AVG for a few months after I had a visit from the sasser worm in 2004. Then at some point I could no longer update it. I'm not sure what happened there. I liked it while I was using it, for what that's worth.