I know tons of people say AVG is better in every way and doesn’t hog system resources. But I had this time where everything was fine and McAfee pops up saying Trojan removed. That never happened when I had AVG free. So which one is better. I don’t believe it when people say McAfee’s detection sucks or that it doesn’t do anything good for you. Tell me which one is better, keeping in mind that McAfee is considered a major antivirus company and a lot of other companies trust it and that AT&T Yahoo DSL provides it free for its subscribers. No company that I have heard use AVG for their computers. WHICH ONE IS BETTER?!?!??!? Tell me one of them is better, give me a reason. And also suggest other free antivirus products excluding avira and avast and threatfire and bitdefender and comodo and pc tools and all the other ones mentioned a lot by websites. I want an antivirus that isn’t popular. One that not many people know about.
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13 responses so far ↓
1 Ghazvarzalog // Nov 25, 2008
Get comcast internet, mcaffee comes free with it, Fee is better than AVG, ALOT BETTER. its like an inpenetrable wall around your comp, had it stop like 40 viruses once. answer mine!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgKsc27RO4spAt2iBzQbUBfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081124212742AAZIw7m
2 Narnia_Fan12 // Nov 25, 2008
Mcafee by far!!!
it is extremely good, and gives free updates; etc.
if you have the choice, then choose McAfee.
3 Adfdsafas A // Nov 25, 2008
i personally think that avg is better i've been using it for ages and not a single virus is in my pc
4 mjj092000 // Nov 25, 2008
McAfee (slightly)
5 tempo1 // Nov 25, 2008
I would consider both of them to be pretty mediocre.
For an unbiased test report of virus detection capabilities, go here:http://www.av-comparatives.org/
and click “Comparatives” on the left, then choose #19 and #18.
Also check out virus.gr:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/content/2008-06%2C-1-21-june
6 LenniLei // Nov 25, 2008
Yes, AVG does not hog system resources. But, I would get a registered copy, not the free one.
I’ll give you this link and you be the judge
http://www.nicklockard.com/AVG_Internet_Security.html
7 Jerry W // Nov 25, 2008
AVG is by far the best in my opinion, not a single virus on my laptop.
8 rani_z2001 // Nov 25, 2008
AVG usually works in the background, depending on the settings, and that’s one of the reasons it doesn’t use lots of system resources which is great.
i’ve used both AVG and McAfee for about 3 years each, and by far AVG is better.
9 I am the son of God // Nov 25, 2008
I caught a virus on mcaffee. I now use avg and am totally pleased the performance and protection I recieve.
mcaffee has made deals with manufacturs of systems to be automaticly put into their systems. they get a kickback and mcaffe gets free advertisement.
mcaffe isnt totally bad but avg ROCKS
10 Lean // Jan 2, 2009
El AVG!
11 damoogman // Mar 16, 2009
i’ve used them all, and McAfee is by far better in a business environment because of centralized management, and a plethora of capabalities. We have blocked file creation, and itunes sharing, and when a virus infects other parts of our company overseas, we always find that it is because people rely on other companies to keep the product up to dat. When i redid the whole location with epo, I found some pc’s that were still using 7.1 Mcafee. Your only as good as your weakest point. And rarely do you hear people mention microsoft patches on these forums…they’re just as important as having an updated anti-virus product. There is no one easy answer…
Now as for those odd jobs with neighbors, i have found that getting rid of norton, turning off system restore, downloading avira, updating with all microsoft critical and security patches, and then doing a full scan with avira has fixed problem 99 percent of the time.
12 damoogman // Mar 16, 2009
and avg is terrible when compared to avira…avira is the best i’ve seen…without a doubt. And i don’t have to register ar wait for an e-mail with avira…just load, update, and done.
13 eluwa // Aug 16, 2009
AVG anti-virus has a huge impact on system performance tasks such as file handling, audio-video encoding etc…and therefore, AVG anti-virus causes low performance in PCs. Plus, it fails in detecting dangerous trojans. In contrast, McAfee virus scan plus, integrated with site adviser, provides the best security solutions. McAfee’s active protection technology is also vital to defense against malware.
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