I saw it on CNET.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 1,639,723 downloads
Avast Home Edition 382,894 downloads
I’ve used both and LOOK!:-
AVG 8 FREE
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Anti-virus=yes
Anti-Worm=yes
Anti-Trojan=yes
Anti-Spyware=yes
Anti-Adware=yes
Anti-Rootkit=NO
Anti-Spam=NO
Internet Protection=NO (Except the Link Scanner which doesn’t scan for viruses but for moral values)
Intruder Protection=NO
Torrent/P2P Shield=NO
Messenger Shield=NO
Boot Scan=NO
Interface=Enhanced
Scheduled Scanning=yes
Virus detection=To the standard of free anti-virus programs
avast! Home Edition 4.0
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Anti-virus=yes
Anti-Worm=yes
Anti-Trojan=yes
Anti-Spyware=yes
Anti-Adware=yes
Anti-Rootkit=yes
Anti-Spam=yes
Internet Protection=yes
Intruder Protection=yes
Torrent/P2P Shield=yes
Messenger Shield=yes
Boot Scan=yes
Interface=simple
Scheduled Scanning=NO
Virus detection=Good like the paid-for antivirus programs.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 sexilicous_mama // Sep 22, 2008
cause its easlier to use! no offence but avg is pure sh*t! check out the lame features-http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
2 ►PcGuru◄ // Sep 22, 2008
Avast Antivirus has a boot time scanner. Many stubborn trojans and viruses can only be remove with a boot time scan. This my reason for using it.
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