JDPower Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 As AVG has turned into a bloated mess I'm replacing my AV for first time in 5 years!!!! So its between Avast or Antivir, low resource usage being a priority as I rarely get caught with anything. Opinions? And yes I've read the other posts on this and I'm leaning towards Antivir at the mo but would appreciate comments re resource usage (and false positives as I've seen Avast seems to suffer more with that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 As AVG has turned into a bloated mess I'm replacing my AV for first time in 5 years!!!! So its between Avast or Antivir, low resource usage being a priority as I rarely get caught with anything. Opinions? And yes I've read the other posts on this and I'm leaning towards Antivir at the mo but would appreciate comments re resource usage (and false positives as I've seen Avast seems to suffer more with that) As far as resource usage there is no comparison. Avira is much lower than Avast. Avira uses 3 process totaling 10MB on my machine. Avast has 5 processes (you can shut some of them off though) and uses any where from 30- 50 MB of RAM. Both are much better than AVG 8 and neither is as good as AVG 7.5 as far as resource usage goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 If you want low resource usage go for Avira. I find it much lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2008 JD, avira free is light and I find it no problem. I'm sure others will say different Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Does Antivir include automatic definition updates, or are they manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Does Antivir include automatic definition updates, or are they manual? Both. You can schedule your updates when ever you want or do them manually. You can also set them to be done silently in the background, minimized, or full screen when they are done automatically on a schedule. Scans are very quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks for update clarification, Anthony. I guess the fact that Antivir has no e-mail scanner isn't too much of a problem if you're using an online e-mail service such as gmail or yahoo mail -- right? One other thing . . . how is Antivir's detection rate and cleanup of any problems compared with AVG 7.5? I'm still using AVG (commercial) with some time yet before the expiration -- so, I'm just curious and trying to think ahead a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks for update clarification, Anthony. I guess the fact that Antivir has no e-mail scanner isn't too much of a problem if you're using an online e-mail service such as gmail or yahoo mail -- right? One other thing . . . how is Antivir's detection rate and cleanup of any problems compared with AVG 7.5? I'm still using AVG (commercial) with some time yet before the expiration -- so, I'm just curious and trying to think ahead a little. I haven't had any infections to clean up so I can't comment on that. Avira's detection rates are rated higher than both Avast and AVG from what I have read. As for the e-mail scanner or lack of one I use Gmail so I don't need one but if I used regular mail I still wouldn't use it because I know enough not to open bad e-mails and if I did the resident guard would take care of it so I would still be protected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyk Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I haven't had any infections to clean up so I can't comment on that. Avira's detection rates are rated higher than both Avast and AVG from what I have read. As for the e-mail scanner or lack of one I use Gmail so I don't need one but if I used regular mail I still wouldn't use it because I know enough not to open bad e-mails and if I did the resident guard would take care of it so I would still be protected. Obviously common sense should be used with e-mails. However, there are times when a brain cramp arrives or another household member is using the computer and opens an infected e-mail. How important is it to have an e-mail scanner? AVAST has it but AntiVir does not. Some helpful advice from a knowledgable person would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Obviously common sense should be used with e-mails. However, there are times when a brain cramp arrives or another household member is using the computer and opens an infected e-mail. How important is it to have an e-mail scanner? AVAST has it but AntiVir does not. Some helpful advice from a knowledgable person would be appreciated. Well if you have a "brain cramp" or a household member opens an infected email and you don't have an email scanner your AV app will have a resident guard as I said earlier and it will treat that infected e-mail like any other infection so you aren't unprotected. The e-mail scanner is just an extra level of protection that is redundant IMO and not a necessity. In some cases it causes more problem than it's worth like quarantining or deleting your whole in box on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfenech Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Here's your AV test. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Look at line items 17 and 18. While it tests the Premium version of Antivir, the scan engine is the same for the Free version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted June 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 26, 2008 I actually kind of like the new AVG. However if I was going to choose a free one besides it, I would probably choose antivir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I actually kind of like the new AVG. However if I was going to choose a free one besides it, I would probably choose antivir. I too liked AVG, and used it for many years. After reading in this thread about how much lighter-weight AntiVir is, I gave it a shot. I've been very impressed with it so far. It uses much less memory! Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 still using AVG till this day guys. i have no problems with it. yes, AVG is using 61MB or so but eh... i have 1GB of RAM. does this matter in terms of what i do on a computer? uh... no but for some YES. Cheers Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 with 4 120mm Blue LED FANS 1 Regular 120MM FAN and a Custom Window Side Panel | AMD Athlon II x4 2.6GHZ Stock| XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm | ASRock A780GXE/128 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @800MHZ | CF 2 XFX 4850 1GB @GPU940/MEM1005 | 320GB/OS 160GB/Storage HDDs | LG CD/DVD SATA | Rosewill 600W 2 12v Rail@44 | Ccleaner, Defraggler | Malwarebytes', SUPERAnti-Spyware | Avira AntiVir Personal | Google Chrome v3/4, IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks for the replies, looks like I was right in my leaning towards Antivir so will be installing it as soon as necessary (which it seemingly isn't yet - just had my AVG 7.5 successfully update despite all updates supposedly stopping on the 25th June, wonder if it the deadline has been extended again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks for the replies, looks like I was right in my leaning towards Antivir so will be installing it as soon as necessary (which it seemingly isn't yet - just had my AVG 7.5 successfully update despite all updates supposedly stopping on the 25th June, wonder if it the deadline has been extended again) Ignore that pop up. The official date that AVG will stop supporting AVG 7.5 is December 31, 2008. This is the official date from the sticky thread on the AVG forums. http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?1,123812,backpage=,sv= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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