AVG safe search - help me get rid of it! - Page 2 - Anime-Planet forum

alexander · 06-28-2009, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by VivisQueen

Aye, Symantec make you pay. And EVERY year at that. <--- post-grad hungry for FREE stuff

Understandable. But the way this world works is that you get what you pay for.

I buy a lot of shareware, and I've grown weary of authors promising "free updates for life", because that usually isn't very long.

KiraRin · 06-28-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by VivisQueen

Aye, Symantec make you pay. And EVERY year at that. <--- post-grad hungry for FREE stuff

Correction, corporate copies don't make us pay :p

H.

VivisQueen · 06-28-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by therik

<--- post-grad hungry for free stuff: uses Avast!

LINK

EDIT: Don't worry, got it. Is it faster and better than AVG?

therik · 06-28-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by VivisQueen

LINK

EDIT: Don't worry, got it. Is it faster and better than AVG?

I've never used AVG, but it's fast and good, certainly. Only time it processor hogs is when updating the program/database, and you can turn auto updates off, so long as you can remember to update it every now and then yourself.

Also, you can set it to run virus scans whenever your screensaver comes up, which is handy for obvious reasons.

Garyuu · 06-28-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KiraRin

AVG used to be a half decent, free piece of anti virus. Unfortunately, as new versions came out its become more resource hungry and started to slow my laptop to a crawl when scanning. I'm glad I got out before they started tagging on all of their extra "bonuses", and Symantec is doing a better job without stealing all of the processor.

H.

If you set the scan speed to a slower speed it doesn't use up hardly anything. I don't notice any change in my computer's speed. I had Norton for a while(it came on my laptop when I bought it two years ago) and it scanned just as fast as AVG's slow speed setting.