Is Avg Antivirus a bad choice?

Question

Is Avg Antivirus a bad choice?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

AVG is not a good antivirus. But it is not very bad. There are many better antiviruses so i don't recommend you to go with AVG. Choose any other free antivirus except Microsoft Security Essentials. It's the worst.

Answer 3

It is known to all that we must not get 100% satisfaction in a single banded Antivirus, Some make better support for the Virus, some for the Malware, Some has light weight functional activity. So No one is the perfect, However, AVG has full scan option, doesn't make slow the Computer.

Answer 4

Actually I don't like AVG antivirus since it makes my pc too much slow . Some best choice for antivirus softwares are :-

Kaspersky antivirus or

Eset Total Security

Answer 5

it is good antivirus in 2010 2011 but nowadays there is a lot if good antivirus which is better then AVG antivirus so it could be bad choice

Answer 6

Its not a bad antivirus persay. It does the job but it works a little differently. It doesn't block in realtime, is the problem. Rather than checking the malware at the door it will let it through and then the heuristics will pick it up and it will attempt to deal with it once its in. Which is all well and good if its easy to remove but for some things it can be a pig.

Answer 7

I have helped hundreds of friends / colleagues with computer issues - they`ll pay £100s of pounds but then think a free antivirus is going to get the job done. if you buy a 2 year 5 item license for Norton Security that costs £8 per year per item - you know thats good and it covers tablets and phones does backups and cleanups to - use Norton for umpteen years never a virus. Stay away from anything that wants to install a toolbar - and any sort of cloud storage they`ve all been hacked. The same applies to ALL the social networking sites / programs.

Answer 8

now a days there is many good antivirus is come so but avg could not make good antivirus to compete with those antivirus. but it is still good not very bad

Answer 9

No it's not a bad choice( unlike Microsoft Security Essentials and Defender), It's quite good actually.

It's firewall is cool , deep root scan is available.

But It lacks somewhere in the detection area ( Not as bad as Norton though).



Still it's your choice as the virus or other stuff would only come via storage drives ( And as soon as those bad stuff comes through Internet the firewall will protect you)

Answer 10

I dont go with avg cause the basic account your onlly open to 2 options you need to buy a lisence to take advantage of all avg offers but if your gong to buy a full vertion i would spend my money on trend micro very good anti virus

Answer 11

Yes best one is Panda antivirus and here is why. 1. It is free and 2. It runs in the cloud instead of on your pc leaving your pc very fast and not lagging it. Get it below in the freestufff area at that site

Answer 12

Norton, Avast, and AVG are alright imo but please be sure your virus scanner has a Full Scan option! Do not use quick scan it is not really effective and watch for torrenting because I have encountered viruses on them and removed them. Just avoid bad sites and download a site protector extension some viruses can't fully be detected with virus scanners though. You can tell if you got a virus sometimes if you lag really bad.

Answer 13

It's not bad. It's actually decent, but turn off it's web scanning "cloud" scanning or it will slow you down a lot. Avast is also decent for free. I just use plain Micro$oft Insecurity Essentials and back my stuff up! I always have a full disk image backup. That way when I wear my hard drive out scanning it for viruses, and it dies, I still have my data to restore to my new drive..:)

Answer 14

AVG detection is bad. You can try Avast or there's TrendMicro, Nod32. Panda might slow your computer, has good detection though.



Norton may have good detection, but it is a terrible product to put on your computer.



If your on a budget go with: (you might find lower prices in-store)

http://www.trendmicro.com/



If you want something better at a bigger price:

http://www.eset.com/



If you insist on free:

http://www.avast.com/

Answer 15

Having NO anti virus is a BAD choice. AVG has been good for me on my PC, laptop and tablet.

Answer 16

No it is good choice .I am using the avg and avast antivirus

Answer 17

AVG would be bad choice. Avast Antivirus is the best of all. I have its registration key till 2050. :) It detects virus quickly and moves ot to vault. You can delete it from there.

Answer 18

Having no antivirus is bad I suggest u to use Microsoft security essential which is fantabulous and free

Answer 19

I think AVG internet security is best than the AVG Antivirus. I suggest you to use AVG Internet Security-2015. More than 4 year I use AVG and its user interface is more user friendly than the others. The main advantage of using AVG is, it does not show down user's PC.

Answer 20

It's not a bad choice. It's not a great choice either.



For free, it's fine.

Answer 21

AVG is not bad but they tend to delete any threat including false alarm. I tend to use AVIRA over AVG.

Answer 22

been using AVG for about 10 years free and works But i also clean my system with Trojan Killer every week



this week Nothing Found

Answer 23

Bad choice. Choose bitdefender!

Answer 24

Avg often misses malware that other tools find

Answer 25

not a bad chose. AVG is better. but i prefer the ESET Nod 32 for their good performance & get the lowest memory.

Answer 26

Try 360 total security

Answer 27

In my experience Microsoft security essential and Window Defender is enough for my pc

Answer 28

It's pretty good, but don't expect it to keep you safe from viruses though. If a hacker has done his job right there is nothing you can do to stop it.

Answer 29

There are plenty of antivirus nowadays. hence, it can be taken as one of the regular one which functions simply.

Answer 30

Try for 30 days then you decide its good or bad.

Answer 31

yes it is not good for your compite but mobile phone is parfect for avg.

Answer 32

Try to for 30 days the trail, and if you like it stay with it.

Answer 33

Yes, I think it's not a good choice at all. you should use Norton/ESET

Answer 34

Get Kaspersky Anti-Virus ( You can get it cheap on EBAY ) Maybe under $ 15.00 if you look around.

Answer 35

Not at all, I've used it for ages

Answer 36

It's as effective as the more expensive versions.

Answer 37

If your pc attacked by shark virus what you gonna do

Answer 38

Use Bleach, kills 99.9 percent of germs and viruses :D

Answer 39

yea because when I got a virus it didn't work

Answer 40

No its not bad at all. Its functioning well on my devices.

Answer 41

no it is really good and keep you far from malware and spam and virus. Use it and you will really feel good.

Answer 42

yes

Answer 43

use it with windows firewall !!!!!! AVG FREE ??? or AVG PAID both are good

Answer 44

its not a bad antivirus.but not so much workfull

Answer 45

it works great and it's free!

Answer 46

Why do you think so? It works pretty well for me

Answer 47

Yes, just yes.

Answer 48

You get what you pay for

Answer 49

why do you say so? It is good and have a good reputation

Answer 50

its enough

Answer 51

No.