Rimmer Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 A flash screen this morning informed me that my free AVG that I have been using for many years will nonger be free as from Jan 2007. Anybody else get this at all? No big deal as there are other programs out there but maybe AVG is becoming a pay for program as the market for virus scanners increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I also received that message and I believe it is referring to this from AVG website: "This setup contains the free as well as the paid version of AVG Anti-Spyware. After the installation, a free 30-day trial version containing all the extensions of the full version will be activated. At the end of the trial, these extensions will be deactivated and the program will turn into a feature-limited freeware version. The purchased license code can be entered at any time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 No adverse messages with my 7.1 Free version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 No adverse messages with my 7.1 Free version. Seems inconsistant, my home computer (on dialup) received the message but my office computer didn't. Exact same copy installed in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaising Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Updated my free AVG version 7.5.430 yesterday, nothing is bring mention on the expiry date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBWilson Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Have a look at: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 I interpret this to mean that the 7.1 version will expire and that you must upgrade to 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Have a look at:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 I interpret this to mean that the 7.1 version will expire and that you must upgrade to 7.5 Good link and that was the exact message I received. Downloading 7.5 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgy88 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 In case you guys are interested, AVG recently bought out Ewido, a very good anti spyware remover which also comes in a free version but it did not support Win 98/ME. AVG's new version 7.5 looks like it will be a combination of both of these products, and it looks like you will get a choice of two free versions. The standard AVG free anti-virus, which will still support Win 98/ME, and the AVG anti-sypware, which will not. So if you are using both the AVG free anti-virus version 7.1 and the free Evido version 4.0 then it looks like you can get them both in one free package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briley Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 You must upgrade to the new version 7.5 - the page you go to looks as if you can only get the paid for professional version but there is, lower down the page, the option for the free versions still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 I down loaded 7.5 has anyone installed it over the earlier version or is it best to un install the old version before putting 7.5 on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I down loaded 7.5 has anyone installed it over the earlier version or is it best to un install the old version before putting 7.5 on? I installed right over it and had no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBWilson Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I down loaded 7.5 has anyone installed it over the earlier version or is it best to un install the old version before putting 7.5 on? I installed over the old version, using the 'repair' option (recommended on their website). No problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Considering how poorly AVG performs in tests against other free antiviruses like Avast ans Antivir, why is anyone still using this pig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I've read reviews for which AVG is the best free AV around, other saying it's crap... I'm running it because it's rather low on ressources and as protected me efficiently enough so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 Considering how poorly AVG performs in tests against other free antiviruses like Avast ans Antivir, why is anyone still using this pig? I've got AVG on one computer and Avast on the other, they both work, I have seen good and bad reviews on both, depends who's paying the piper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWill Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 (edited) It seems that some have confused the two programs: AVG Anti-Virus and AVG Anti-Spyware. An Anti-Virus is the original AVG program that exists for years. An Anti-Spyware was originally an Ewido product and after AVG bought Ewido, the result is the AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 ( refer to http://www.ewido.net ). AVG Anti-Spyware current version is 7.5.0.50 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition current version is 7.5.432 Rimmer was refering to the Anti-Virus in his original post. P.S. Per my experience the AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 ( a.k.a. Ewido) is an excellent product, I used it since Ewido v3. It detected (and removed) the spywares other programs were not able to detect. It also don't eat too much of the system resorces (much the same as the AVG Anti-Virus, which is not less good than other free programs). Edited December 8, 2006 by Condo_bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libya 115 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 My only anti-viral software is AVG and I am happy with it, however, on my laptop, it has 'caught' about 10 virus in 5 years, yet on my desktop, it has never detected even one virus. I browse similar pages, both on XP, how is it I have never (according to AVG) been infected on my desktop? It seems strange because the desktop is XP copy and the laptop genuine XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I am running AVG and Avast side by side. This morning AVG picked out a Trojan, that Avast had not noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 You shouldn't be relying on antivirus to detect trojans and spyware, that's not what they're built for. Read the benchmarking tests. AVG will in a majority of cases let through much more than the other two leading free AV's. It's your security though, do as you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 You shouldn't be relying on antivirus to detect trojans and spyware, that's not what they're built for. Read the benchmarking tests. AVG will in a majority of cases let through much more than the other two leading free AV's. It's your security though, do as you wish. I have no doubts you can link to benchmark studies saying AVG sucks, and I have no doubts I can give link to tests saying it's great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Like I said, it's your data. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvero Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 It's great to have the 'best' AV according to whatever test you choose to believe but they all (free & paid) will detect a very high %age of malware, and none will detect all. How important is the difference between reputable AVs when compared to issues like: - whether the OS is fully patched - whether there is antispyware / firewall software active - whether the user knows/cares what to do when the av/asw/firewall pops up a warning - whether the computer is behind a NAT router - user's surfing habits i.e. visiting pr0n sites, clicking 'yes' to every pop-up dialog box - user's email habits - attachments etc - what software the user uses/installs e.g cracks/keygens etc The difference between these AVs might be interesting if you are running a busy mail server, but not for Joe average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBWilson Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 You shouldn't be relying on antivirus to detect trojans and spyware, that's not what they're built for. Read the benchmarking tests. AVG will in a majority of cases let through much more than the other two leading free AV's. It's your security though, do as you wish. I have no doubts you can link to benchmark studies saying AVG sucks, and I have no doubts I can give link to tests saying it's great... Software comparisons are often subjective and biased'; inferior products today will often leap-frog the competition in a new release tomorrow - it is a moving target. For some positive comments about AVG, see: http://www.freewaregenius.com/2006/11/09/avg-free-antivirus/ http://www.geekgirls.com/security_antivirus.htm I have been running AVG on 4 systems for 2 years with zero problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 IMO AVG is the Hotmail of AVs. A so-so default program that people grab without thinking too much into it or exploring alot of options. I have yet to see any real security experts recommend it, and I've heard so many bad things about it that I just don't think it's worth the risk. Why be loyal to something you have zero investment in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Comparing AVG and AVAST, I believe cdnvic is right. Have a look at this comparison: http://wiki.castlecops.com/AntiVirus_Comparison It's your choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend2 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 (edited) I recently built a BootCD with AntiVir free antivirus. It picked up several malwarez that AVG missed.(resident scanner in that particular machine) They were not "false positives" either. All the suspected files uploaded to virustotal.com and confirmed "bad". Seems like a good free scanner to me. Offcourse, not using IE, and good browsing habits ain't that bad either to stay away from infection. Edited December 10, 2006 by friend2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Is building a Bootable CD a standard feature of AntiVir free edition? Coz I don't think I can do it with AVG, and Avast's BART is expensive (and no "free" licence around). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hereforgood Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I have used AVG for years and found it to be fine not a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend2 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 (edited) Is building a Bootable CD a standard feature of AntiVir free edition? Coz I don't think I can do it with AVG, and Avast's BART is expensive (and no "free" licence around). Avast Bart PE is a waste of money.(I tried it to, not impressed). Both AVG, (free not working, have to be Pro) and Antivir, can be put onto an Bart pe boot CD. So not to get confused, Bart PE is freeware. There are several nice packages on the net, that have some, or all the tools you'll ever need to troubleshot/scan your harddrive for all kinds of issues. 2 good ones are: http://ubcd4win.com/ and http://www.reatogo.de/REATOGO.htm All you need to build one of these boot cd's is the XP (sp2) installation CD, and any of the boot cd maker programs from above. The ubcd4win.com suite contains the following virus/malware scanners: Trend Micro Sysclean McAfee Stinger DrWeb CureIt! ClamWin Avarst!VirusCleaner * AV7Personal *This one needs to be updated from the ubcd site to work, as the one in the main package is bad. ------------------- Malware tools Ad-Aware CWShredder EZPCFix HijackThis SpyBot S&D WinSockXPFix XBlock If you wanna add AVG, or any other commercial software to the CD, that can be done with "plugins". I suggest you read up in the respective sites forums about that if you're interested. I be dead in the water without at least 1 of the tool cd's above Remember, both these packages are freeware. Edited December 11, 2006 by friend2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Ok, I hoped a bootable, up to date AntiVir CD could be created in 2 clicks. Until now I've used the Ultimate Boot CD, but it's not easy to update virus definition with it, I may have a look to the Win version of it. Thxs Yeti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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