Last night, I installed the
Avast! antivirus package on my mother's PC. It installed quickly, requiring a single reboot, and it had none of the stuff that drives me crazy about Norton. Plus, the home version download is free. The interface is a little clunky, but nothing outrageous. Not bad at all....
Was there a reason for choosing this one? I need to install an anti virus on my new lap top and have been dreading installing Norton. My operating system is Vista. Do you have any recommendations?
ReplyDeleteI just knew that I didn't want Symantec / Norton, and I wasn't impressed with the McAfee that came with my mother's PC. I did a Google search on anti-virus packages, and that one showed up in a PCWorld review with this:
ReplyDelete"In a world of high-priced subscription antivirus programs that bog down your PC while protecting it, Avast stands out. This program is one of the few free antivirus applications that do as good a job as any of the big boys. Avast includes more than seven different kinds of shields, safe-surfing tools, and real-time virus protection for your OS, as well as Outlook. Updates automatically download and install, and Avast works with both Windows Vista and XP. Given all this, why pay?"
http://www.pcworld.com/ downloads/file/fid,64535-page,1-c,security/ description.html