Lastest version of Avast antivirus

[mansrm81]

Hum didn't ask me to reboot but I had to reboot last night cause of windows updates.

Hum just asked for a reboot doh didn't want to restart.

 

[Brink]

LOL, you're welcome Nigel.

 

[JayClericus]

friend has avast! on xp

spent a few hours the other day clearing 26 trojans inc xp antispyware 2009 or whatever it is called

apparently avast reported zero problems, soo glad that using nod32

 

[mike-cow]

friend has avast! on xp

spent a few hours the other day clearing 26 trojans inc xp antispyware 2009 or whatever it is called

apparently avast reported zero problems, soo glad that using nod32

People praise avast and antivir, and never consider that pretty much all testing refers to the *commercial* versions rather than the freely available. It's not the same thing.

I'm quite confident that the avast mentioned here is the free one...

 

[Brink]

New 4.8.1296 version of Avast antivirus released 11/26/2008. See first post for details.

 

[dinesh]

Is Avast better than AVG?
Im recently downloaded AVG on vista ultimate and have no issues with it. But still im looking for a better one. I have neither used AVG or AVAST before. So just wanted to know which one is better.
Thanks in Advance...

 

[nate42nd]

I tried both and went to Avast. I felt more comfortable with it. At the time, AVG didn't offer rootkit detection with the free version. That may have changed. Avast has been on my Vista x64 system for about 120 days and I have no problem with it.

This is my 1st post but I have relied on this forum since I purchased my new system so thanks to everyone....especially the alien. (Brink or Shawn) whatever he would like to be called. What a great knowledge base this person has. Thanks, to everyone. I hope to be involved if I can ever help.

 

[dk70]

friend has avast! on xp

spent a few hours the other day clearing 26 trojans inc xp antispyware 2009 or whatever it is called

apparently avast reported zero problems, soo glad that using nod32

People praise avast and antivir, and never consider that pretty much all testing refers to the *commercial* versions rather than the freely available. It's not the same thing.

I'm quite confident that the avast mentioned here is the free one...

Well, Home is practically the same as Pro so paying up wont necessarily help you. Most if not all AVs have big problems with mentioned malware. I somehow get the feeling AV companies have been too eager to claim spyware protection... Something to keep in mind. If Avast have some money I think they should buy Malwarebytes and/or SuperAntiSpyware - or at least the guy who make Smitfraudfix Fact is many get that crap regardless of AV brand - some might be better than others of course.

Ive used Avast for 6-7 years so not bashing it. My clear choice for best free AV. Now I run out of a 2 year licens with Kaspersky and just bought 1 year with Avira Im almost missing Avast. Avira is good (minus Antivirus2009 etc.) but there is more to an AV than just detection rates. Avast offer nice forum/direct support where Avira is something I should not say here... Looking at their forum the word incompetent comes to mind, can say that much.

 

[Brink]

New Avast antivirus version 4.8.1335 released 1/05/2009. See first post for more details.

Shawn

 

[dinesh]

Hey i just downloaded avast home 4.8 but it shows that its a 60 day trial version. isn't it free?

 

[Airbot]

Yeah, it is free Dinesh, but you have to register it and they will email you a key for 1 year. Then, after the year is up, just re register and you will get another key...

 

[dinesh]

Yeah, it is free Dinesh, but you have to register it and they will email you a key for 1 year. Then, after the year is up, just re register and you will get another key...

Oh got it. thanks for the info.

 

[Brink]

Hey i just downloaded avast home 4.8 but it shows that its a 60 day trial version. isn't it free?

Hi Dinesh,

Did you download the Home edition and not the Professional edition? Only the Home edition is free.

 

[dinesh]

Hi Shawn, i downloaded avast home edition 4.8 and i registered it and also got the key. its awesome man. when everyone was using Avast, i was messing up my system with Norton and McAfee.

 

[Brink]

Dinesh, I'm happy to hear that you got it all sorted out, and that this program is working great for you.

 

[nate42nd]

I'm wondering what you think of the VRDB option within Avast. I have been using Avast for a few months and just started generating the VRDB on my main machine. Is there any down side to it? It sound like it would be useful if the right type of virus hit you.

 

[Brink]

Hi Nate,

I suppose that it could be useful if the situation arises where you needed it. Personally though, I disabled the VRDB to save disk space and not to have that part running in the background since I keep drive image backups. I figured that if a virus did that kind of damage, then it's time to start fresh again.

 

[nate42nd]

Thank you for the reply Brink. If I ever need the space, I hope I can delete the VRDB. Do you happen to know if it's safe to delete it? I found out where it's kept (in an .int file) within the Avast folder. Thanks again!

 

[Brink]

I never tried it since I have never had it enabled before. You can try it and see. The worst that will happen is that you will have to uninstall and reinstall Avast.

 

[john_cena]

thankx