AVG 8 Free a bit better.
AVG 8 Free edition was just released and of course I wanted to redo the AVG 7.5 vs. Avast Test with the same infected files.
While AVG 8’s new feature “Linkscanner” is now included, this did prevent IE 6.0 from loading the page winantivirus.com, however systemdoctor.com and xponlinescanner.com did load fine.
AVG offered better real time protection against most of the infected files of the test, but allowed winantiviruspro.exe to be placed on the desktop of the host system.
During the install of winantiviruspro, AVG 8 did stop several items, much more than AVG 7.5 did. Also, it appears as though the virus was stopped all together, but certain parts were installed.
The oddest part however is after I rebooted, although AVG 8 did stop a “fat” program from winantiviruspro from launching, but the AVG Tool bar vanished from the browser. However this is a minor issue, as the website winantivirus.com still would not load, so AVG 8’s linkscanner still seemed to be functional.
Bottom line, AVG 8 with its minor improvements’ still does not hold water against Avast Home Free. In fact with AVG 8, you will lose your email protection after 30 days unless you purchase the product.
I’m still with Avast as the best Anti Virus protection for free!
You can see the test results at http://bangsonpc.com, look at the left margin.
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