Re: AVG Anti-spyware v7.5 - free version worth installing?

[Immure Obfuscation]

<hmmm@hmmm.org> wrote in message
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>I can't find a comparison of the free versio vs. the paid version on their
> site. I know the AVG AV has gotten bottom of the barrel reviews over at
> AV
> comparatives, but how is the AVG Anti-Spyware program?
>
> What happens after the 30 day trial period and it reverts to freeware?

Can't answer that. I only tried it for one day. I found it to be very slow,
and not very useful.

It found lots of cookies on my wife's laptop, calling them medium-level
threats. Gee!

It claimed that the GNU/Cygwin "netcat" program is a threat. I don't think
it is.

I prefer Adaware. Others like Spybot. But this AVG item is none too swift.

YMMV.

[jeremy]

"Immure Obfuscation" <none@nun.com> wrote in message
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> <hmmm@hmmm.org> wrote in message
> news:iZudnYCL5fvBkSvYnZ2dnUVZ_qemnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>>I can't find a comparison of the free versio vs. the paid version on their
>> site. I know the AVG AV has gotten bottom of the barrel reviews over at
>> AV
>> comparatives, but how is the AVG Anti-Spyware program?
>>
>> What happens after the 30 day trial period and it reverts to freeware?
>
> Can't answer that. I only tried it for one day. I found it to be very
> slow, and not very useful.
>
> It found lots of cookies on my wife's laptop, calling them medium-level
> threats. Gee!
>
> It claimed that the GNU/Cygwin "netcat" program is a threat. I don't think
> it is.
>
> I prefer Adaware. Others like Spybot. But this AVG item is none too swift.
>
> YMMV.
>

When I first installed it, it found several spyware apps that were put there
by Compaq along with the operating system. None of the other malware
scanners found them. So I do run it every couple of days, just to be safe.

I have gotten more malware detections from A2 Trojan Scanner. That app
routinely finds something every couple of weeks, and is the app that I rely
upon the most.

[jeremy]

<hmmm@hmmm.org> wrote in message
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> "jeremy" <jeremy@nospam.com> wrote in news:WYxth.7264$8P.5310@trndny05:
>
>>
>> I have gotten more malware detections from A2 Trojan Scanner. That
>> app routinely finds something every couple of weeks, and is the app
>> that I rely upon the most.
>>
>>
>
> Does it load any exe files at startup that will have to be deleted from
> the
> registry (using one of the many utilities we have at our disposal or
> services that will have to be stopped? I would like to run it on an "as
> needed" basis only.

Just get the free version. It does not run all the time--only when you tell
it to.