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Originally Posted by Loddonjohn
Yes i know that it sounds a little silly but not knowing much about anti virus software and with panda being quite simple to use etc, Can AVG free be as good as a software product that you have to pay for? In fact is there a version of AVG that is not free?
John
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Yes to both. Free AVG is as good as any, but it is just anti virus. AVG also do a security suite that is not free.
In a recent Which? test of security suites, most of them scored five stars for anti virus. Other aspects of security, such as phishing filters, anti spyware and firewall etc were where the better ones scored higher.
I want more than just anti virus, but I also don't want to have half a dozen different apps doing one small part of the picture.
FWIW the best buys in that report were:
1 Norton Internet Security - £40 - 87% (not the reason I use it - I was using it before this test)
2 Bullguard Internet Security - £45 - 86%
3 AVG free - 79% - but no firewall, anti-spam or anti-spyware.
No other integrated suite featured in the best buy table (7 out of 31 produvcts tested).
The other places were filled with single apps for anti spam, firewall etc.
The Norton scored 4 stars for spam, and five for firewall, virus and spyware, out scoring all other best buys in all areas. AVG Internet Security 8 scored 3 stars for spam, 4 stars for spyware, and 5 stars for virus and firewall - 84%.
The other single threat apps scored between 3 and 5 stars in their respective specialities.