Avast! 4.8 - PC Mag Recommendation!

[Sonicman]

Currently reading the July '08 issue of PC Magazine - on pg. 48, Neil Rubenking (who I've respected for years now!) just reviewed avast! AV 4.8 Home Edition and awarded the program a 4/5 rating - the full article can be read online HERE, if interested.

I'm running avast! on my VISTA Dell laptop w/ Windows Defender -  Rubenking states that this newest version of avast! has sypware/rootkit protection, also - then recommends in one of his posts in the PC Mag Forums that Windows Defender does NOT need to be running actively w/ the current version of avast! - hmmm, not sure - but for those who have more experience w/ this combo, any opinions?  So far, I've not had any problems - 

[DavidR]

Also in this topic, http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=36255.0.

[Vladimyr]

Sonicman
You mean the review I linked to here back on May 17?
Worth its own thread I guess.

[Sonicman]

Sonicman
You mean the review I linked to here back on May 17?
Worth its own thread I guess.

Thanks, Guys!    Well, as indicated in my post, I just read the review in the recent issue of PC Mag - don't usually peruse the online magazine sites, but probably should! 

At any rate, my main question concerns Neil Rubenking's statement about not running Windows Defender w/ the newest version of avast! (which I am doing currently) - not sure 'what basis' he has for this opinion, and I may need to leave a post on the PC Mag forum - thanks again - Dave 

[Spiritsongs]

   Hi Sonic :

 I recommend you Ignore Neil's "Comments" regarding security programs; he & I
 have been butting heads for quite some time on the PC Mag forums to the extent he now bans my Posts in their "Privacy and Security Help" sub-forum .
 Probably he did a "Review" of Avast based on my contant advocacy of Avast.
 For what he really thinks is the best AV, see the Thread at
 http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/thread/1004401637.aspx  .

[Lisandro]

For what he really thinks is the best AV, see the Thread at
http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/thread/1004401637.aspx  .

NAV... Argg...

[Sonicman]

  Hi Sonic :

 I recommend you Ignore Neil's "Comments" regarding security programs; he & I......................
 

Spiritsongs - thanks for your response (and that of others) - I've been trying to ESCAPE Norton for years (still have a pre-installed Norton Suite on my desktop computer; running two 'wireless' laptops in the home w/o Norton - yeh!  ) - read the 'interaction' that you had w/ Neil - boy, w/ his vast experience, I'm not sure 'why' he seems so wedded to Norton - hope this isn't the fact that he is funded by them? - but, I'm not having a problem w/ the combo of avast! + VISTA Windows Defender at the moment, so will just continue on my 'merry pathway' - again, thanks all for your advice!  Dave

[bvmcginnis]

To someone who has experience with the 4.8 on Win Vista.  I have a querry.  I just got Avast and after it does it's thing, scanning, it reports; "cannot scan...xx. is password protected".  This is my brand new laptop so I don't get it.  Did it not scan?  How do I un-password protect it? Thanks for any help.

[.: Mac :.]

  Hi Sonic :

 I recommend you Ignore Neil's "Comments" regarding security programs; he & I
 have been butting heads for quite some time on the PC Mag forums to the extent he now bans my Posts in their "Privacy and Security Help" sub-forum .
 Probably he did a "Review" of Avast based on my contant advocacy of Avast.
 For what he really thinks is the best AV, see the Thread at
 http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/thread/1004401637.aspx  .

Most likely its not what he uses, but what he is paid to promote.

[DavidR]

To someone who has experience with the 4.8 on Win Vista.  I have a querry.  I just got Avast and after it does it's thing, scanning, it reports; "cannot scan...xx. is password protected".  This is my brand new laptop so I don't get it.  Did it not scan?  How do I un-password protect it? Thanks for any help.

This really should have been on its own new topic (or use the forum search tool as it is often asked) as it is unrelated to this topic.

See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=35347.msg297170#msg297170 this topic for information on why files can't be scanned.