...I'd rather AVG not break on me every couple months asking me to reinstall, so I didn't have to switch.
What version is it? Did any event on your computer cause AVG to do this?
You guys could really come up with something different to separate them. Just make a better interface for the Pro version, since the interface on the free one sucks pretty bad, and make the virus scan not disappear when you scan a file via the contextual menu, so you can actually read the results.
This is a new one for me, I thought all AV's gave a results window after scanning individual files.
Also, by "interface," do you mean the "media player" looking window that pops up after the initial memory scan? There are different skins available to change that. Go here...
http://www.avast.com/eng/skins.htmlI mean, look at AVG & Comodo... Neither of those have crippling things on the free version, they're just free. Heck, if I was gonna actually pay for an AV I'd get Kaspersky or NOD32.
Any free AV I've ever dealt with doesn't offer as much as the paid version. This is true with avast, AVG and AntiVir. It's just that each of the companies that make these programs go about "limiting" the software in different ways. I don't know about Comodo, since I've never used their software. Most companies who offer free versions of their software do so to give you reasons to purchase the paid versions, as I'm sure you know. We're fortunate that free versions of AV's made available for us at all. Personally, I wouldn't pay $40.00 to $50.00 a year for an AV. I would just go without and take my chances, if I had to. And I don't think I'm the only one.
The only reason I use avast! is pretty much cause I get to sound like a pirate while saying it.
Using NOD32 would probably make someone sound like a computer program or robot, too.
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