Hello.
I recently read your list of Anti virus reviews and I'd have to say that
the review is total bogus (found here:
http://www.anti-virus-software-review.com/). I hate to inform you of
this but Grisoft AVG has only passed four AV "INW" tests, while Avast!
passed nine. To say that AVG's scanner is much better than Avast is
totally bogus (VirusBT ratings here:
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?). Another thing
is, Avast! has much more features than AVG, allowing real time scanning
of applications such as trillian, kazaa, DC++, etc. AVG does not offer
these features. Also, when AVG picks up a virus there is no automatic
removal, you must scan the entire computer to remove the virus while
Avast!'s resident shield can do it for you.
Another thing is you didn't specify the entire amount of support that
Avast! offers you (which I know other people have already sent you
emails about). They have a forum, phone and email support. Plus, a
large group of dedicated users who are willingly to help at any time.
Maybe if your reviewer actually went to the Avast! website (which is
www.avast.com , please forward that to him) he would realize this.
My last problem with the review is the reviewer claiming that Avast!
looked like shit: "It also would have a much better look if it was
consistent throughout the package. For example, the "on-demand" scanner
window has a nice interface which is intuitive and easy to use. Most of
the other screens have a standard Microsoft Windows look and feel to
them. Overall, it doesn't seem quite as polished as many of the other
programs reviewed." Well, I'm sorry but when you rate an Anti virus
based on it's look there's a fucking problem. That comment really
pissed me off, because AVG looks like it's from some Windows 3.1 -
blocky, disgusting and overall shitty.
Thanks for reading.
PS. I also liked how the reviewer did not know how to average scores.
Since when did getting 5 ratings of "2" result in an overall score of
1.5?, I also liked how in the review Ease of setup was marked as rated
3, while in the overview it was marked as rated 2. It's obvious the
person who did this review is biased, and should be stopped from making
more reviews so people don't miss out on great products, such as Avast!