Avast Free Praise

[Jem]

I'm a licensed NOD32 user, but came back here due to a few 'niggles' with the aforementioned...

I'm running the latest build of Avast (Free) on Win7 (32 Bit), browser is FF (I.E removed) + Thunderbird (with Avast managing the SSL accounts). I have to say, on footprint, speed / performance, effectiveness (running a few 'tests' with Eicar, Spycar etc... and checking out the 'official' reports), plus general usability & configurability - I'm extremely impressed. And this is a free product! Thanks!

(Feel free to publish my comments - if you so wish, minus the mention of 'the competition'!)

[Lisandro]

Welcome back! Enjoy version 5

[Jem]

Thanks. Just one question. Are updates to the Pro version really faster (as advertised)? They seem good to me (I auto check every hour).

[Lisandro]

Thanks. Just one question. Are updates to the Pro version really faster (as advertised)? They seem good to me (I auto check every hour).

The minimum intervals currently are like this:

Free AV: 120 minutes ( = 2 hours) (it does not "work" with lesser time periods, even you set so).
Pro AV, IS: 15 minutes

[Jem]

2 hours is good enough for me (for most @ home I suspect...)

Thanks for the clarification.

[CharleyO]

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Welcome back, Jem   

And thanks for the positive comments.


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