What's AVG?

A thorn in my side when I had it and couldn't get rid of it. Virus protection software which sucks the life out of your pc at times, but some people love the program, so don't mind me. :D
 
I tried AVG a few years ago, but my system ran substantially slower with it installed. I then tried Avast(free version), and it ran much better, so I've stayed with Avast for several years. It has found stuff that Windows Defender missed, plus Avast alerts me when there are any updates to any of the major programs I run...browsers, etc. Prior to going to these free Anti-virus programs, I was paying for a subscription to Norton's, and it was a waste.
 
Prior to going to these free Anti-virus programs, I was paying for a subscription to Norton's, and it was a waste.
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I agree about Norton. I was paying for it and it presented a problem for me when I called they were rude and offered no real help, I will never use them again.
 
When I stopped using Outlook Express and started using AVG, virus problems were[mostly] over. When I stopped using Windows I felt joy, having claimed complete control over my computers.
 
Does anyone TRULY understand exactly WTH these "antivirus' and protective offerings do? I surely do not. Despite having a host of them installed over the years, a variety of worms, viruses, malware, etc., have managed to screw up our pleasure from time to time.

Some are for sale, some (same name) are free. Do you get better protection if you pay money?

Quite frankly, I think I am willing to take my chances with all this bullshit. If some flying flame invades my PC, making it useless, I'll smash it on the sidewalk, like the little
kid does his cell, in the TV commercial.

I absolutely REFUSE to be taken hostage by the "Information Age"!

We lived happily before PCs, why could we not do so now?? imp
 
AVG is a resource hog, and takes over everything on your machine.

Malwarebytes is a much better program for catching Malware, and MSE is good enough for an anti-virus program. Not one single anti-virus program can catch'em all...
 
....I have a closet full of old windows operated laptops that have crashed using different virus protections, I am now using a simple Chromebook, it requires no virus protection of any kind, it is limited to what you can do on it....but the only thing I do is surf and email, so it works for me.
 
Jackie22 said:
....I have a closet full of old windows operated laptops that have crashed using different virus protections, I am now using a simple Chromebook, it requires no virus protection of any kind, it is limited to what you can do on it....but the only thing I do is surf and email, so it works for me.
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You may not get a virus, but your surfing is tracked!!
 
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