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Anti-Virus Programs - AVG 7.0 or something else.
SirPoonga:
I'm actually liking the combination of AVG and AntiVir now. I wish AntiVir had the scheduling AVG does.
A note to everyone. If you get a virus and it is located in, crap, I'm on a w2k machine not as administrator. The system restore folder. If a virus is in there you need to turn off system restore, get rid of the virus (scan), reboot, then turn system restore back on.
Sasquatch!:
Another AVG user here. The interface is ugly, but it works fine.
Tiger-Heli:
Just an update, I ended up using AVG. It works fine. My only gripe is that there is no way to "unload" the resident shield feature of the program. Closing the systray icon leaves it runnig. Running the command center and selecting it and unchecking all the tick boxes disables it, which is good enough, but kindof clunky.
Here are my thoughts from a post on AVG's forums:
Slightly off-topic, I also compared AVG to its two main competitors AVAST and AntiVir, and found I much prefer AVG. AVAST seemed to work okay, but the free version apparently does not have script blocking, which is one of the main features I wanted. The program also SEEMED pretty bloated, although I didn