AlanM Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Mmm - I had an update of AVG last night just before I had my forum problems and lost all my icons/avatars etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Another Avira convert here - been using AVG for years, ran the recent update and found my machine was disconnecting from the Internet at regular intervals. Checked settings to see if anything new had been introduced in AVG, monitored processes etc... nothing unusual. Uninstalled AVG, installed Avira, numerous threats detected and no dropouts since. AVG always used to struggle with an eicar test too which didn't make me too confident of it's abilities, Avira seems to do the job as expected. Try it and see what your AV solution does... http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Will try that and uninstalling AVG tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 This is good to know. Sounds like a good combo is... Zonealarm Avira Malwarebytes Adaware Spybot I suppose there is some overlapping there, is there need for all that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 This is good to know. Sounds like a good combo is... Zonealarm Avira Malwarebytes Adaware Spybot I suppose there is some overlapping there, is there need for all that? No. I have Avira and the standard windows firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Ok, good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Just AVG (now replaced by Avira) and ZoneAlarm for me, plus I'm behind a hardware firewall. That's been sufficient for years up until AVG decided to stop working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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