Does AVG provide sufficiant protection?

Question

I have just installed Norton (which I paid for) in a temper. It just keeps giving error messages and I've been having nothing but trouble. For tech support they are charging me after already paying for it so I refuse to use it again.

I had a similar experience with McAffee before. Therefore I want to use AVG free because I've heard nothing but good experience about it on here. I'm just worried about my latpop as it's a top of the range brand new one.

I'm running Vista Home Premium and I'm going to use Windows Defender Firewall alongside AVG Free. Should this protect my PC sufficiently.

Answer 1

For a free download, AVG is the nuts! I uninstalled my windows defender (as I heard there cold be conflict problems), but the AVG is far superior anyway.

Answer 2

Like yourself, i was a bit weiry of using a free antivirus on my brand new laptop but it came highly recommended by someone who knows what they are talking about. Ive had no problems whatsoever with AVG and ive been using it a good few months.  

Answer 3

Well I'm glad to see that you've found Norton to be rubbish. You are not alone, not by a long way. Anyway, until quite recently I was running AVG Free Edition v8.0 on two computers and found it to be very good. But after a recommendation from this site I uninstalled AVG and installed Avast instead. Again, it is a free download and I would say that it is better than AVG, but that is not to say that AVG isn't good. Try either one of these and you will be better off than if you stick with Norton.

Answer 4

i use AVG on my second PC its not bad but if your going to pay you should go with NOD32 or Kaspersky they are the best around. I use NOD32 on my main PC. Norton and McAffee i wouldn't ever use they are c**p

Answer 5

I download torrents all the time (unfortunately they sometimes included viruses) and I use AVG.

I have never had a problem and it has detected and removed everything that has come up as a threat.  

Answer 6

It's protected me for 6 years with no problems.

I fail to understand why people buy Norton, it's a rip off.