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Z0MBiE

The results are only 7 day's old, seems pretty reliable to me.

Ronin

It just doesnt say if it uses the free version of Avast/AVG in the test, the same goes for any other scanner, which mostly have a trial/free/home/buissnes/coorporate eddition that are all diffrent in their features.

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Z0MBiE

Free versions almost always use the same signature database as business/corporate editions, the only difference between the free and payed for versions are things like Enhanced UI's, customer support, web script blockers, spyware detectors..

Not worth the money in my opinion.

All of those things you could do through seperate free software, software which is probably better at the job too.

Salzour

I know others have already said it but I just want to add a story. I use Avast! and it detected three viruses on my computer the day I switched from McAFee.

Phr0zen

They may use the same signature database, but they do not always have the same 'engines' running them. I mean, why would they release a free version that was as good as the commercial version.... doesn't make much sense really.

Take for instance Norton/Symantec home vs corporate. I wouldn't even install the home/personal edition of a Norton product, but the corporate version seems to function at a much better level and scores very high on any comparison tests that I have read.

Anywho, McAffee has always been garbage as far as I am concerned. AVG and Avast are both good free products though. Maybe I will try Avast again since it's been a while.

NOD32 is the best pay av though. Kaspersky is decent as well, although heavier on the resources than NOD.
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