AVG - going from Anti Virus software towards Spyware.
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anticupidon
This is wrong.They want to trust them from now on ?
In the end,in a strange way it is understandable.They wanted to make more revenue,so they did it.
Nobody is forcing you to use their product,and you and only you decide agree with their EULA and installing their software.
heffeque
Good luck with Microsoft's antivirus:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/avc_fdt_201503_en.pdf
Avira and Kaspersky catch 99.9% of malware.
Microsoft's antivirus catches 86.3% of malware.
So basically... it's very VERY probable that people using Microsoft's antivirus have malware and don't even know it.
Just so people are aware... Avira has a free version.
Noisiv
Stopped using 3rd party software when Avira became advertising garbage.
Before that I've been using AV software on and off.
So it seems that no one does the better job of dissuading potential customers than AV companies themselves.
Turns out that in my 15 year Internet history, the frequency of my PC getting infected by virus is constant, and independent of whether I'm using AV software or not.
On average I'll catch 1 infection/year regardless of AV.
OTOH I've never ever had any of my online accounts stolen, while everyone whom I know has had his WoW account stolen LOL
I always manage to spot virus pretty much instantly, and I always recover without having to reinstall OS.
The real question is which software/company does NOT collect your data.
Noisiv
LOL no!
99.9% is when they have virus in their database.
Here is the latest heuristics test with your Avira in bottom half 🙂
http://abload.de/img/avrz7z22.png
EspHack
best av is being the owner of your pc
k37chup
Try malwarebytes + secureaplus combo 😉
Anarion
I use Norton. It's really light these days unlike Avast that I used to use before. I also use Malwarebytes as second opinion.
Kaarme
The weakest link is always the one between the keyboard and the chair. It doesn't matter what kind of an anti-virus the PC is running if the user is foolishly careless (no offence to your valuable customers).
I've been running F-Secure since forever. I was annoyed by it during the long ago single core and little memory days as it was a resource hog, but these days it's meaningless with multiple CPU cores and more memory than I need. It's also non-free software, so I assume they don't feel such an urge to sell my secrets to the highest bidder. At least not all of them.
zipper
Bitdefender has got good reviews lately. But I'm on F-Secure as I got it for about €10+ a year per machine (3 PC).
KissSh0t
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
allesclar
I use Malwarebytes and common sense. No issues yet.
gUNN1993
Seems to me like AV users/not users suffer from Dunning–Kruger effect pretty damn hard. Yes most tech competent people will be able to notice when they get some ****ty run of the mill malware that just spams them with adds, but the top tier stuff is far more insidious, usually that crap is targeted ofc and you're unlikely to be targeted because, lets face it, you're not really worth it.
But it begs the question, how many people who "don't have any problems" merely don't 'perceive' any problems, ofc top tier stuff wont get found by AV anyway so eh **** it, whatever makes you feel good.
heffeque
The percentages I put are including heuristics. That table is purely heuristics.
So even considering that Avira's heuristic algorithms aren't the best (and that Avira does have a higher false positive count than others), all in all, detection rates are very very good, specially taking into consideration that it's free (with the rare occurring pop-up asking you to buy the payed version).
No I didn't. Go to the PDF I linked and read the results. Inform yourself a bit before exposing your lack of knowledge.
Go to the results I posted above. MS's antivirus is technically the same as not having an antivirus at all.
If you think that common sense prevents 100% of virus infections... good luck with that.
And if you think that you can always spot a virus/troyan/etc even without antivirus... good luck with that too.
This.
Don't agree with that. It's like the "my child doesn't need to get his vaccination" mentality that is hurting modern society more and more.
H83
Well the time to unistall AVG has come, anyone knows a similar product that doesn´t spy it´s users or should i simply stop using antivirus???
Sorry i just can´t do that :\
millibyte
Lol, so true!
go4brendon
AVG where always heading this way. I've got Internet Security 2015 and even after disabling performance and update notifications I'd still get the occasional message saying my PC is slow and could be 'optimized' with a free check.
I also got a notification of EULA changes this week and if this is also the case for 'paid users' I will be moving away from their services promptly.
kakarot
This excessive collection is for the free version, no? Either way I have no doubt that all AV software, paid or not, collects some information.
Edit- This is a little old but it should give an idea
http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/avc_datasending_2014_en.pdf
heffeque
Thanks for that.
I'm confused about the fact that there's a question about "Can user opt out of sending files?" but then there's no question regarding "Can user opt out of sending personal information?" there.
I know for a fact that several of those AV will only send visited URL information if the browser add-on is installed (which is optional)
waltc3
I'm not sure where people think free software and other things come from, but it's for certain that everything we don't pay for is paid for by someone else, in some fashion. IE, nothing is "free" and software certainly doesn't grow on trees in the wild...;)
Advertising...pays for just about everything people think is "free"...in OTA TV broadcasting, advertising pays for for the whole thing--which is why you can install a pair of digital rabbit ears and get your local TV channels "for free." If it weren't for all of those ads and commercials there'd be none of that. Same is true for radio...and, of course, the Internet. Advertising revenue makes it all possible financially.
I've never cared for AVG products and don't use them, myself. But for the people who do use their "free" version, wise up. Somebody has to pay for what you're getting free, and if the anonymous collection of your browsing data provides you with free software--what's your complaint? The alternative is clear--go out and buy something if anonymous (that means they don't know who you are by name, address, etc.) data collection for advertising purposes bothers you.
tsunami231
eh I have not use AVG ins years, more like 5+ years mostly cause it became overly bloated and slow.
