AVG questions

[Coldicote]

I have recently installed AVG for a trial period and have to decide whether to pay for a continuing licence. There are two things I would like to know before doing so, if anyone can help please; (1) will one subscription cover both my laptop as well as desktop PC?; and (2) can System Restore be operated with AVG - and how? (At the moment I have no restore points to experiment with but would like to know this for the future.) Thanks.

[MarkRae]

The free edition, plus malwarebytes, is all you need:
http://free.avg.com/g...d-avg-anti-virus-free

[ChuckFickens]

1) no. 1 license is required per computer. (you may find a deal for a 2 or 3 license pack though)

2) yes. just use system restore as you normally would.

[ChuckFickens]

And Mark makes a fair point.

If you are going to pay for anti-virus there are better ones than AVG to spend your money on, if you really want AVG then the free version is plenty good enough.

[Coldicote]

Very grateful to both for your answers, thank you. Interesting Chuck that you say there are 'better ones' than AVG. I've just got rid of Norton because of a System Restore problem. It used to work by temporarily disabling 'tamperproof' but the last 3 or 4 attempts failed. One thing led to another and I eventually decided to try something different. I could reinstall Norton (from a CD) in addition, but don't want to create confusion

[MarkRae]

Norton used to be terrible but the latest version is, apparently, much better. I haven't tried it myself.

Under no circumstances have more than one AV product running. Apart from anything else, that will cripple the machine's performance. Find one you like, and stick to it.

But there's no need to use anything other than the free versions...

[VHG]

Also dont confuse "anti virus product" with "internet security product"

Many free anti virus products are just that, anti virus.

But internet security products do much more than look for viruses. You Norton may well be a full interent security product.

In fact nowadays malware / spyware is probably more of a threat than viruses, and some free anti virus products dont look for malware at all.

[Coldicote]

I'm thinking if I go for the full version of AVG (at a price!) that will provide both internet security and anti-virus. The fact that it is named 'AVG' does give the impression that it might be just Anti Virus. Thankfully I have about 3 weeks to get it sorted. The above comments have helped to put it in perspective. Many thanks.

[AlBags]

You get what you pay for.
NAV 2010 and 11 are great.

[TTG]

When you've installed the necessary programs run a full scan. Afterwards, create a restricted user account. Use that account for internet use.

[sad old git]

MarkRae. I have just read your answer regarding running more than one AV product running...I have two running at the moment...avast antivirus and superantispyware which do you think is the better of the two? thanks S.O.G

[MarkRae]

No you don't! You're running one anti-virus product (Avast) and one anti-malware product (SUPERAntiSpyware) - as has been explained further up, they aren't the same thing.

A quick glance at the SUPERAntiSpyware website (http://www.superantispyware.com/) would have given you the answer...