Well, if you feel unsecure, you can always add Microsoft Security Essentials as an On-Access AV.
I have both Avast and MSE scanning everything. The Avast team made sure they are fully compatible and dont lock your pc.
The update problem with Avira is longstanding.
Since the introduction of version 9,it seems to be much worse.
I don’t thank they have any intention of fixing it.
Avast is ok,but kind of like you hinted,for some reason
i just do not “feel safe” with it.
MSE would be an option(Don’t know, never used it.but I will if I ever get around to running AV again.)
So would the full CIS set up.
BitDefender is fine,but the free version just adds to many process’s,and uses to much resource,for an on-demand.
I think Avast! is better than Avira except for it’s DVD player type GUI. They are changing the GUI in the upcoming V5 to a more traditional and intuitive model. I used it for a time on the other machine here and was impressed with it’s speed and functionality. That machine died and was replaced with another that we decided to try MSE on. After a period of the auto-updater not working right, it seems to be okay now. I think it’s very possible that MSE could become the best of the free AV products if it isn’t already.
I use it since Beta (23 June if I remember well). It seems to have lost a bit of spark when it became official but it regained the lost ground. There’s a new Beta beeing tested right now; only for a limited number of users.
I like it a lot. Install and forget. Plus, it’s effective. Some months ago I brought home an infected USB pen. It seemed to be nasty (I wish I remembered to snapshot the log). First MSE caught a trojan trying to download, and imediattly after it caught the father trojan on the pen.
I remembered to check wich AV there was in the infected PC I had the pen in (my local library’s) and surprise… it was McAfee.
Both AVAST and AVIRA “Slows Down 3G-HSPA and MOTOROLA CANOPY Broadband Connection as well as DSL” Broadband speed matters most if you have a 384-kbps to 2-MB subscription specially here in TEXT / CALL / BROADBAND Capital of the World [Philippines] thats why CIS is still the Best!
I haven’t installed Mozilla in my gaming rig yet, so all I have is IE8 that came with Vista. I tried to go into my Yahoo Mail thru Yahoo main page and IE8 gave me a warning that the page I am visiting is suspicious.