Ive been w/ AVG forever, theyve always had the best non-intrusive, free virus protection. Beside being free - I dont want frills. I dont want a program that takes over my entire computer w/ a myriad of memory-hogging features and services that run even when I shut the program itself down. I have spyware programs, etc, i have all the auxillary stuff I need- all I want is a simple non-intrusive antivirus program that minds it's own business, does it's job, and goes away when I tell it to go away.
AVG 8.0 has finally done it, like most favorite programs they eventually cross the line into bloatware. Un-killable memory-hogging services that run constantly, scanning the speed of molasses, and myriad of stupid features that i just dont want. There's just bad design in it too, for instance the update doesnt even have a progress bar on it anymore, you select update and it just disappears... I want the bar, dammit. I aint got all minute.
So i went back to 7.5, but that's going the way of the dodo soon.
I would actually pay for a good program, but the problem w/ all the paid programs is that they do just what AVG has done - they try and pack so much into their software that it's just overkill, and like Norton or Mcaffee, they attempt to take your entire pc over. Screw that. I'm a gamer, I need to run light here.
I tried avast a while ago and didnt like it. Anyone got any recommendations?
AVG 8.0 has finally done it, like most favorite programs they eventually cross the line into bloatware. Un-killable memory-hogging services that run constantly, scanning the speed of molasses, and myriad of stupid features that i just dont want. There's just bad design in it too, for instance the update doesnt even have a progress bar on it anymore, you select update and it just disappears... I want the bar, dammit. I aint got all minute.
So i went back to 7.5, but that's going the way of the dodo soon.
I would actually pay for a good program, but the problem w/ all the paid programs is that they do just what AVG has done - they try and pack so much into their software that it's just overkill, and like Norton or Mcaffee, they attempt to take your entire pc over. Screw that. I'm a gamer, I need to run light here.
I tried avast a while ago and didnt like it. Anyone got any recommendations?