Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security software giant

Re:Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security s... by Daviey on Thursday July 07, 2016 @07:36AM (#12048667)

ugh, AVG has always been my go-to AV for home Windows users.. I hope the Free edition will remain.. (Even though they have been trying to aggressively convert users to the pay version for years)

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Re:Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security s... by j_jochem on Thursday July 07, 2016 @07:39AM (#12048680)

Doesn't Windows anyway come with a free antivirus solution these days? If so, this might be a good opportunity for Windows users to get rid of the nagware.

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Re:Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security s... by adventured on Thursday July 07, 2016 @10:26AM (#12049501)

Windows comes with a solid piece of software called Windows Defender. It does the job very well. I've been running it for years without any problems. It never gets in the way, runs moderately fast, never bogs my system down, it's free, and it updates very regularly. I don't know what else I would ask for.

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Re:Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security s... by lghh on Thursday July 07, 2016 @10:58AM (#12049710)

> AVG has always been my go-to AV for home Windows users

It probably should not be. They have been MITMing your data and selling it to third parties.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/avg-privacy-policy-browser-se...

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Re:Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security s... by e12e on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:17AM (#12049068)

Back when I ran windows enough to worry about av software, I had good experiences with "nod32":

http://www.eset.com/us/products/nod32-antivirus/

I'm not sure if it's grown up to be a bit bloated like the rest now; but it used to do what av should do: scan for signatures fast.

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