is avast a good virus protection for my computer?

Question

hubby said it found a trojan on his computer, i have never heard of it.

Answer 1

yeah , not the best but on of the good antiviruses that exist ... and one of the prerogatives that it has is , it's free !! I'd been used it for more than 2 years and I'd not have any problem with that... go for it it will protect your PC , be sure!!

Answer 2

I used AVAST for about 6 months.
I would rate it a 4 / 5
Better choices I've found over AVAST
and use daily are:

AntiVir PE Classic 4.8 / 5
AVG Free Anti Virus 4.5 / 5

Both are available and best of all free at most freeware sites. I've been using both for over 2 years now and can't say a bad word saved my bacon a few times..

Here's a couple of Anti Trojan /Spyware
freebies that work really well also

Spyware Terminator 5 / 5
AVG Anti Spyware 4.5 / 5
Spyware balster 4 / 5

Safe Surfing hope these help :)

Answer 3

Avast is only fair in virus detection.

From a recent test at www.virus.gr the top 25 in virus detection capabilities are: ("in the wild" viruses)

1. Kaspersky version 6.0.0.303 - 99.62%

2. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.299 - 99.62% (free)

3. F-Secure 2006 version 6.12.90 - 96.86%

4. BitDefender Professional version 9 - 96.63%

5. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 95.98%

6. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 95.82%

7. BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57% (free)

8. BullGuard version 6.1 - 95.57%

9. AntiVir Premium version 7.01.01.02 - 95.45%

10. Nod32 version 2.51.30 - 95.14%

11. AntiVir Classic version 7.01.01.02 - 94.26% (free)

12. ViruScape 2006 version 1.02.0935.0137 - 93.87%

13. McAfee version 10.0.27 - 93.03%

14. McAfee Enterprise version 8.0.0 - 91.76%

15. F-Prot version 6.0.4.3 beta - 87.88%

********16. Avast Professional version 4.7.871 - 87.46%********

17. Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46% (free)

18. Dr. Web version 4.33.2 - 86.03%

19. Norman version 5.90.23 - 85.65%

20. F-Prot version 3.16f - 85.14%

21. ArcaVir 2006 - 83.44%

22. Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%

23. AVG Professional version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

24. AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82% (free)

25. Panda 2007 version 2.00.01 - 82.23%

Answer 4

Yes, but it use up a lot of resources on your PC. You can give this app here a try : http://www.free-av.com It use almost no system resources and won't slow down your PC like Avast does.

Answer 5

Avast is good...but this is what I dislike about it, it has a tendency to give false positives reading plus it takes way to long to scan your computer...when I used it it took 3 hours to scan my computer.

I now use avg free 7.5. It is great and no false positives, plus it scans in about 36 minutes and does not slow my computer down.

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2

Hope that this helps you!

Answer 6

You Betchya. Great Stuff. Been using it for over a year, very happy with it. "PEACE"

Answer 7

I have been useing it for years, very reliable!

Answer 8

avast=very yes
it is awesome and i love it!