Avast - Dissapoints

[george_vg]

I though I was "safe" with Avast - admittedly all values set to default...like I presume most run it?

I had AVG before and un-installed it i favour of Avast a while ago...Today I could not access the internet...set Avast to high sensitivity for everything and did a scan - squeeky clean it announces...Ok so let's see what HiJackThis says...
Hmm, some suspect exe's in my run key...ok removed them...Ah some internet connectivity returns...re-install AVG, update and scan...and some lovely nasty exe virusses surfaces

So now my paranoia persists OTHER than Avast...any other good ones? or should I again run a buffet of firewalls and AV's like I did before...

 

[tco21]

I think I'm in the same boat as you. My avast says my PC is clean as a whistle. It doesn't even pick up win-32 virus when I insert a flash drive. But then again, it doesn't even see them (as visible or hidden files).

I think today I'm going to try HiJackThis.

 

[mh348]

ESET NOD32

 

[Park@82]

No antivirus picks up 100% of the viruses. Even Nod32 has let me down from time to time.

 

[george_vg]

No antivirus picks up 100% of the viruses. Even Nod32 has let me down from time to time.

And I can agree to that...but to be honest since I had AVG I also did not have any viruses slip by - at least not the pc crippling kind - or the kind I became aware of - and the missing money from by bank account is just my wife - can't blame AVG for that now, can I

By no means am I an advocate for AVG either - just trying to get a feel of what the other members are using...or even a just a hit/fail ratio

 

[Park@82]

The only other free one that I know of is avira antivir.