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15 years ago

I have Avast (free version) on my new computer (windows 7, Firefox) and am very happy with it. My daughter just got a new computer yesterday (Windows 7) and she is getting ready to install it too. The latest reviews on the updated version of Avast are not good! Is there a way she can download the older version? Or should she just go with a different antivirus?

Here is a link that might be useful: Read the reviews here.

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bob414
15 years ago
I suggest she go with Microsoft Security Essentials. It is both anti-virus and anti-malware and has worked perfectly for me. All I do is look down in the notification area to make sure the MS SE icon is green. It updates itself and if there is a problem it turns red. Usually that means it missed an update so you update it manually.
owbist
15 years ago
Exactly what Bob said
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grandms
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'The latest reviews on the updated version of Avast are not good! Is there a way she can download the older version? Or should she just go with a different antivirus?'

I read the complete review, and I fail to see just what you mean. In fact, the new UI is mentioned as being easier to use than the old, and I have to agree with that. The final sentence goes on to say that Avast is the best free AV program available.

Now, I do use Microsoft Security Essentials on my Windows 7 laptop, but I have Avast version 5 on my desktop, and I find both to be top-notch.
mike_kaiser_gw
15 years ago
I think Lydia is talking about the user reviews. None of the recent ones have been very good. Of course, there were 900,000 or so downloads of Avast in the past week. If you can call a couple of dozen negative reviews a fair sample.
lydia1959
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes, I was talking about the user reviews. Overall they were good, just a lot of the newer ones were negative.. that's what scared me.

I went ahead and told her to download the Microsoft Security Essentials since I've had 2 people here and one on another forum recommend it.

Thanks.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
I answered you on the other forum. Some people with windows 7 64 bit are having problems. I put AVAST on my husbands 7 64bit and it works great even the latest version. But MSE is fine too.

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