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dave6x · 12-11-2010, 17:18

I'm happily using the free version of Avast 5 on my desktop PC which is running Vista Business and on my laptop which is running XP Pro, plus I use the free version of SuperAntiSpyware on both machines.

Both seem to be running satisfactorily although Avast seems to slow start-up, but OK once up and running.

I gave up on AVG when I had some annoying conflicts on a machine running Windows 2000 Pro a few years ago, and I gave up on SpyBot following a nasty run in with a false positive that damaged the OS necessitating a re-install. Googling and going into forums I found these were known issues on both AVG and SpyBot!!!

12-11-2010, 17:18	#3
dave6x Inactive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Andover, Hants Services: VM BBL 3Mb> 10Mb> 20Mb> 30Mb> 50Mb> 70Mb Posts: 732	Re: Which AV for Vista ? I'm happily using the free version of Avast 5 on my desktop PC which is running Vista Business and on my laptop which is running XP Pro, plus I use the free version of SuperAntiSpyware on both machines. Both seem to be running satisfactorily although Avast seems to slow start-up, but OK once up and running. I gave up on AVG when I had some annoying conflicts on a machine running Windows 2000 Pro a few years ago, and I gave up on SpyBot following a nasty run in with a false positive that damaged the OS necessitating a re-install. Googling and going into forums I found these were known issues on both AVG and SpyBot!!!