![]() ![]() Alternatively you can click the gear button on the main menu, but this opens up another menu that declares you must be in "expert mode" to change settings. For example, performing a specific scan requires that the user go to the System Scanner menu, then click on an option, then click a very small magnifying glass icon. AV-Test, however, found that the software detected 99% or recent threats in its last round-up.Īvira has a confusing interface. ![]() It consumed just 2.4 megabytes of RAM at idle.ĪV-Comparative’s last file detection test found that AVG missed about 3.5% of all threats thrown at it, one of the least impressive scores in the test group. The background process, however, was the second smallest. It required almost 23 minutes to chew through our 500GB test drive – about 75% longer than the quickest competitor. Other icons direct users to AVG products on other platforms, like Android.ĪVG posted the least impressive scan time result. A lot of these components are handicapped, however, and direct you to buy one of AVG’s paid solutions. AVG includes everything from e-mail protection to rootkit protection. While the basic anti-virus features are easy to use the additional components are a bit bewildering. Click on it, and AVG will starts to work on your entire computer without any additional prompts. It provides a list of icons, each representing a form of protection, and places the scan functions to the sidebar. The last AV-Test comparison agreed with those findings. The background process required 3.5 megabytes of RAM at idle, which is technically the middle result.Īvast! missed about 2% of all samples thrown at it in the last AV-Comparatives malware detection test, an average result. The computer scan and real-time shield menus, which users will deal with most frequently, are devoid of ads.Ī full scan of our test drive required about 15 minutes, the second-best result. It even updates in real-time as new potential threats are checked.Īdvertising is included but is mostly restricted to the installation process and the main menu. It lumps all of the different threat vectors which Avast! protects against into one menu and shows you how much of each have been scanned. I really like the software’s real-time shield menu. Its large window includes a lot of free white space and provides all the information you need to know about your computer’s current protection. Lavasoft detected just 80% of those threats, which ties Microsoft Security Essentials for last place.Īvast! features an interface that appears smooth and modern relative to most competitors. AV-Test does test it, however, and found that it was able to handle 99% of recently discovered threats during the most recent round-up. That’s not enough to drag down most systems but it is by far the worst result among the software evaluated here.ĪV-Comparatives still does not include Lavasoft products in its file detection tests. The background application consumed about 32 megabytes of RAM while idle. A full scan took a tad over twenty minutes, the second-longest result. Performance didn’t prove to be a strong point. ![]() It’s a bit disappointing to find a feature is not available, but this approach is less bothersome than the sidebar ads used by AVG. Lavasoft tries to lure users in by displaying advanced features that can’t be used until the full version is activated. I was somewhat confused by the custom scan options, however, because individuals drives can’t be selected before a specific box in the options is checked. ![]()
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