isuru1 said:I think Avast is better
Actually, yes, I would prefer that there were no modules on the GUI of the free version that are pay for features. I get that your free program is minimalist, take it or leave it. So is Panda Cloud and Bitdefender free, and their GUIs reflect that.@ aztony - Lavasoft has always given Ad-Aware away for free. If people want to buy it, great! If not, we're 100% ok with that. That said, would you prefer a GUI that doesn't show the Pro features?
aztony said:Actually, yes, I would prefer that there were no modules on the GUI of the free version that are pay for features. I get that your free program is minimalist, take it or leave it. So is Panda Cloud and Bitdefender free, and their GUIs reflect that.@ aztony - Lavasoft has always given Ad-Aware away for free. If people want to buy it, great! If not, we're 100% ok with that. That said, would you prefer a GUI that doesn't show the Pro features?
That'd be great, Andy. If there was a revamped GUI I would no doubt get over my current aversion to trying it.I'll pass your comment along to the product manager.
I am aware of issues with BD free, and not just with the UI. What issues are you referring to with Panda Cloud?Both free versions of Panda and Bitdefender have problems, Panda is minimalist but slow...
FreddyFreeloader said:You can run your browser fully sand boxed with Avast.
LS Andy said:Depending on your definition of 'better', Ad-Aware 11 is arguably better than avast.
Regarding detection rates, I did some in-house detection tests on the run up to the release of Ad-Aware 11 comparing amongst others, Ad-Aware 11 and avast! 2013. The tests were designed to replicate the methodologies used by Virus Bulletin, AV-Test etc. In these tests, Ad-Aware outperformed avast!. The tests were carried out just before avast! 2014's release, but it's reasonable to say that avast 2014 would perform similarly.
If you want to see the raw data, you can download the results from my Dropbox folder: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43298762/AA%2011%20In%20House%20Testing.7z
These tests were really intended as QA for Lavasoft, not for public consumption - because they were conducted by Lavasoft it leaves them open to accusations of bias or manuipulating the results, which is understandable. I personally conducted the tests and can assure you that there was no manipulation or finessing done to the results. We'd just be cheating ourselves - they were for QA puposes.
Anyway, since there is no other third party data yet available that compares the two applications, hopefully this raw data provides hard facts that help make the case for Ad-Aware's capabilites versus avast's. If you like what you see, you can download Ad-Aware 11 here: http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Enjoy!
Andy
Lavasoft Malware Labs