Battle Avast IS 2015 vs McAfee IS 2015

[Wordward]

I have McAfee IS installed with almost 6 months trial left and like it a lot. However, with the current Avast IS 6 month license available, I'm tempted to uninstall McAfee and try Avast IS. Is it wort the effort? As I said I like McAfee, but I've used Avast Free in the past and liked it a lot too. Thanks.

 

[OokamiCreed]

Yes it is worth the effort. You'll benefit from far greater protection and system speed should also improve noticeably. I'm actually using that free 6 month trial right now. Avast also gives you way more control if you want it, or little to no control if you want it (via it's hardened mode which is supposed to be for novices but also greatly improves it's detection. Specially of adware).

 

[Venustus]

"Avast is worth it" over Crapafee

Uninstall instructions by Jonh!!!
Warning: Coarse Language

 

[Oxygen]

Honestly anything is better than McAfee these days.

I could go in depth about this, but I don't feel a need to do so.

 

[WinXPert]

I repaired a Win 8 netbook last month. The default AV is MacAfee so I replace it ASAP.

Sober or not, Avast! for me.

 

[Wordward]

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I especially enjoyed the video. Funny. I have AIS installed. I have some Chrome slowdowns though. When opening the browser and when going to a different web address. I am going to uninstall Secure VPN as I think maybe that has something to do with it. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I never experienced browser slowdowns in the past using Avast. I also now have both Windows Firewall and Avast Firewall on, but the slowdowns were there before I went to change and installed Avast Firewall.

 

[jamescv7]

Avast IS should be your main setup to your system, since there are many possible configurations to change and its ability to engage those behavior analysis and Sandbox SafeZone as handy feature.

 

[frogboy]

"Avast is worth it" over Crapafee

Uninstall instructions by Jonh!!!
Warning: Coarse Language

What a great video/reply.

 

[Wordward]

Did a complete uninstall using Avast uninstall tool in safe mode. Reinstalled without Secure DNS and Firewall, and the stuff that costs money. lol. Chrome opens pretty much like it did before Avast. Browsing seems good. Thanks again for everyone's help.