App Review Avast Ultimate

[L0ckJaw]

This time I’m using Avast Ultimate, consist of :
VPN
AntiTrack
CleanUp
And Avast Premium Security

Final verdict :
Sluggish
Slow
Dont recommend this AV.

 

[Kaki]

It's too heavy

 

[L0ckJaw]

It's too heavy

Heavy ?

 

[Kiss]

Decided to choose another antivirus this week to praise, which next week will it be? LOL I'm kidding, don't take it seriously

 

[blackice]

The last several times I tried AVG, with the same engine, I had about an 8% drop in framerate in games. Not a big deal if you don't play games. I really liked it otherwise, but I couldn't even see why it was happening as CPU usage wasn't 100%, but it was repeatable in several titles. And lower 3DMark scores for CPU. Baffling, but it's a good product otherwise.

 

[L0ckJaw]

The last several times I tried AVG, with the same engine, I had about an 8% drop in framerate in games. Not a big deal if you don't play games. I really liked it otherwise, but I couldn't even see why it was happening as CPU usage wasn't 100%, but it was repeatable in several titles. And lower 3DMark scores for CPU. Baffling, but it's a good product otherwise.

I don’t play games for me use a console ,
Computers are for other business

 

[blackice]

I don’t play games for me use a console ,
Computers are for other business

Then I think their engine is great for that use!

 

[SeriousHoax]

Avast is a good product overall with good signatures, web protection and behavior blocker. Low CPU usage and fast browsing even with HTTPS scanning are a good side.
But it slows down the system shutdown process by quite a few seconds. The most I've seen among top products. If you enable verbose logging on Windows then you can see that a couple of Avast processes are taking time to shut down.
Also, I'm not a fan of its Firewall. The default Public profile is too restrictive. Cloudflare Warp didn't work in the Public profile the last time I checked it. Don't know if they have made any changes to that. I have also seen on their forum people reporting these types of block by the Firewall. Their suggestion is to use Private firewall profile to fix it which is not ideal IMO.

 

[mlnevese]

I've been testing it in 3 different computers lately and noticed no slow downs in boot, operation or shut down. Net navigation is quite faster as well. They have improved a lot since the last time I tested it.

 

[Templarware]

Avast is a light AVs. It even has an option to suspend all non-gaming user processes.

 

[Trooper]

I like that you can customize the install of Avast and choose which settings and protection you want installed. If I could get a cheap license for it I would run it on a few spare machines with no hesitation. Thanks for the review @L0ckJaw !

 

[mlnevese]

Just to add to my previous comment, Avast is the first security software I tested lately that does not stop my wife's computer connection to her work VPN. Everything else forced me to manually configure their firewalls, that includes ESET, Bitdefender and Kaspersky.

 

[Numeriku]

This time I’m using Avast Ultimate, consist of :
VPN
AntiTrack
CleanUp
And Avast Premium Security

So far everything is running smooth, protection is great and the VPN is fast.
I keep updating this topic.

I got a 3-year ultimate 10 devices for 13 USD at g2a.

 

[mlnevese]

I got a 3-year ultimate 10 devices for 13 USD at g2a.

I've always avoided this kind of offer for fear the key will be revoked.

 

[Numeriku]

I've always avoided this kind of offer for fear the key will be revoked.

Yes but the seller has 100% review rate for almost 600+ orders so I took the gamble, been happy with it for nearly 2 months now.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

This is a quote from one of the helpers at the Malwarebytes forum. lots of posts there from people who bought licenses from G2A that stopped working after a brief time.

"G2a was never ever any 'authorized' seller. period. end of that. G2a is a infamous pirater, who provides 'bogus' license keys. alleged 'keys'- made up bogus keys. They snag people in with super cheap price. Do not get fooled.
Anyone else who makes assertion that G2a is 'legit' is just sadly mistaken."

 

[blackice]

This is a quote from one of the helpers at the Malwarebytes forum. lots of posts there from people who bought licenses from G2A that stopped working after a brief time.

"G2a was never ever any 'authorized' seller. period. end of that. G2a is a infamous pirater, who provides 'bogus' license keys. alleged 'keys'- made up bogus keys. They snag people in with super cheap price. Do not get fooled.
Anyone else who makes assertion that G2a is 'legit' is just sadly mistaken."

Agreed! G2a is an untrustworthy bad actor. They have borderline and straight up illegal practices, and it's amazing they haven't been shut down.

 

[roger_m]

I was recently using a trial of AVG Internet Security. While it generally is very light, 360 Total Security and K7, to give two examples, are definitely lighter. It was stopping my VPN from connecting most of time, even when I disabled the firewall. I had issues with two different VPNs. Since uninstalling it, my VPN is working again. I don't know if my VPN would have worked if I'd been using the free version of AVG or Avast, which don't include a firewall.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Heavy ?

Totally agree if it's heavy. The whole system slowed me down, even in navigation, that's why I got bored and uninstalled it. Greetings.

 

[M4RT1NE2]

I'm not criticizing this program - but I don't have confidence. So many negative opinions about Avast are written in my country, e.g. that it spoils the computer more than protects it, etc. My original AVG is also sitting in a drawer where a 2-year license is wasted.