Battle Bitdefender Free or Avast Free

[SumTingWong]

Bitdefender Free or Avast Free when it comes to overall usage?

 

[Lymphocyte]

I wouldn't use any of them.
Bitdefender Free is highly restricted as you can see here.

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Meanwhile Avast Free is really invasive with notifications in which they ask you to buy the premium version, although if you are fine with it, it may be a better option than Bitdefender Free.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Avast free includes a firewall, which can and may be more useful than Windows firewall which you would have to use with BD.
Also, I think Avast would be more even and consistent as far as memory use than BD.

As you may know, there was also a thread regarding a comparison between the two.

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[Templarware]

Avast free is the most complete free antivirus, it even includes a firewall, ransomware shield and the Hardened Mode is really good.

 

[I Walk MY Way]

Bitdefender ​

Avast is Spyware .
I would trust Bitdefender with my data, never Avast..

 

[Shadowra]

Avast Free

 

[BigWrench]

Avast Free

Totally agree!

 

[oldschool]

AVG Free. Less ad popups and it too has a firewall.

 

[ForgottenSeer 100397]

Avast Free is really invasive with notifications in which they ask you to buy the premium version

To stop ads and upgrade popups, you can block the outbound connection to avastui.exe in either your firewall or Avast's.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Avast Free

mmmmm , What if it was Avast Premium vs Bitdefender Total Protection? Which one would you choose ? Greetings.

 

[Moonhorse]

I would use Avast, or AVG actually

 

[likeastar20]

Protection wise, Avast Free over Bitdefender Free

Privacy, ads, nagging etc. go with Bitdefender Free

 

[Shadowra]

mmmmm , What if it was Avast Premium vs Bitdefender Total Protection? Which one would you choose ? Greetings.

Both are excellent, and I'm not saying otherwise, but Avast's lab response is faster than Bitdefender's, even though AVC is very efficient.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Both are excellent, and I'm not saying otherwise, but Avast's lab response is faster than Bitdefender's, even though AVC is very efficient.

But in your opinion, which one would you install? I ask you how you are always testing with real malware, you already have an idea of how each product reacts to certain threats, Regards. By the way, I'm waiting for some new test from you :3

 

[ForgottenSeer 97327]

About Avast upgrade nags

1. Optout of messages and personalization advises
2. When you get an upgrade message, answer GOT IT and choose DON'T SHOW THIS MESSAGE AGAIN (best) or IGNORE (fall back option)
3. Keep M$ security center and hide Avast icon, this will silence status messages using windows messages

After 2 weeks AVAST only nags you after engine upgrades (not updates, but major releases)

 

[Ink]

Bitdefender Free or Avast Free when it comes to overall usage?

Neither. IIRC both require a registered account?

mmmmm , What if it was Avast Premium vs Bitdefender Total Protection? Which one would you choose ? Greetings.

Neither. Paid versions are scams. They offer identical levels of protection against malware as their free version, which most average consumers rely on anyway. Expert users may know how to use utilize other features, but still rely on the AV for prevention/detection/removal.

 

[roger_m]

Neither. IIRC both require a registered account?

Neither. Paid versions are scams. They offer identical levels of protection against malware as their free version, which most average consumers rely on anyway. Expert users may know how to use utilize other features, but still rely on the AV for prevention/detection/removal.

I would say that paid versions of Bitdefender offer better protection than the free version, as the free version only receives very occasional product updates. But for Avast, the paid versions are the same as the free, just with extra features.

 

[Jonny Quest]

AVG Free. Less ad popups and it too has a firewall.

And it even still supports XP. I uninstalled Avast free on one of my Windows 7 PC's, and will give it a try.

Nice links oldschool, thanks

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Hi, I just installed AVG Free and disregarded their free trial of the paid version. I closed the dialog asking a credit card. In the free version, it lists 3 things that the paid version has: Hacker, Privacy and Payment. But what does each do exactly? I don't need them to turn off remote...

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[Ink]

I would say that paid versions of Bitdefender offer better protection than the free version, as the free version only receives very occasional product updates. But for Avast, the paid versions are the same as the free, just with extra features.

Product updates are generally for bug UI fixes and other vulnerabilities. But both receive the same definition files updates for offline scanning and cloud? Or do you mean to say Bitdefender uses different definitions databases for Free vs Paid version?

 

[Lymphocyte]

Neither. IIRC both require a registered account?

Neither. Paid versions are scams. They offer identical levels of protection against malware as their free version, which most average consumers rely on anyway. Expert users may know how to use utilize other features, but still rely on the AV for prevention/detection/removal.

Avast is pretty much the same in both free and paid edition but Bitdefender Free won't scan half of your computer as it's shown here.

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