Kaspersky vs. AVG

[Blazeix]

I currently have AVG, and I've seen some reviews that say kaspersky is better. They appear to have different engines, so is it o.k. to run their real-time protection at the same time? or is this bad to do even if they have different engines?

[snowmonkey]

Check out the 2005 Anti Virus review and judge it yourself:

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

AVG Pro seem to be on the top three.... I don't know about the free version though.


Cheers

[onespeedreed]

Running two antivirus programs at the same time could cause problems. It is generally not acceptable. I had it happen once by accident and my machine crashed big time.

[Genjox]

I myself would say if it's your computer feel free to experiment! They may synergize very well and completely stop any chance of you getting infected. They could also attack each other, with your computer being the battlefield. The heavily cratered battlefield. Try it at your own risk.

[craigbass76]

The last (unbiased as far as I could tell) review put AVG's detection rate at about 85% and Kaspersky's at 99.something. I am a reseller of Kaspersky (well, maybe not anymore because I haven't tried to sell it since switching to Linux) and do believe them to be the better product, but leaves a big footprint as far as system resources go. The price also doubled this year I believe, so that a year's protection is aroun $60.

[KPOM]

8,000 workstations and 200-some servers. We were using a combination of AVG and NA's VirusScan, I researched and tested (VMware server testing on 2000 Professional, XP Pro (SP1&2), Server 2000 (Advanced) and Server 2003 (Standard,Enterprise) using a template of 1,200 known viruses, 300 trojans, and misc. captured Office macros) software for a few months and came to the conclusion that NOD32 and KAV were the best AV scanners available. Looking at making a purchase of KAV due to their more competitive pricing, and fairly equal abilities.

Linux fanboi remarks won't help anyone here (although KAV does offer a Linux client). Neither do erroneous "footprint" comments, as KAV is 11MB installed and requires 12MB memory. If you want no hassle, balls to the wall protection, go with KAV or NOD32. AVG is, well, you get what you pay for (and slightly more, in this case). Not to mention KAV comes with INSTANTENOUS e-mail/phone support, and a forum FULL of KAV fanbois just waiting to help.

Came by here looking for arguments to include in my proposal of purchase, thought I'd leave my no-bullshit $0.02. Thanks.

Originally Posted by craigbass76

The last (unbiased as far as I could tell) review put AVG's detection rate at about 85% and Kaspersky's at 99.something. I am a reseller of Kaspersky (well, maybe not anymore because I haven't tried to sell it since switching to Linux) and do believe them to be the better product, but leaves a big footprint as far as system resources go. The price also doubled this year I believe, so that a year's protection is aroun $60.