which free AV has the most of feature of its paid version?

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  1. coldplay

    coldplay Registered Member

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    which free AV has the most of feature of its paid version?
     
  2. FastGame

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    I don't think there's much debate about this one.

    Avast.
     
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    My guess is Avast.
     
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    for antivir, the premium version has 5 additional features (look under Premium functions).

    for avast, the professional version has 9 additional features (look at Versions comparison).

    and for avg, the commercial versions have 9 additional features (look under What you do not get).

    of course, you should evaluate the additional features as they vary for each product. i think avast home may be the least lacking.
     
  5. coldplay

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    thank you for answering

    the problem I have with avast home is that it freezes IE sometimes on one of my PC and makes me have to restart PC. I found out the problem has something to do with its webshield. But what's the point to use avast if I turn off webshield.
     
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    Have you got the webshield set to "normal"?
    All my Avast shields are set to normal, which is recommended. Seem to recall I had (rare) IE freezes when I tried some of them on "high".
    ('course, Firefox doesn't freeze much.:D )
     
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    Probably Avast
     
  8. MalwareDie

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    Definitely Avast
     
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    yeah! probably avast!

    i know that the free version is lack of only i funtion to the pro version.
     
  10. lodore

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    avast home does have most features including the webshield which seems to be about the only trouble free http scanner.
    lodore
     
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    Avast. It keeps the web scanner in the free version.
     
  12. farmerlee

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    Definitely Avast. AVG also retains pretty much everything of the pro version, all it mainly lacks is certain configuration options.
     
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    AVG has a better product (AVG Antimalware) than AVG Pro ;)
     
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    It is without a doubt Avast. Home version has almost all the features that the pro version has.

    Now that i am using Antivir PE Classic I can give a hint to Avast staff for maybe downgrading some features, so more people would buy the pro ones ;)
    Just kidding guys, I think Avast makes most profit on companies instead home users.
     
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