Avast or NOD32?

[Sandi1987]

Which one is better?

 

[yo.edy.4ever]

You don't really need a paid AV, go with Avast Free with hardened mode enable or Avast Free + Voodooshield. Paid AV i will go with Kaspersky/Bitdefender/Emsisoft.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Don't pay for AV or FW protection - not while effective & free alternatives are available.

My recommendation: Comodo AV, or Comodo Internet Security if you want a combined AV + FW package:

https/www.comodo.com/

More configurable, more comprehensive & more effective than any other free AV/FW available today, it even beats many of those you have to pay for.

 

[Avast-Team]

Thanks for your question Sandi, I'll leave it up to you and the community of course, to decide which product you like the best

I can tell you more about how Avast works and the features you'll get, even in our Free version. It has the same security backbone as our premium products -- file, web, and mail shields plus real-time behavioral analysis and CyberCapture for detecting zero-day malware. You would then have the option to upgrade for more security features and add-ons, but Free will always be free.

Here are links that reference the points I mentioned:

https/blog.avast.com/the-core-security-components-of-avast-2017

https/www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-download

https/www.avast.com/nextgen

Good luck in your search and I hope this helps!

 

[ralucahuruniuc]

Hi! Will Avast clash with ESET NOD32? I already have an older version of NOD32 and I am a-technical enough to not be able to uninstall it... however, my licence expired ages ago, so I would love to get rid of it. Until I can find someone to safely uninstall NOD32 for me, would it be OK to install Avast Free? Thank you in advance!

Thanks for your question Sandi, I'll leave it up to you and the community of course, to decide which product you like the best

I can tell you more about how Avast works and the features you'll get, even in our Free version. It has the same security backbone as our premium products -- file, web, and mail shields plus real-time behavioral analysis and CyberCapture for detecting zero-day malware. You would then have the option to upgrade for more security features and add-ons, but Free will always be free.

Here are links that reference the points I mentioned:

https/blog.avast.com/the-core-security-components-of-avast-2017

https/www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-download

https/www.avast.com/nextgen

Good luck in your search and I hope this helps!