I've been using AVG free antivirus for about a year. Here's the truth: last year my identity was stolen, twice. The first time was targeted, the second time I got caught up in a zero day exploit from a gaping hole in Microsoft Defender security. Microsoft Defender had been marketed as a free antivirus, but the quality just isn't there, and that incident proved it.
I ended up selecting AVG, probably based on some online review saying its detection rate was very good. I know I had to create a free account and register for a free activation code in order to get it working. My friends, it nagged me the entire damn year. It never stopped.
Finally, just this month, AVG started nagging me that it wouldn't work anymore if I didn't subscribe or extend my free membership. I tried to extend my free membership and however you are supposed to do that, it just plain didn't work. So I uninstalled and went with BitDefender.
BitDefender has good reviews for detection. It installed clean. I disabled some notifications and now it just runs and doesn't nag me. It's been about a week and I haven't had any problems really.
Also worth mentioning, AVG is owned by Gen Digital, a multinational software company that also owns Norton, Avast, and other brands.
Of course I'm on Windows 10/11. Hope this helps someone!
I ended up selecting AVG, probably based on some online review saying its detection rate was very good. I know I had to create a free account and register for a free activation code in order to get it working. My friends, it nagged me the entire damn year. It never stopped.
Finally, just this month, AVG started nagging me that it wouldn't work anymore if I didn't subscribe or extend my free membership. I tried to extend my free membership and however you are supposed to do that, it just plain didn't work. So I uninstalled and went with BitDefender.
BitDefender has good reviews for detection. It installed clean. I disabled some notifications and now it just runs and doesn't nag me. It's been about a week and I haven't had any problems really.
Also worth mentioning, AVG is owned by Gen Digital, a multinational software company that also owns Norton, Avast, and other brands.
Of course I'm on Windows 10/11. Hope this helps someone!