free antivirus - current coolness

[glatt]

Interesting. I've been running Avast for the last few years and lately it has been getting annoying, popping up and offering to improve the performance of my system if only I would download their latest service, or buy the upgrade, and stuff like that.

I'm interested in this topic.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Avast and AVG used to boast about the millions of the casual users they were protecting for free, as a way to prove their expertise to potential paying customers who were serious about security. But after a few years of good reviews, and tech blogs singing their praises, they've both become aggressive, and in some cases down right sneaky, trying to get their free customers to buy.