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Avast acquires Piriform, developer of Ccleaner
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Posts : 1,811 W7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), LM 19.2 MATE (64 bit), W10 Home 1703 (64 bit), W10 Pro 1703 (64 bit) VMComputer Type: PC/Desktop
OS: W7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), LM 19.2 MATE (64 bit), W10 Home 1703 (64 bit), W10 Pro 1703 (64 bit) VM
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1100T, 3.3 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 (AM3)
Memory: 12GB DDR3 1333 G-Skill Ares F3-1333C9D-8GAO (4GB x 2), G-Skill F3-12800CL9-2GBRL (2GB x 2)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Monitor(s) Displays: Samsung S23B350
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Keyboard: Wired
Mouse: Wired Optical
PSU: Cooler Master
Case: Antec GX300 Tower
Cooling: 3x Antec TRICOOL 120mm Fans
Hard Drives: SanDisk 480 GB SSD, WD Green 3TB (SATA), WD Blue 4TB (SATA), WD Blue 6TB (SATA)
Internet Speed: DSL (max=6Mb/s)
Browser: Pale Moon (64 bit)
Antivirus: Avast
Other Info: 2019-01-05 Upgraded LM18.3 to LM19.1 2018-12-27 Upgraded HDDs 2016-12-20 Upgraded LM18 to LM18.1 2016-07-06 Upgraded LM17.3 to LM18 2015-12-10 Upgraded case, graphics card, storage 2015-08-15 Upgraded motherboard & RAM 2015-07-15 Upgraded LM17.1 to LM17.2
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Avast and AVG: A Future Together
At least one question will become meaningless: Which is better, Avast or AVG? Lets call it Avgast. :nerd:
http://www.surfright.nl/en/home/press/sophos-acquires-surfright
Interesting. These are the guys that make HitManPro. Good for them.
Who makes the better desktop solutions overall? I'm thinking of getting a suite of software as a xmas gift to someone, from one of these two. Question is, they make pretty similar software from the looks of it, but who's performs better?
