AVG 8.0 and Clamwin Antivirus .92 - Which One is Right For You?

I recently loaded ClamWin Antivirus on my "work" machine, it's an open source program and doesn't have the constrictions that AVG carries for non-commercial use. If you're paying for antivirus via Norton, McAfee, or even AVG I'd encourage you to consider either of these two programs in the future and save your $30 to $50 - they both perform well.

AVG is by far the slicker interface, and they'll try to sell you their pro package, but you can have it for free, schedule your scans, have real-time file scanning and email scanning as well. AVG is harder on your resources than ClamWin - at least on my machine, the fan is always going full speed and I experience momentary screen freeze-ups when working with AVG running in the background. 

ClamWin's interface in comparison is primitive, but it came up with two viruses that AVG never reported to me. ClamWin is not scanning all the time, you have to run the scanner or configure it to run daily, weekly, or on weekends. When you see it's "preferences" menu under tools, you'll find a myriad of options, including email notification of a virus. You can scan memory or hard disks, or configure for both to be scanned. The more advanced user may appreciate the options you have with ClamWin. 

As it stands for me, ClamWin will be on my "work" machine and AVG on my "personal" machine, at least until ClamWin develops further. At least I'm legal!