
"The detection of spware and adware is good enough?" But that is the only trouble I have had with avast! and all of my other software. I read that the ThreatFire people have replicated the issue and are working on a fix. Nothing notable in terms of slowdowns, although I am running it now with ThreatFire 4.0.0.8 and have experienced performance problems that appear to be associated with running these two together. In that year and a half period, I have had great success with it. XXDarkStalkerxX, I've had avast! installed on my computers since May of 2007.

Give it a try I believe you'll really like Avast!
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Also, it is compatible (at least in my trial installs) with Previx and Threatfire. In my experience, Avast has no conflict with Spyware Doctor, Webroot Spysweeper, Malwarebytes, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Counterspy, or Superantispyware. I have also used it with Online Armor, Softperfect, NetVeda, Sunbelt, and Comodo. I find Avast compatible with any quality firewall, but mainly use it with either Zone Alarm (free) or PC Tools (free).
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That said, I generally parallel install Avira without the guard and run it on-demand. I've not had any malware problem whatsoever while using either version of Avast. In my experience, the Webshield causes no noticeable slowdown. Specifically to a couple of your questions I believe you'll find it to be reliable and non-intrusive but as is the case with any primary antivirus application, I feel that you need to pair it with a good firewall and augment it with quality second-opinion antivirus and antispyware applications.

I like Avast a lot I have a license for the professional version and also use the free version in a secondary install.
