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No, stick to AVG. Avast started going down the drain two months ago, when their Antivirus started gumming up Windows XP Pro x64 machines (remember the hard disk corruptions I reported and thought was caused by the drive tray I installed? Yeah, it was actually the then-latest Avast update causing the corruption) and are causing slowdowns on Windows 7 machines (yes, I actually experienced a speedup on my Windows 7 computers (Edison, Helen and Violette) once I switched back to AVG). AVG, on the other hand, call me crazy, but the original reason I switched to Avast was because they adopted a interface that was so fancy and resource hungry that my then AthlonXP PCs became slower after they switched to their new UI. Now what it has adopted Metro, which is way lighter than the previous UI and actually make my computer feel much more responsive than when I had Avast, I'm all for it!
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Microsoft has a free AV suite called Security Essentials. I am not sure how good it is since I only tried it for a little while, but it appears to use even less resources than AVG since it just focuses on AntiVirus and Spyware and has no email scanners and whatnot.
AVG may be a better option though since it does have LinkScanner and all sorts of additional security tools that MS Security Essentials does not have.
Me, personally, I use Norton Internet Security 2012. NIS is not free, and requires a yearly subscription, which may be somewhat expensive. However, NIS has been protecting Greta and Wendell very well. David had a very critical problem with Norton a long time ago. I forgot what it was, but it was enough to turn him away from Norton permanently. I had some reservations about Norton because of that, but I gave NIS 2011 a try when I purchased Wendell and gave the trial a run.
Norton is expensive, but IMO, it is worth the price, and it has not caused any critical problems with both Wendell and Greta.
If you just want a free AV suite, go for AVG.
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It's fine. Only beef is that the screen is a bit fuzzy and some colours are washed out. I had to disable the audio on GTA3 just to make it run on a playable speed.