AVAST antivirus? Is it any good?

I found this free (for home use) antivirus - Avast - but don't know if it is a good alternative for software produced by some "big fish" like Symantec, McAffe or Kaspersky.

AVAST antivirus? Is it any good?liveupdate

I like AVAST, AVG %26 BitDefender better than the mainstream anti-virus providers for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that they have free versions, are less resource hungry (NAV %26 McAfee are resource hogs), and are less frequently targeted.

Be sure to download and use a good anti-spyware software such as Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoft.com or Spybot S%26D http://www.safer-networking.org as the programs discussed provide only anti-virus utlities.

AVAST antivirus? Is it any good?nortin

yeah pretty good here is a link type in avast and you can read the user reviews ...i've used it but i like avg ..better ...you can also download from this site as well

http://www.download.com/
I've heard it works good, it's one of the top two to use on this computer tech forum I help out at. I use AVG, my mom's computer friend who is an IT computer tech person recommends it and it's free.
Well, at one point years ago I paid for Symantec, then McAfee, and tried Kaspersky for a short period. For the past 5 years I have had Avast 4-Home, the free version, and have not had a virus get into my computer since I installed it. Does that answer your question?
avast is not the best check out its rating at av-comparatives.org look at the Aug.2007 report.The best free one is avira not avg through many will disagree .Avira along with spyware terminator and comodo BOClean ad-aware and a-squared free and a firewall you should stay clean
Works great. Never any problems and it catches every viruses or suspect file.
Personally I like AVG Antivirus (they have a free version as well). you can get it at http://free.grisoft.com