Originally Posted by peanutbutter12
I never thought they were bad to begin with. I've been using AVG for years and have yet to find anything better.
In my experience, AVG Free leaves a lot to be desired. The best ones I've used are NOD32, Kaspersky, and Bit Defender. For free solutions, I prefer Avast. Rising Antivirus was also a good one, but I believe they discontinued their free edition.