Is AVG and AVAST the same thing?

Ok, you guys answered me about getting free antivirus, but what is the difference with AVG and Avast? Are they together? Do I download both if there not? or are they just two seperate anti virus protection software? If so which is the better?

Is AVG and AVAST the same thing?antivirus software

AVG and Avast are 2 different free antivirus apps from 2 different companies. AVG is easier to use and does not take up a lot of resources. Avast on the other hand is a better scanner but it takes a lot of resources on your PC. Having used both, I am now using a much better antivirus : AVIRA AntiVir PE. This app has better virus detection than AVG and does not take much resource like Avast. Try it and you'll see http://www.free-av.com/

Is AVG and AVAST the same thing?computer virus

AVG

go here.....

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl...

Avg pound for pound is the best out....its free and antiviruses like Norton and Mcafee cant hold a candle to it...it doesnt have as many options as the others but unlike Norton and especially Mcafee if u decide that u dont want it just uninstall it and its all gone.......Mcafee is almost impossible to get rid of.....plus w/ AVG when it finds a problem it shows u were the root of the problem is, which is nice because if for some reason Avg cant delete or quarrentine the issue it shows u exactly where its at in ur comp so u can manually delete it.....updates automatically....totally hands free.....plus its not a resource hog like Norton...Avast is another free one but it doesnt compare to AVG......u wont be disappointed w/ this program.... enjoy :)
there is a slight difference. AVG is better for your system
No. These are two different products from two different companies. While AVG comes from Grisoft, Avast is the creation of Alwil.

From my experience with these two, Avast is definitely better.

But if you feel otherwise, try AOL's Active Virus Shield. This one is powered by Kaspersky and is very good. It's free and detects many viruses (virii?) undetected by AVG, Avast etc. And of course, it doesn't slow your system's startup down.
No they are not .They are av products of two different organisation. Both have free and paid version of quality anitvirus software .However Avast has higher virus detection rate and is prefered over AVG anytime.Besides it get updated more frequently