yeah I did some googling and found some reviews and this one seems to be along the same lines as them all.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivi...a/freeav_2.htm
They seem to al be pretty equal with Avast offering startup scans and some limited spyware adware stuff.
I like AVG but i think I'll give Avast a shot and see how that goes.
cheers guys