- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: October 09, 2006
- Total Downloads: 227,465,042
- Downloads last week: 1,737,919
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 20203 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This antiviral program offers rock-solid protection for no financial commitment. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections. By default, the application is set to search for new virus definitions daily, but you always can use the scheduling tool to change this. Should a virus create serious system problems, AVG create a rescue disk to scan your computer in MS-DOS mode. The program doesn't tax your system when scanning or when running in the background and always proved effective in our tests. This app's interface can't be described as beautiful, yet it is mostly simple to navigate. Sure, you can plunk down a lot of cash for an antiviral application with more features, but AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition delivers the goods for free. Watch the CNET video review of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition:
Publisher's description
From AVG Technologies USA :AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.
Version 7.1.407 adds detection of new variants of worms.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 20203 votes
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47 out of 59 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
Pros: Even if it cost you what those other anti-virus programs cost it will still be the best bet. No slow down of your system at all! I can't even tell it's running.
Cons: It's just anti-virus, no firewall. So, if you need a firewall (and Window's built-in firewall isn't sufficient) then you're going to need to install another program anyways. Usually they come in a package so you'd better off, in that case, just having your purchased virus/firewall protection (it'll use less resources than AVG and a firewall separately installed).
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39 out of 44 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
Pros: It's completely free! It's what every computer user needs. It updates regularly and is just as powerfull as Norton, and uses a fraction of your resources, this program is destined to make it big.
Cons: The updating has to be done manually, but it never once requires you to re-start your system. Could you possibly ask for more?
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34 out of 39 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
Pros: Finally, an antivirus that does not hog system resources. It also runs virus checks in the background daily and it automatically downloads updates. I'm in the computer repair business and will use AVG to locate and to remove viruses from clients' computers. It is easy to configure and takes up a minimal amount of hard drive space. I've performed tests against Norton, McAfee, TrendMicro, Nod32, F-Secure and found that AVG finds and eliminates/heals more than all the other antivirus programs.
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26 out of 30 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
"The ultimate value in anti-virus"
Pros: Totally free, excellent detection rates, email scanner, free updates forever, uses few system resources
Cons: You'll still need a firewall or NAT device for true protection, slow scanning, no real tech support (only a forum)
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15 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.4
Pros: It's found a throian thn Norton have not recognized
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