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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: November 09, 2007
- Total Downloads: 227,465,042
- Downloads last week: 1,737,919
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A newer version of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 19894 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 creates 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.
The 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.
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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 8.0.1 adds integrated spyware protection and a new LinkScanner feature that gives users safety rankings for their Google, Yahoo, and MSN searches.
What's new in this version:
Version 8.0.1 adds integrated spyware protection and a new LinkScanner feature that gives users safety rankings for their Google, Yahoo, and MSN searches.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 19894 votes
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
Pros: ben strutturato, lavora bene e non crea rallentamenti o eccessivi impieghi di memoria. Gli aggiornamenti automatici consentono di non dover preoccuparsi personalmente
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
Pros: Nice for free software.
Easy to use.
Cons: Slow download, even with broadband
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
"iT IS VERY RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE."
Pros: It updates daily and takes away all troubles.
Cons: Downloading it on my pendrive to install on my computer which is not on-line is a big problem.
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
"I think it is the best program out there"
Cons: the download was a little hard to understand
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.1
Pros: hopefully i can figure it out to get rid of my virus
Cons: i'm not a computer person at all
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