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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: May 02, 2009
- 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 19892 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 08, 2008
This antivirus program offers rock-solid protection. AVG Free provides the bare necessities, including a real-time shield to prevent infections, anti-virus and anti-malware wrapped up in one engine, and a link scanner for Web surfing with care.
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 new interface is much easier to navigate than in previous version, with tabbed navigation on the left assisting users in drilling down to the tools they need.
Though the free version of this program will suffice for average folks, those who demand more control should certainly consider AVG Anti-Virus Professional.
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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 8.5 now includes LinkScanner's Active Surf-Shield to check every Web page for threats at the only time that matters--when you're about to click on the link.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 19892 votes
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
Pros: Good for security and easy how to use.
Cons: No comment it because is good one.
Summary: We are online used AVG more than 10 years.
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AVG know how to autoscan .
I am home use AVG never denie and kindily.
Most of function are godd but never use on
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
Pros: Effective and free.
Cons: Seems to take considerable time processing scan.
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
"I have been virus free since I started using AVG."
Pros: AVG operates without any fuss and updates automatically. Gives an up-to-date health check for web page items.
Cons: I attempted to temporarily switch off the anti-virus component before a download but was unable to do that. Luckily, the download was successful so I have still to check if I would be able to switch off temporarily instead of removing AVG.
Summary: Would recommend this anti-virus software to others as it does more than keep my PC virus free.
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
Pros: It's free, it seems to catch everything and doesn't bother me too much
Cons: I had a hard time getting this and my Spybot S&D to accept each other at first
Summary: I like that it warns me of potentially unsafe things. I would like a little more time to tell it to ignore something before it puts it away/.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.325
"Safe and simple virus protection."
Pros: Reliable background protection.
Cons: None that I know of.
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