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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 10, 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 8.5.364 is a bug fixing release.
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Version 8.5.364 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 19892 votes
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
Pros: 111111111111
Cons: 1111111111111
Summary: "very good overall"
by popjelly on June 24, 2009
Pros: It works constanly and do not appear to interfer with any other of my software and
seems to work very goods as i have not run into system operation problems due... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
Pros: Very easy to use. Friendly presentation, does a solid job, remarkable product for freeware.
Cons: How can one complain about the product, if one was paying a $100 or more, then maybe.
BUT! My major beef is that one can upgrade, fine, but what's with this credit card thing, how about B pay, or Funds Transfer, AVG you could be loosing business! -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
Pros: Haven't had any problems!
Cons: They keep trying to move you to a charge option.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
Pros: It works constanly and do not appear to interfer with any other of my software and
seems to work very goods as i have not run into system operation problems due to viruses.Cons: I do not see any at this time, I do wish I could down load the anti-virus & it had a fire wall with it as well, but for free what else can I say.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.364
Pros: Ease of the program. Doesn't seem to slow down my computer like others.
Cons: Wish the full program was free! LOL
Summary: Compared to those other brands, free and paid ones, I like this for the ease of use and the fact that it doesn't slow my computer down. I've used some of the other brands out there and it seems faster when loading and scanning. All n all, a good pro... read more >>
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