- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 11, 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.
What's new in this version:
Version 8.5.420 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 19892 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
Pros: It is free and, so far, effective.
Cons: Full scans can take 3-4 hours.
Summary: It's free and it works fine for me. I have not had a virus yet that it didn't eliminate. It did have a glitch with my iPhone software at one point so I had to change to another product for awhile, but then came back to AVG. That issue seems to ha... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
Pros: Nothing, it did not work
Cons: It didn't work, even downloading the full file and installing offline didn't help. Tech support offered a different download wich didn't work either.
Summary: Every time i installed it my Internet Explorer was blocked, tech. support were no help even with an error code so i have given up and will use other protection. It didn't work, even downloading the full file and installing offline didn't help. Tech ... read more >>
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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
Pros: It works silently. Doesn't ask much, doesn't take much memory. Easy to use. Actually you forget its existence.
Cons: It can detect and heal only VERY WELL-KNOWN viruses. If you're attacked by a new-generation virus, booom! You'd better back up your private files if you use an AVG free.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
Pros: Operates without interfering with my online work
Cons: Not much to not like about this great free product!
Summary: highly recommend!
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.420
"Mediocre protection, Good performance."
Pros: Memory usage.
Responsiveness.Cons: Failed to detect a virus downloaded from an infected software from here. Wasn't detected until I installed Microsoft Security Essentials, only then was it removed.
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