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  • 5.0 stars

    "This is removing virus from my pc."

    February 6, 2006  |   By tiger.deal

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    east or west AVG is the best

    Cons

    Best Of Luck

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Free, but updates for limited time"

    February 6, 2006  |   By diptanshu

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    It's free, yes... it generally does what it's supposed to do. A good 'free' AV software. But nothing great.

    Cons

    It will update itself but for a limited time. It was the prefered one in our office... until we realised it wasn't too effective. Nothing to beat a paid AV software. If you really want to protect your data, skip this product. Better products around that will do the job for you.

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Ok"

    February 5, 2006  |   By vixenk

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    - low system resource usage

    - real time scanner

    - email scanner

    - auto update

    - auto full system scans

    - easy to understand interface

    Cons

    - high system resource usage when full system scanning

    - email scanner hard to configure

    - mediocre virus detection rate

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  • 4.0 stars

    "Affordable , Valuable , Great Product (AVG )"

    February 3, 2006  |   By vigy676

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    It is light and does not require high CPU Utilization.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "An excellent antivirus provide for free and absolutely rock solid performance"

    February 2, 2006  |   By Pradeep_reddy

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    low use of resources and excellent features

    Cons

    the help file

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Highly Recommended + It's Free!"

    February 2, 2006  |   By getjef

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    I have introduced this most excellent AV program to my work place and we have already begun switching over from McAfee to AVG on all our desktops and laptops.

    I've been able to detect and rid employees' work PCs of infections and have been absolutely 100% satisfied!

    I also happen to use it at home and simply love everything about it. It checks incoming email, updates definitions & scans my system frequently and automatically.

    Cons

    There are no cons.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Great anti-virus and it's FREE!"

    February 2, 2006  |   By i-Firefox

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    1) Computer's with low RAM, like say, only 256 MB or below, should use AVG. It hardly slows down pc startup unlike Norton or other commercial anti-viruses.

    2) For those who have heard that Avast! is better, well maybe but I find Avast!'s full system scans to be terribly slow. It took me more than an hour to complete a full scan with Avast! On the other hand, AVG only took about 25 minutes and it doesn't use too much RAM during these scans too so I can do something else like web browsing without being slowed down.

    3) There's no technical support for this free edition but at least there's a forum. Better than Norton which doesn't even have a forum, right?

    4) Has about all the features you'll need in an anti-virus.

    5) Super fast updating. Updates are frequent too.

    6) Efficient automatic updating (I have Norton on another PC and it's slow to automatically update- if there's any).

    7) Here's a nice one, AVG has a feature called Rescue Disk Wizard. The Rescue Disk lets you scan and clean files on your pc while in MS-DOS mode (at the command prompt). It's useful if your system area has been infected.

    8) It's free.

    Cons

    1) For IM users, AVG doesn't have any IM protection, hopefully there will be in the future.

    2) AVG doesn't have a firewall together with it like Norton or PC-Cillin but it's free, remember? And if you want Norton or PC-Cillin, you'll have to dig into your wallet. So, you choose yourself. Sides, there's quite a few free firewalls out there. In fact, there's lots of free software that provides features commercial software charge you for, especially in the anti-spyware market.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "A Great Tool"

    February 1, 2006  |   By libleb

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    And it,s FREE

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Free. Simple to use and setup. Effective."

    February 1, 2006  |   By jwbecotte

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    No subscription fees. No cost. Effective for my everyday use and way less conflicting than Norton. ** Make sure you turn off other anti-virus software before installing. You will not be happy if you forget. **

    Cons

    None.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Best FREE Anti-Virus Program Ever!"

    January 28, 2006  |   By pikmin2000

    Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289

    Pros

    Fast, simple to use, and doesn't take up soo much space.

    As well as updates constantly

    Cons

    None

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