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Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.289
"For a free anti-virus, I guess it's up to you."
Pros: AVG Free Edition I suppose is good enough if you want basic virus protection. I don't really need a virus scanner I don't think, but I use AVG Free Edition for some rudimentary virus detection. It did catch a trojan in my IE cache from a emulator site I was visiting. It give me various options such as heal, delete, etc. I chose delete. I suppose AVG Free Edition is good enough for those who update their Windows, and don't get into malicious Internet activity. I didn't find the new menus to be too bad. I think it's simplier infact. Grisoft bundles Kerio Personal Firewall with their anti-virus as a package. I use to be a Kerio user when I needed a firewall and I think if you need a firewall along with this program, you should check out Kerio firewall too which is a good firewall in my opinion that you can get for free as well.
Cons: AVG Free Edition updates when you don't want to.
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You can change that setting so you can manually update the antivirus yourself instead of it automatically checking for updates. I prefer to do that.
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bet if you get a more powerfull viruis scanner like norton, it would prob. stop alot of attacks and also catch a ton of viruises on your computer. if your on the internet u need viruis protection. no doubt about it. everyone needs some tipe of protection!!
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You don't need antivirus protection. In fact, why not put a want ad in the paper inviting hackers to take over your computer while you're at it.
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