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5 stars
Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.394
"Great anti-virus and it's FREE!"
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) Contrary to what I said in my last review, you can get a little IM protection, for MSN at least. Just copy this link without the brackets: ("C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgw.exe" /SE %1). Paste that into the part to scan for viruses and it will scan anything you receive through it. Thanks to mitcho1989 for telling me this.
9) It's free.
Cons: 1) Not much IM protection.
2) To be honest, I don't have any problems with AVG's interface but I guess other users might find AVG's Win98 style looks to be a turn off. Still, I wouldn't mind if they could update AVG's looks.
3) 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.
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some very good information there, but im just asking about number 7 in your review, can you tell me how to get the Rescue Disk Wizard please? And i have the same problem with sikam, i got loads of warnings saying it was potentially dangerous and i tried to heal it but the access was denied :\
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just a note, Grisoft does have a paid version with a firewall built in for less than $50 including a 2 year license with updates and full technical support. No the free version does not have this, but compared to the Norton and PC-Cillin paid versions mentioned, it is much more economical. I have used this version with firewall in a small business setting, and it works great!
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8) Contrary to what I said in my last review, you can get a little IM protection, for MSN at least. Just copy this link without the brackets: ("C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgw.exe" /SE %1). Paste that into the part to scan for viruses and it will scan anything you receive through it. Thanks to mitcho1989 for telling me this.
well i dun actually understand wat to do regarding point 8. wld hope tt u can spare the time to contact me thru ermintham@hotmail.com
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I had McAfee 9.0 installed on my system, but due to the fact that it was due for renewal I chose to install AVG's free edition, and much to my surprise once installed, it found 16 Viruses that McAfee failed to find !!
Goes to show you that even a free antivirus program can deliver superior performance to that of a paid for program.
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I also have Avg about a month, today was the 1st time that i really needed and i can say that i am a little disappointed. 1st of all i agree with your post sure Avg is a great antivirus and also thank u for the very good info u give us.2nd as i said above today i found a virus at my pc and the problem was that Avg couldnt "heal" it so the virus was still in my pc.Ofcourse i
followed the path that the virus was and when i opend the window
i saw avg's vault warned me about the virus so i deleted the file and everythink now its ok, but what can a user do wich dont have the experience to follow or even understand the virus path that avg gives?That is my only disapointment. Finally i can say that avg is a very good software but only for users who knows how to handle windows.
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I test for a while this graet program, and I like it, so I went for the AVG PLUS, this one has the firewall, and UP to now has been working very, very good, I got the auto updates and access to their data base, just in case, so why not shell a few $$ and get a proven one to work for your computer?.
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