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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $34.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 11, 2009
- Total Downloads: 5,208,314
- Downloads last week: 36,132
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 775 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on November 08, 2008
Though not as well-known as some competitors, this antivirus program offers rock-solid protection. AVG Anti-Virus provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.
You'll find a full-blown scheduling utility for automating tasks and checking for new definitions as often as you'd like. Other perks found in this Pro version include technical support and the ability to run on multiple operating systems. 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 it always proved effective in our tests. The interface can't be described as beautiful, yet it is mostly simple to navigate.
Though the free version of this program will suffice for average folks, those who demand more control should certainly consider AVG Anti-Virus.
Publisher's description
From AVG Technologies USA :This antivirus program for your home or office computer is easy on system resources and simple to install and use. The fully automated update process will keep your computer protected at all times. Components include AVG Email Scanner, which checks your incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses; AVG Resident Shield, which checks for viruses as files are opened, executed, and saved and will prevent you from opening or running an infected file; and AVG Virus Vault, a place where infected files are isolated so they cannot cause damage to your system.
Version 8.5 includes unspecified updates.
What's new in this version:
Version 8.5 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 775 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406
"worthless...even though its free...still worthless"
Pros: none absolutally none
Cons: Missed viruses. Slowed my system. Dont know how or why, but it didnt allow me to back browse until I uninstalled it. Going back to Norton, I never got a virus with it, just have to pay for it.
Summary: terrible. wouldnt recommend it. misses viruses and only detects them after computer starts acting screwey. Pay for a quality Anti-virus like Norton...well worth it in the long run.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406
"Great product though been placed 3rd in virus protect."
Pros: Great easy-to-navigate interface, All other features work great
Cons: newest review of free anti-virus programs put it at number 3 for virus detection. Although no personal issues so far I sort of wondered why it was so quite!!!
Summary: One of the best free anti-virus around although no personal issues myself has been known to mis some viruses. I guess use at your own descrepency.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406
Pros: Well, it might work, but I had to uninstall it.
Cons: SO SLOW. I didn't know my computer, which is only 1.5 years old, could go so slow. It was way worse than with Norton, and Norton was awful. all these popups... annoying things... couldn't wait to get it off my comp, and it's so much faster now.
Summary: Don't download it!
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8 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406
"It completely missed a known virus"
Pros: Its free, and the interface is relatively user friendly, but that's all kinda moot if it won't catch a virus.
Cons: It didn't do what it was supposed to do. It didn't protect my computer from a virus, and it didn't even let me know a virus was there so I could take care of it myself.
Summary: My computer was infected by WIN32/Virut.a. It neither protected my computer or notified me of anything until AFTER my computer started going nuts and AFTER I manually started a scan. I ended up having to take it to a shop. While there, we ran se... read more >>
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