- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: May 12, 2009
- Total Downloads: 227,465,042
- Downloads last week: 1,737,919
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 19678 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.
Version 8.5.329 now includes LinkScanner's Active Surf-Shield to check every Web page for threats at the only time that matters--when you're about to click on the link.
What's new in this version:
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User reviews of AVG Free 8.5.329
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 19678 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Free 8.5.329
"great basic security for 99% of all users"
Pros: install and start your computer safely with this basic package. Only very sophisticated users need more. Very useful, thanks for giving this for free: it solved many problems
Cons: no cons after one month of intense usage
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Free 8.5.329
Pros: one of the best out there
Cons: one of the best out there
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Free 8.5.329
"logical layout, stable software"
Pros: reliable and free
Cons: I am not sure how to report unsolicitated emails nor how to stop them without bouncing them back to sender- who then has a verification of my email address.
Summary: Easy to use, fast and reliable.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Free 8.5.329
Pros: I tried 8.5 for a little while and it was much better than last year but I uninstalled since it locked out my ability to shut it completely off in system services. So I tried avast for a bit that had same problem. I really miss version 7.5.
Cons: Tried downloading with IE8 and FF3. No luck, says file is corrupt.
Summary: This is my 3rd time trying 8.5. The first time I tried 8.5 I uninstalled it since it was an absolutely awful resource hog. So I went back to 7.5 up until recently when they stopped providing 7.5 updates. Version 7.5 was fantastic. The latest v... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Free 8.5.329
Pros: easy to configure and use. does not take up too much system memory.
Cons: no problems detected yet.
Summary: a useful addition to a Windows-based computer system.
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