AVG Internet Security 8.5.374

• License:

  Free to try; annual subscription; $54.99 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 115 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  1,692,139

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  No additional requirements

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  June 21, 2009

• Previous Versions:

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Publisher's description of AVG Internet Security

AVG Internet Security is complete security protection against all of the most serious Internet threats, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, hackers, and spam. Compatible with Windows Vista, AVG Internet Security is light on system resources, unobtrusive with no aggravating pop-ups.

The powerful AVG Resident Shield provides maximum protection by scanning every file opened, executed, or saved. It also prevents the opening or executing of infected files and provides silent/fast protection.

Version 8.5 adds new identity theft protection to help prevent unknown threats from stealing your personal information like bank and credit card details.

Editor's review of AVG Internet Security

• 4.0 stars

• "AVG's new suite not all that"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: AVG Internet Security 8.5.374

AVG Internet Security 8.0 has many new features including Linkscanner technology, which AVG Technologies acquired with its recent purchase of Exploit Prevention Labs. Overall, the product falls flat as an Internet security suite.

Missing from the suite is adequate antiphishing protection beyond e-mail blocking. AVG Internet Security 8.0 flags malicious Web sites, however, unlike the standalone version of Linkscanner there is no additional information provided about a threat. We also found the AVG suite to be resource heavy and produced false positives.

AVG installs Yahoo as the default search engine in up to two locations within your Internet browser, depending upon your installation choices. We were able to download and install AVG Internet Security 8.0 on a Dell XPS machine running Windows XP SP2 with no difficulty and without rebooting. If you are upgrading from a previous version of AVG, you must uninstall that version first before installing version 8.0.

AVG provides a fully functional 30-day trial. There are searchable FAQs on AVG's Web site with a handful of useful questions and answers. There is also a downloadable 172-page PDF users' manual that lacks a comprehensive index. AVG also doesn't provide telephone technical support or a free online user's forum.

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• 1 stars

  Version: AVG Internet Security 8.5.374

  "dreadful and dire"

  by gingerbumble on July 4, 2009

  Pros: i am yet to find any

  Cons: it adds 7 processes to start up, hogs ram, slows down browsing speed, causes browser to crash, slows the computer to a crawl overall

  Summary: this product is worse than any norton product ever was. i have removed it and gone back to norton. i did install the stand alone avg link scanner which does not affect my browsing.

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• 1 stars

  Version: AVG Internet Security 8.5.374

  "horrible product"

  by tvlgds on July 1, 2009

  Pros: absolutely nothing

  Cons: scans constantly even though I have specific times scheduled. starts scanning again within minutes after I tell it to stop. It DOES interfere with my use of the computer and the only thing it has EVER found is tracking cookies.

  Summary: I'm very sorry I bought this POS on a 2 yr. subscription. I have had nothing but problems since I tried downloading. There is no phone support without paying more than I paid for the product, the online support is in some foreign country and the fee... read more >>

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• 5 stars

  Version: AVG Internet Security 8.5.374

  "I have no problems with AVG 8.5 Version 375."

  by mark21966 on June 23, 2009

  Pros: works fine for me.

  Cons: don't have any.

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