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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $54.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: October 05, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,808,208
- Downloads last week: 8,638
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 150 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on October 05, 2009
AVG's most popular product is its free antivirus, but the company also makes two enhanced security suites that are geared for users who don't mind paying for additional protection--as long as it's worthwhile. AVG Anti-Virus 9 introduces a few new features, claiming faster scan times, faster boot times, and other under-the-hood improvements.
Users who've used AVG 8 will find the interface nearly identical, and generally it's easy to use. From the main window, though, you must double-click to get further information on any feature, whether virus scanning, firewall protection, or updating. We'd like to see this streamlined, since there's no reason to click on any of them without wanting more details; it is a spare interface, otherwise. You'll find a full-blown scheduling utility for automating tasks and checking for new definitions as often as you'd like. Other perks 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 obviously tax your system when scanning or when running in the background. There's also a new identity-theft assistance service, available for free and provided by a third party.
In empirical testing, scan times were slower than expected, and the new firewall database proved to have autoapproval problems with some well-known programs. It also detected some image files as threats, when two other scans decided they weren't--we decided these were false positives. AVG might not be the fastest or the most effective available security option, but it still gets the job done and you're better off with it.
Publisher's description
From AVG Technologies USA :AVG Internet Security 9.0 is faster, safer and easier to use. This is a complete solution for all the things you do online. Multiple layers of protection mean you don't have to worry about identity theft, spam or viruses. AVG Internet Security 9.0 gives you two vital extra layers of protection:
With AVG LinkScanner whenever you're on the web, the moment you go to click on a link, LinkScanner analyzes the page behind that link to tell you whether there's something nasty hiding there. For added peace of mind, you also get safety ratings for your Google, Yahoo! and Bing/MSN search results.
Identity Protection makes sure your passwords, credit card information, bank account details, and other valuable data are safe from even the newest and most sophisticated threats. It's constantly on guard, watching to make sure no program on your PC is doing something it shouldn't.
CNET Editor's Note: To learn more about AVG products and to ask questions and receive answers from AVG company representatives, please visit CNET's dedicated AVG Forum.
What's new in this version:
- In this new edition, the combined anti-virus/anti-spyware scanner in AVG Internet Security 9.0 runs up to 50% faster than earlier versions.
- New in AVG Internet Security 9.0 is the integration between the Resident Shield, firewall, and identity protection modules. This enables the modules to share malware information with each other providing better real time protection.
- AVG Internet Security 9.0 also delivers new anti-phishing detection techniques, which can quickly an... see all new features
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User reviews of AVG Internet Security 9.0.663
- Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 150 votes
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Version: AVG Internet Security 9.0.663
"Chose not to use this product in favor of AVAST"
Pros: root kit capability
Cons: none noted
Summary: none
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Version: AVG Internet Security 9.0.663
"Product is worse than the viruses it tries to prevent"
Pros: It is the right price, and supposedly it prevents computer from getting a virus
Cons: System resource hog, constantly trying to spawn new process, uses a ton of memory, pervasive disk swapping. Basically, I would rather catch a virus than put up with this product. At least my system would run faster.
Summary: I upgraded from 8.5 to 9.0. Immediately, my computer began to suffer degraded system performance. Even after disabling most of the functionality, avgchsvx.exe eats up memory. One of the nine avg processes that appear to run even when most of the ... read more >>
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Version: AVG Internet Security 9.0.663
"Faster than 8.5 but crashes web pages using Ffox or IE."
Pros: Seems faster than previous version.
Cons: Doesn't let web pages load properly. Turned off "Surfshield" features but still doesn't work well. Have to click on a link multiple times to get a page to load, then still seems to block out some page formatting.
Summary: Going back to 8.5 if I can find it. This version is not ready for prime time.
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Version: AVG Internet Security 9.0.663
"i have used it for many years- excellent"
Pros: its facility to deal with it
Cons: managable and always in charge of taking care of your computer dealings
Summary: for about four years i have been using it....recommended by ......puerto rico geeks technician....it has excellent ..........
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