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- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
1,665,907
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
30-day trial
- Date Added:
March 14, 2008
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Publisher's description of AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
From AVG Technologies USA: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 8.0.87 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Editor's review of AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
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- "AVG's new suite not all that"
- Version reviewed: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
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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User reviews of AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 115 votes
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
Pros: Protraction of Spyware, Some Virus can not deleted by Antivirus program so it may br used for removal of viruses
Cons: Best Spyware Removal Program
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Version: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
"For a free product after 30 days..."
Pros: this is a great addition to your protection programs. I was looking for another program to scan for spyware because adaware 2006 is no longer offered updates, unless u download them from there site which is a hassle. 2007 is having major issues, so I am waiting for them to fix them. anyways, back to the review: It scans fast, offers nice protection, but the resident only lasts for 30 days, then you have the free version which just scans and updates manually like adaware. I'm going to disable the resident because i already have spybot teatimer active and windows defender. Adding another resident would be just bogging my system down. So, I will use it to scan manually and manually update. If your looking for a replacement that scans, and you dont need another resident because you have 2 already, this is a great add on. Just disable the resident and the auto update since that is what the free version will offer anyway. but its your choice. This program scans great and fast, offers scanning schedule, and low cpu usage during scanning.
Cons: high cpu usage with resident protection. When a threat is detected in scans, it should display more information.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
Pros: Its like using AVG with avast!
Cons: Some infections are not detected...
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
Pros: Doesn't slow anything..
Great protection.
Works well in Vista
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Version: AVG Internet Security 8.0.87
Pros: informs abt system. well, does a lot of things other than catch spyware.
Cons: slow. uses too much system resources.
does not catch spyware ,only catches adware.
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