AVG Free Edition 8.5

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AVG Free Edition description

A free antivirus tool for protection against computer viruses

AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus 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 AVG Free Edition, providing a high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their PCs. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).

Here are some key features of "AVG Free Edition":

· Automatic update functionality
· The AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run
· The AVG E-mail Scanner, which protects your e-mail
· The AVG On-Demand Scanner, which allows the user to perform scheduled and manual tests
· Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product
· AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files
· Great customer satisfaction!
· Please note that any previous version of AVG Free will be un-installed automatically during the installation of the new AVG Free.

Limitations:

· AVG Free Edition is available free-of-charge to home users! AVG Free Edition is for private, non-commercial, single home computer use only. Use of AVG Free Edition within any organization or for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.
· AVG Free cannot be installed on server operating systems (such as Windows Server 2003), nor can it be used for the scanning of network drives
· Scheduling options in the AVG Free Edition are very limited (only one scheduled update per day, one scheduled scan per day etc.)
· AVG Free Edition does not offer advanced testing options, such as automatic healing, password-protected archives reporting, adjustment of scan process priority and many others.

Improvements :
· Small improvements in installation process.
· Improvements in Resident Shield scanning.

Fixed Bugs :
· Fixed problem with missing help in Rescue Disk Wizard (Windows 98 and ME only).
· Fixed problem with displaying Resident Shield notification windows in some cases.
· Fixed wrong saving of proxy_host value in advanced AntiSpam settings.
· Fixed problem with default Resident Shield extension list settings after installation.
· Fixed problem with cleaning files with read-only attribute.

AVG Free Edition 85

Liscence : Free
Space : 63.5 MB
Operating System : Windows XP / Vista / 2K / 2003

aliensong · Just Born Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Gender:

AVG antivirus software ? I never used it before, I have been using NOD32 and 360 Guard antivirus software. What's the advantages of AVG ?

editorawais · **Posted:** Jul 02, 2009 **Post subject:**

saagar · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 436 Gender:

i use nod32... its working perfect for me....
but its not a freeware... i recommend avira more than avg....
avg is consumes alot of resources... plus it takes time to load on startup.........

editorawais · **Posted:** Jul 04, 2009 **Post subject:**

admin · Site Admin Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 2735 Gender:

i agree to saagar.
Avira is is a nice choice in freeware.
and its update is really fast and small

maha · **Posted:** Jul 04, 2009 **Post subject:**

saagar · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 436 Gender:

but guess what if u write "antivirus" in google search and hit im feeling lucky... ull be redirected to avg website Very Happy

lol quite surprising !!

Programmersvillage · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 276 Gender:

nice post agreed

preetycasey · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 06 Aug 2009 Posts: 325 Gender:

nice post