AVG Free Edition 8.5

[editorawais]

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.





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

[aliensong]

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]

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

Performs 'competently' provided you keep it up to date
Not so resource hungry.
Anyway NOD32 is little bit best.But AVG "ll be a perfect choice.

[saagar]

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]

i recommend avira more than avg....

i cant say anything about avira bcz i'm not using it.But this has set a record for downloading.
Over 30,000 people download this after a week from releasing.its amazing.

avg is consumes alot of resources...

Depends on ur pc....i'm facing nothing problem.

it takes time to load on startup.........

yup it takes 30 seconds to load on my computer

[admin]

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

[amaya]

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.........

i m agree with sagar and admin

avira is the best software for old and new virus

[saagar]

but guess what if u write "antivirus" in google search and hit im feeling lucky... ull be redirected to avg website lol quite surprising !!

[Programmersvillage]

nice post agreed

[preetycasey]

nice post