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NEW Version Of AVG Free Antivirus

Published on 2008-05-28 09:38:33

Grisoft the company behind AVG antivirus have released a new free version. You may get messages popping up telling you to buy the new internet security suite that they offer. I would suggest downloading the new free version which works better and costs nothing. It can be obtained from here http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe Below is an independant review from vnunet which gives it 5 stars the highest rating! The word 'free' often equates to an inferior product but, in this case, there is no doubt that this is a professional product. Split into three sections and a Control Centre, AVG Anti-Virus protects against viruses in a number of key areas. The Resident Shield works in the background and checks all files and file types (including floppy disk, CD content etc.) for viruses, whilst the Email Scanner works with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook. AVG Free now comes with a link scanner. It checks search results from sites such as Google to make sure there are no malicious scripts and displays an icon to show the threat level. Active protection against malicious scripts is only available in the paid for version of AVG; the free version does no more than warn. The Boot-up Scanner operates at start-up, and checks the most important areas of a PC before you begin to use it. Every aspect of AVG's virus protection can be configured using the Control Centre, which allows you to modify a number of program settings and to schedule scans, among other things.