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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
Version: 8.0
Downloads Count: 1,083,729
License Type: Free
Price: Free
Date Added: Jun 4, 2008
Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
File Size: 47607 KB
Author: Grisoft
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Most recent User Reviews for AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
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Reviewed by: UniteX
07-22-2008
Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks
Strengths: Found a whole bunch of tracker cookies.
Weaknesses: If you scan for viruses while running a program, the program will freeze or run very slowly.
Overall Evaluation: AVG is pretty good..it found 92 tracker cookies after 1 day on the internet.
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Reviewed by: eturnium
06-25-2008
Duration of ownership: 1 Months
Strengths: Not sure it has any.
Weaknesses: It uses up so much resources that it slows down my computer.
Overall Evaluation: I tried the one month free trial of the full version of AVG 8. The spam filter is a disaster. The firewall didn't work, gave error mesages. E-mailed AVG for tech support, but it took them so long to respond, that my trial was over before I could implement any of the suggested fixes. They did not offer to extend the trial. I'm going to try the PCTOOLS suite that received such rave reviews in PC World recently.
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Reviewed by: bobie8
06-11-2008
Duration of ownership: 1 Months
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: It will froze you computer, and hard to uninstall it.
Overall Evaluation: Don't download AVG.
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Reviewed by: romeo1790305
04-15-2008
Duration of ownership: 7 Months
Strengths: well i dont no if it has any strengths althogh it says it does but by using it im highly dissapointed
Weaknesses: well grisoft avg says it is a good virus scanner and remover and it is free i have no beef whith avg or grisoft it is light on the system says it removes viruse but dosent just quarintenes them and if it cant remove it well oh well it stays
Overall Evaluation: my evaluation whith it is avg virus scanner its free for windows xp i dont no about vista you cant perfome a wekkly or monthly scan it scann on its on it has a low detction rate around the60s n dosent really protect you although its free some pages and forums i read ssay its not free any more overall avg to me is not good use it at you own risk really it does not remove all the viruses and dosent have a rootkit in it just plan virus scanner as i quote i dont use it at all any more some say its good but thats them
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Reviewed by: vincentt
03-17-2008
Duration of ownership: 12 Months
Strengths: Good virus protection features, light on system, quick updates, system is well protected. AVG performs better than most paid Antivirus softwares even as compared to giants like Norton/Symantec.
Weaknesses: None for the free version, but would prefer to have internet security & spyware protection too on the free one, rather than running 3 different (free) softwares on the system.
Overall Evaluation: AVG being free and easy to use provides good security to the system when online. It detects virus's on the fly and ensures the same with the least amount of processing power being stolen from the processor to achieve the functionality. Good Job guys.
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Reviewed by: FLBEACHBUM00
02-12-2008
Duration of ownership: 0 Months
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Reviewed by: bob12
09-19-2007
Duration of ownership: 0 Days
Strengths: I have tried to downlload this product several times and it keeps telling me that the files are corrupt. I have e-mailed tbe vendor seveal times and he refuses to reply! I had used to product before but I had to re-load Vista and forgot to save the License # and Grisoft couldn't give it to me
Weaknesses: It takes several hours to do the download
Overall Evaluation: Very dissatisfied
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Reviewed by: taylor270
08-21-2007
Duration of ownership: 6 Months
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Overall Evaluation: If you are having problems with the license key, do not download AVG from the PC World link. Use this link.free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ or, if you use Google search, type in avg free.
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Reviewed by: gr1971
08-12-2007
Duration of ownership: 10 Months
Strengths: i just love it,great protection against all threats
Weaknesses: non yet
Overall Evaluation: i cant find any faults at all,much better then the over rated norton,it detected viruses that norton didnt even know was there and when working together with AVG's anti spyware and anti root kit its perfect,norton has been binned
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Reviewed by: swcramsey
08-05-2007
Duration of ownership: 0 Months
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Overall Evaluation: I agree with the last posting because after trying many times, the installation always asks for a License number. I sent an explanation request to PCWorld, and they responded that I must contact the "author" and that PCWorld is not responsible for the "problems" with downloads on their web site. I am very disappointed with this answer. I guess I have to use the notion of "what do you expect for free".
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Reviewed by: Truck6911
08-05-2007
Duration of ownership: 0 Days
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Overall Evaluation: Above it's says "License Type: Free", IT'S NOT !!!! Right at the begining of the installation, it keeps asking for a License Key. If a program says its FREE it shouldn;t ask you for it
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Reviewed by: Raymond070748
07-20-2007
Duration of ownership: 5 Days
Strengths: Its ability to detect a worm that Norton was not able to see.
Weaknesses: It lacks a better feature for updates. The program has indicated on a couple of occassions that it is not fully updated even though it is already set for automatic updates.
Overall Evaluation: It's a free program that clearly works better at detecting viruses or worms, far better than the over-priced Norton or McAfee, and I certainly like it better. This, then, is probably why I would pay for the full version of AVG, though a bit down the line as I continue to evaluate it.
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Reviewed by: yatchwei
07-08-2007
Duration of ownership: 1 Years
Strengths: quite good.... n it is free, nt charged!!
Weaknesses: ned to awy update
Overall Evaluation: suitable to use
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Reviewed by: theonlybuster
06-07-2007
Duration of ownership: 3 Years
Strengths: As everyone says, IT'S FREE! AND IT WORKS. Great competition to the well renoun Norton series. Has just the right amount of features so you're not stuck running wildly through the internet looking for a help me guide when you actually get a virus. Very smooth, and easy to get along with. Still hard to believe it's free. Though it's a trial previous versions will not run out and operate about the same.
Weaknesses: Honestly there's barely anything wrong with it. IF you want to be picky, if you're not using a fast connection it can sometimes take 2 or 3 times to connect before it updates itself. The auto-scan is choppy in the trial version (though it works great in the purchased version).
Overall Evaluation: This is the next big anti-virus program because it works great AND it's free.
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Reviewed by: dacohenz
06-04-2007
Duration of ownership: 12 Months
Strengths: It's free and does not use close to the memory that McAfee and Norton use. I use this on my computers and my clients, and have yet to have any problems.
Weaknesses: None for the price
Overall Evaluation: It is good effective software, especially if you are strapped for memory and cash. Dave http://www.davescomputerserv.com
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Reviewed by: sandeepownzzz
12-28-2006
Duration of ownership: 3 Years
Strengths: Free. Detects most viruses. Also able to detect some spware.
Weaknesses: It expires
Overall Evaluation: I have been using this antivirus at home for 3 years. I currently have it running on 5 computers, but I have recently swtiched so avast! because I recieved notification that AVG will no longer be free after January 14, 2007. Avast is basically the samething, but I disklike the interface, but it is skinnable to your liking.
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Reviewed by: andrewsx
12-20-2006
Duration of ownership: 6 Months
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Reviewed by: jwbjerke
12-07-2006
Duration of ownership: 5 Years
Strengths: lightweight, stays out of the way
Weaknesses: none
Overall Evaluation: I am an IT pro and run AVG on my personal machine and recommend it to my family and friends. I pair it with the free Windows Defender from MS for spyware protection.
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Reviewed by: sataan
11-29-2006
Duration of ownership: 4 Years
Strengths: Easy on system resources, auto updates everyday, auto test everynight, all for free? You can not beat this product. AVG also plays nice with Linux.
Weaknesses: The interface is a little weak but what do you want for free.
Overall Evaluation: I have AVG free anti-virus on my 3 computers and have installed it on dozens of others and have never had a problem on any of them. Comebine this with some great free anti spyware/ anti trojan apps like ASquared, Spybot S&D, Adaware, and Microsoft's Windows Defender and you will have a safe & secure computer. Through in Zone Alarms free firewall and use Mozilla's Firefox as your primary browser and your computer hum along for years without any problems. AVG is also much easier on your systems resources the most of the big name commercial brands like McAfee and Norton. It is, what it is, a great FREE antivirus.
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