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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
AVG Anti-Virus provides a free for personal use virus scanner under a business model of prevention being key to protection and selling more advanced features and services. This virus protection is basic under the free model, the Pro version adds high speed downloads and Multiple Languages; and the Internet Security version adds Anti-Spam, Spyware and firewall to its abilities.
MSRP $0.00
Release date January, 2009
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Competitors
MSRP $0.00
Released September, 2009
Pros
- Low on resources
- Not annoying
- makes it easy to run Windows without worrying about crappy virus scanners
- updated often
- Free for Windows users (commercial too!)
Cons
- Could use translation to more languages
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
0%
vs.
Microsoft Security Essentials
100%
MSRP $24.99
Released January, 2008
Pros
- Takes up much less resources than most
- Windows Vista 32/64 bit support
- Small installation size
- Free edition available
- Gamer mode
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
0%
vs.
BitDefender AntiVirus 2008
100%
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
50%
vs.
Windows Live OneCare
50%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 2009
Pros
- Free!
- Realtime protection works well and detection rate is good with relatively few false positives
- Conservative use of system resources
Cons
- Slow
- Works much better as prevention than cure (starting from clean install works better)
- Poor detection/prevention
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
67%
vs.
avast! Home Edition
33%
MSRP $0.00
Released September, 2009
Pros
- Very high virus detection level
- Simple and clean GUI
- Fastest performance compared to other free antivirus
Cons
- Annoying Ads window pops up when live updating
- Free version can't scan network drives
- Only free for personal use
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
100%
vs.
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
0%
Reviews
May 14, 2009
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Pros
- Free and works well
- works behind the scenes - never gets in the way of users until it is required, unlike other suites
- doesn't sap computer resources like other anti-virus suites
- Interfaces with E-Mail clients such as the OS default mail application, and 3rd party applications w/o the need for a plug in.
- When using services such as Yahoo Mail, it scans the e-mails.
- Interfaces with IE and Firefox very well.
Cons
- Default behavior requires user interaction for clicking away update notification dialog
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Friday, 6:55 AM
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Pros
- Free and works well
- works behind the scenes - never gets in the way of users until it is required, unlike other suites
- UI translated into many languages
Cons
- A bit too paranoid, detects false viruses on certain files that don't have any Trojans or viruses
- Free only for personal use
- No native 64-bit version
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July 13, 2009
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Cons
- A bit too paranoid, detects false viruses on certain files that don't have any Trojans or viruses
- Default behavior requires user interaction for clicking away update notification dialog
- Too many modules included it became confusing
- Annoying updates everyday
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October 29, 2008
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Pros
- Free and works well
- works behind the scenes - never gets in the way of users until it is required, unlike other suites
- doesn't sap computer resources like other anti-virus suites
Cons
- A bit too paranoid, detects false viruses on certain files that don't have any Trojans or viruses
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September 2, 2009
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Cons
- A bit too paranoid, detects false viruses on certain files that don't have any Trojans or viruses
- Heavy resource usage with many processes using a lot of RAM; not for older machines
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January 22, 2009
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Pros
- Free and works well
- works behind the scenes - never gets in the way of users until it is required, unlike other suites
- doesn't sap computer resources like other anti-virus suites
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February 1, 2008
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Cons
- Annoying updates everyday
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February 1, 2008
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- Annoying updates everyday
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October 29, 2008
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- Default behavior requires user interaction for clicking away update notification dialog
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May 19, 2008
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