AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

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Popularity:
#1 in Antivirus Software (out of 664 products)
Editor's Rating:
4.0 stars
Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
139,135,944
Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Limitations:
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Date Added:
October 20, 2006
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Publisher's description of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

From AVG Technologies USA, Inc.:

AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus 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 the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.

Version 7.5.4 includes improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning; a smaller installation and update files; and an improved user interface. The newest version is also compatible with Windows Vista.

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Editor's review of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

4.0 stars
"Don't get burned"

This antiviral program offers rock-solid protection for no financial commitment. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections. By default, the application is set to search for new virus definitions daily, but you always can use the scheduling tool to change this. Should a virus create serious system problems, AVG create a rescue disk to scan your computer in MS-DOS mode. The program doesn't tax your system when scanning or when running in the background and always proved effective in our tests. This app's interface can't be described as beautiful, yet it is mostly simple to navigate. Sure, you can plunk down a lot of cash for an antiviral application with more features, but AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition delivers the goods for free.

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5 stars

133 out of 172 people found this review helpful

Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

"Best Free Anti-Virus"

by M3talH3ad on October 20, 2006

Pros: Finally the interface is updated. The layout is more XP looking which makes it look great. I have been using AVG free for over a year and have had no problems, it detects, removes with ease. There are no stupid pop-ups telling you to pay for the pro version or anything. Definitons are updated almost every day to give you the latest protection. It's effective, easy to use and is 100% free.

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5 stars

59 out of 66 people found this review helpful

Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

"Much better than previous version"

by troy272 on October 21, 2006

Pros: Here's what I like about version 7.5

1. The interface is redesigned. It doesn't look like it belongs in Windows 98 anymore, it looks much more XP like.

2. Better heuristics, the heuristics are better than in the previous free version and it has the option to scan for alternate NTFS data streams.

3. It's free!

4. Does a great job at scanning, way better than norton or mcafee and doesn't use much memory. I tried NOD32 and AVG actually uses less memory. It only uses about 1MB of memory while idle which is impressive. It also doesn't use much while scanning and scans are pretty fast.

5. Smallest updates i've ever seen. I hate waiting for updates and then come to find out you have to restart your PC after waitinf 10 minutes for files to download. This isn't the care with AVG! Updates take seconds and they're in KB (yes Kilobytes!) When I first installed it the whole update was only about 64KB which is really small.

I can't recommend this program enough. If you're looking for a free antivirus that won't slow you down and is powerful, get this!
AVG come a long way since version 7.1 and I think grisoft is a great company who makes outstanding products.

Cons: The only thing I don't like is that there's no anti-spyware built in but you can download AVG antispyware free edition for that.

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5 stars

6 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

"One great anti-virus proctection"

by John.Moore. on November 13, 2006

Pros: Auto or manual updates,User specific scanning, auto scanning, set to scan when you are not on computer. Best and easest to use anti-virus I have used and I have tried many.

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4 stars

24 out of 25 people found this review helpful

Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

"The best "free" antivirus program I've used."

by eli74 on October 20, 2006

Pros: This program does a decent job at protecting you from viruses. I recommend it to anyone not willing or able to pay for better security. I would say that it should protect you from about 90% of what's out there.

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15 out of 20 people found this review helpful

Version: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.4

"Best in Free Protection"

by Reborn master on November 3, 2006

Pros: Avg is a great free antivirus that you can trust.Improved detection and removal and it can detect trojans.Interface is not confusing any more.Better real-time protection.Beats avast and other commecrial antivirus.Definetly worth a try.

Cons: The interface could use some colour and could be more graphical.Virus reparing is not strong.

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