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AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 – 2 years for the price of 1 – Save 30%!
AVG Antivirus 2010 Overview
AVG Antivirus 2010 features real time system protection against viruses and spyware, an email scanner , special plug-ins for Office and a browser toolbar that lets you browse the web safe and sound. Bear in mind though that this toolbar changes your default browser to Yahoo!, and also customizes your new tab page. Luckily you can revert both changes.
This is precisely one of the best things about AVG Antivirus 2010 . It works completely in the background, without the need of half the system resources and of course, without constantly bothering you with warning windows or update messages. User can just go on with the work and won’t even notice of having an antivirus application up and running. Being the free version of a complete program, AVG Antivirus 2010 shows the odd nagging notification encouraging you to buy AVG Professional which may annoy the more sensitive users.
It is fully armed to protect your computer from threats from a number of angles. The software includes antivirus and antispyware protection, as well as complete online protection from harmful sites and downloads.
It protects from hackers, phishing scams, adware and malware that comes through email or IM. It even scans outbound email to make sure you don’t accidentally pass a virus along to others. And of course the software protects from other forms of malware, including worms, Trojans, and rootkits.
Main Feature
- Integrated browser Surf-Shield (Allows Safe Surfing and searching of the web, social networking sites.) and LinkScanner
- Identity theft recovery unit
- Scaning of Emails and downloads
- Detection of “potentially unwanted programs”
- Uses an unique combination of heuristic analysis and generic detection methods to detect all known viruses
- Automatically attempts to heal/remove infected files and other threats such as trojans, worms, and java applets. Removed files are quarantined in the AVG Virus Vault
New Features
- Surf, and search with confidence, while LinkScanner keeps you safe from harmful sites
- Get online and offline protection from viruses, spyware, and other nasties
- Enjoy consistently high-speed PC performance with our new enhanced virus scanner
- Automatic updates keep your protection current
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7
What We Found
AVG Antivirus 2010 is one of the handiest antivirus systems we’ve seen so far. Being a smaller application, AVG may not feature such a wide range of tools or utilities as the other antivirus programs do. However, it makes up for it by offering a neat, effective protection which stays silently minimized in your system tray and only activates when needed.It is strongly recommended that you perform all updates from the this interface.
The program can distinguish between full and differential updates; while this page offers only full update files for download.In order to provide the highest level of antivirus protection for users of AVG Antivirus 2010 , GRISOFT continuously develops information about new viruses.It remains a perfect security solution for the average computer user, providing quite a powerful weapon against viruses.It is simple to install and setup.The whole package should be enough to ensure you’re not infected with any virus. Also, the program integrates seamlessly with Windows Explorer, thus allowing you to scan files from their context menus.AVG Anti-Virus’s database is automatically updated on a daily basis, so you’re always protected even from the most recently discovered threats. The program supports scheduled scans as well.
AVG provides a number of compelling protective measures and security features, and won’t slow you down. It is faster than last year, and features relatively fast scanning speeds with fairly consistent performance.However, for those looking for the fastest antivirus, you should know that it was one of the slower security solutions tested by AV Comparatives, showing only 6.8MB/sec scanning (compared to 17MB/sec from Norton and Avast).
Pros:
- Works silently in the background
- Ease of Installation
- Frequent automatic updates
- Includes antispyware tool, email protection and web browsing filter
Cons:
- Doesn’t include all the features of the Professional version
- Detection rates aren’t as impressive as some of the other antivirus software
- Nagging registration window
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