Reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free

1. 
   sturgess

   Reviewing 8.5.386a1586 (Jun 30, 2009)

   Well Dana1, I've been using AVG and Avira on my two respective machines for many years. Both have performed well and never let me down. Unlike you I find that 99% of my friends who are using AVG have clean lean computing machines. Perhaps my friends are a little more knowledgeable than the crowd who appear to make up your clientele, what do you think ?
2. 
   Dana1

   Reviewing 8.5.386a1586 (Jun 30, 2009)

   This software is crap. I service computers for a lot of people. 99% of computers that I see virus laden are running AVG free. May as well not be running any anti - virus software. I have actually downloaded a a known virus infected file to a computer running AVG free. It did not pick up on the virus nor did it detect it as a virus when the file was scanned. Pretty sad. I recommend Avast 4.8 Home. It runs neck and neck with Norton and is free. I use it personally, and have for years. Never seen a virus sneak by by. Stay away from AVG. Bloated and does not do the job !
3. 
   Sammo

   Reviewing 8.5.374a1564 (Jun 22, 2009)

   This is the BIGGEST resource hog I have ever seen. The resident shield constantly takes up over 90% of the cpu. Total CRAP! Just use Avira instead. Its lower in resource usage and higher in detection than AVG.
4. 
   alalec

   Reviewing 8.5.364a1545 (Jun 14, 2009)

   AVG is a stable and complete anti-virus/anti-spyware application. The free version includes most of the basic protection functions. I noticed systematic suspicious network connections by the module avgnsx.exe to sites in Russia like spaceweb.ru (IP address: 77.222.40.36 part of a hosting provider?). Another problem is that even if you decide to install some software like Alexa, AVG wouldn’t allow you. When AVG detects insecure software, the SKIP function which is designed to allow you to force the installation of an application that is recognized by AVG as insecure, does not work properly. AVG moves the insecure software to the vault or removes it. The detection level of insecure software is good but it fails in some cases. In some cases you might receive false alerts. The process of updating the virus DB is active and works fine. If you consider the available FREE anti-virus AND anti-spyware software, AVG is one of the best. But be aware that security when you are connected to Internet is something relative; usually the software designed to protect you is actually trying to spy on you EXCLUSIVELY.
5. 
   autumnsun

   Reviewing 8.5.364a1545 (Jun 10, 2009)

   I've running AVG AntiVirus 8.5 Free edition without incidents on Windows 7. The only item of note is in the Windows Action Center. After installing AVG and doing a few Updates, I still get the red flag with the message "Update AVG Anti-Virus Free (Important)".
   
   i've done updates by clicking on the link in the Action Center and within the AVG application.

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