Reviews of AVG Anti-Virus Free

1. 
   Romas

   Reviewing 9.0.707a1765 (Nov 23, 2009)

   AVG 9 causes applications to lose focus every half an hour or so. Full screen apps like games just get alttabbed. Really annoying.
2. 
   GadgetPig

   Reviewing 9.0.707a1765 (Nov 18, 2009)

   Once again a good release once "properly" configured:
   
   a.) It's 2009 not 1989, make sure your PC has at LEAST 1gig ram and Pentium 4 2ghz or faster. You can buy a windows based 2ghz/2gig ram/160gig/DVD burner desktop for about $278 at Waly Mart now. Hardware is ridiculously cheap. Computers are not meant to be 20yr old appliances.
   
   b.) choose "custom" setup and uncheck everything (leaving only the core AV itself).
   
   c.) later during setup, DISABLE "daily scanning" option.
   
   d.) for added security (especially friends and family) you need to judge whether or not they are competent to know safe computing practices. If they are "download and click" happy or not as knowledgeable, then consider setting them as standard or limited user rights WITHOUT admin rights. There is NO OS that is 100% secure. Even Linux/OSX with root password in the hands of the wrong user is dangerous.
   
   e.) for friends and family of your choosing, consider installing teamviewer (installed as a service) for easy remote administration.
   
   f.) sit back relax and have a beer
   
   @Romas
   
   Did you configure it as I explained above? I'm also a gamer, and I have never had any issue with AVG9 causing any kind of app focus at stock minimalist settings. There is also "gaming mode" in settings you can turn on and off. YMMV. I recommend uninstall AVG, reboot, run their AVG remnants remover (http://download.avg.com/...____.dir/avgremover.exe), then do a clean custom install of AVG9 with just the core AV as I described above. You can also check to see what time your AVG daily definition/program update checks is set to run and change the time.
3. 
   CyberDoc999

   Reviewing 9.0.707a1765 (Nov 13, 2009)

   this is slow and bloated
4. 
   dink

   Reviewing 9.0.707a1765 (Nov 12, 2009)

   DO NOT install this hog!!
   Yes, scans are faster, but it hogs system resources.
   I installed this on an old machine and it stopped it in it's tracks!!
   Went back to v. 8.5 and all was back to normal.
   I suppose it's not so bad for a free alternative if you have a beefy machine.
   Yes, Version 7.5 was the best by far!!
   
   And hey Betanews, How about a recent updated screenshot?!!!!!!
   Or is that too much to ask for when doing a review of a product?!!
5. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 9.0.707a1765 (Nov 12, 2009)

   Last good version was 7.5.x
   
   It can slow systems down noticeably if all the features are enabled. The download weighs in at 74 megabytes. Avira with all it's problems weighs in at only 33 megabytes and is much faster, but does lack email scanning in the free version.
   
   Good product once, not so much any more.

Discuss AVG Anti-Virus Free

1. Nov 2, 2009 - 6:07 AM
   Traveller29

   Lots of problems with AVG Free 9.0698a1730! On four machines and all have started to run _very_ slowly and the main hard drives are constantly running? Reverted to Free 8.5 and all is well now!
   
   Solutions??