AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall 8.5.323a1500

4.1 out of 5 stars 4.1 (120 votes)

(April 30, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Shareware / 26,853 downloads

AVG Anti-Virus offers maximum virus protection, product customization, and free virus database updates and technical support. The core of the testing engine is a Virtual Device Driver which loads into memory on Windows startup.

AVG Anti-Virus provides all of Grisoft’s advanced virus detection methods and components, including heuristic analysis, generic detection, scanning, and integrity checking. It is an integral part of the AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall Edition and is accessible via the AVG Control Center. Safeguarding the computer on which it is installed AVG Firewall helps to maintain privacy and protects personally identifiable information from being sent from your computer without your permission.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Cris3

    Reviewing 8.0.233a1415 (Jan 15, 2009)

    I give this a 5-Star because of it's smooth integration with my Vista system. It is not bothersome to use and has adequate protection without using large resources that slow the computer.

    You can test it's ability to protect by scanning with any number of online detection sources and see if they find anything worth fussing over.

    Most people's computer activities don't require the ultimate protection, so this user friendly program works just fine.

    Ian "Gizmo" Richards wrote in his newsletter today:
    "Security research company Trend Micro recently reported that of the top 100 infections in the U.S. in 2008, approximately 63% were caused by downloading and running programs. E-mail-borne infections accounted for only 3%, while the exploitation of security flaws in products was responsible for a tiny 1.7% of PC infections."

    AVG combined with a-squared malware protection works well for the common user who don't take on too much risk and are careful where they go on the internet and what they download.

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    Adrian79

    Reviewing 8.0.227a1407 (Dec 19, 2008)

    "Nod is the best along with Antivir then a distant third is KAV"

    I 2nd that.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    mjm01010101

    Reviewing 8.0.227a1407 (Dec 19, 2008)

    The only thing AV Comparitives proves (many years after the fact is well known,) is that ALL antivirus sucks, and I mean that in a polite fashion. It would be far better to train users to not install crap and run in userland than download and install this software which provides a false sense of security.

    ALL antivirus software sucks and all have too many false positives or poor detection rates. ALL.

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    doctorsmith

    Reviewing 8.0.227a1407 (Dec 19, 2008)

    as pointed out below AVG doesn't come up very good in AV Comparatives tests.
    Not for me.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    methuselah

    Reviewing 8.0.227a1407 (Dec 19, 2008)

    I used the free version for years, after Norton's bloat and poor detection rates. (I think Symantec recently improved a lot.) I won a copy of the paid AVG Internet Security about a year ago. It's been good for me, and a number of people I know, although I haven't done a side by side test against eicar sigs with other programs. Ver. 8.0.200

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