Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

prghon reviewed v7.5.1.43-3339 on Jan 14, 2009

update server sucks

tigreseis reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Nov 19, 2007

inspiredeb is a moron. AVG trial works fine and can be easily uninstalled.

echohead reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Oct 8, 2007

yes, you have to pay for the full version...but for any intelligent computer user (who only needs on-demand scanning), the core program features are free.

AVG-Antispyware has a slightly better detection rate than spyware terminator and uses less memory than SUPERantispyware.

and SAS does the exact same thing as AVG + rogue remover, so ATM im using AVG and spyware terminator. no problems and absolutely NO memory hit.

inspiredeb reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Oct 5, 2007

Warning: Don't download the trial version of AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 unless you're sure you want to buy it. You can't uninstall the trial version of the software. There is no uninstall routine provided with the trial. Then you're stuck with sales support because you don't have a license # and they only provide canned, ineffective solutions. You'll be stuck with AVG's processes running in the background. Do you need yet another process gunking up your system?

Nikkie reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Sep 8, 2007

This still has a way to go but it has the right idea.I'm still more interested in superantispyware...

btman reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Jun 16, 2007

Awesome scanner, detects alot more than others. Plus it IS freeware for the most part... Yes 30 day trial for realtime protection... But after the 30 days you can STILL update and run scans... So either way the malware it detects will be removed. Very nice software indeed.

Orbitration reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Jun 15, 2007

Slow, slow and slower. Over an hour for a scan, found 8 cookies that get deleted anyway.

Biggest thing is it's NOT freeware, it's 30-day trial ware at that.

pctech5189 reviewed v7.5.1.43 on Jun 14, 2007

Avg Anti Spyware I think is probably the best anti-spyware program out there. It has high detection rate, good removal, And a very thourough scanner.

runningfool reviewed v7.5.1.36 on Jun 5, 2007

AVG AntiSpyware uses less RAM than NOD32 AntiVirus (which is notorious for low memory usage), but at the same time has a better detection rate than anything on the market.

this has been the best antispyware program you can get, ever since AVG bought it from ewido.

Jegar48 reviewed v7.5.1.36 on Jun 4, 2007

There are no features in this program that make it worth anywhere near $39.95.

anubeon reviewed v7.5.0.50 on May 26, 2007

The AVG/Ewido anti-spyware engine is as ever excellent. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of AVG Anti-Spyware as a whole.

• While efficient and attractive the graphical user interface frequently freezes forcing the user to kill all associated processes (avgas.exe and guard.exe) via the Task Manager.

• While offering an impressive feature set the resident scanner is a bit of a resource hog. I often find my CPU usage plateaux at 90-100% whenever I choose to ACTUALLY browse the internet (the culprit being guard.exe).

• Again the on-access/scheduled scanner is a bit of a resource hog. While I haven't had as much trouble c.f. the resource requirements of the resident scanner I have had to forcibly end scans (again killing processes via the Task Manager) on more than one occasion.

To my mind the only real benefit of installing anti-spyware software is in its resident scanner. In the case of AVG Anti-Spyware the resident scanner is something of a no-go (at least in my case) and thus I think I'll stick to running regular weekly scans via the FREE Ewido online scanner (which coincidentally uses the same excellent AS engine) at least until v8.0 rears it's head (hopefully they'll have fixed the resident scanner by then).

shxrobert reviewed v7.5.0.50 on Feb 7, 2007

Excellent addition to my choices for free spyware cleaners. 5/5

wincement reviewed v7.5.0.50 on Jan 25, 2007

@Satansgeek:

Have you even tried it in the past 5 months? It hasn't been called Ewido in a long time, and it has been very stable for every computer I have loaded it on.

That being said, I like Spyware Terminator much better. It is free and is such a complete anti-spyware package I can't believe I haven't been using it longer.