AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0.175a1382

Publisher's Description:

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 has the following other editions available: AVG Anti-Virus Professional and AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall.

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Reviewer:	Letterman	Nov 5, 2008
Version:	8.0.175a1382
The best anti-virus you can find right now. AVIRA has a better detection rate but is really poor when removing threats. It just can't repair anything. It removes files instead and only if they're not running. AVIRA can't do something as simple as reboot to remove files. The AVG developers team should work on the resident scanner right now. Make it less cpu intensive and avoid locking file while scanning. If you want a helper tool for AVG try http://tinyurl.com/avg107
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Reviewer:	BillyBeta	Oct 29, 2008
Version:	8.0.175a1382
DOES NOT WORK WITH SERVER 2003. BetaNews needs to update it's product description. Otherwise, it's pretty good with some problems. The search engine link checker is not a great idea. It generates a lot of unnecessary tcp traffic. The whitelisting is difficult to configure and doesn't always behave as needed. I stopped recommending v8 because it didn't fit my needs. But it's still pretty good. Better than most free versions.
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Reviewer:	martinb	Oct 28, 2008
Version:	8.0.175a1382
I used AVG free for several months with no problems. Purchased AVG 8.0 (full package) and attempted to install on Windows XP, SP2 machine. Install failed and caused me to lose internet connectivity. Downloaded utility from their site to "fix" the problem. Attempted to repair the installation also failed. Attempts to remove the installation failed. Ultimately, I had to download a removal utility to get rid of AVG. The advertised 24/7 support is a joke. It's been almost 48 hours days and I still have no response from their technical support other than a confirmation email assigning a request # for my case. Before you buy, look at their web site under support and hot topics and you will see a topic relating to loss of internet service after installation. Their solutions didn't work for me and according to one of the distributors I called there is no U.S. telephone support. I could have purchased support from that company at a rate of approximately $20.00 for the first 15 minutes with a technician. I have asked for a refund and will look for another product.
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Reviewer:	joeshmoe7	Oct 22, 2008
Version:	8.0.175a1382
Working fine here. -3 though for a few too many false positives, but +1 for easily being able to add an exclusion path to the resident scanner, and +1 for still being able to uncheck the garbage in the custom install option.
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Reviewer:	Stevefarrell	Oct 22, 2008
Version:	8.0.175a1382
AVG 7.5 was a fantastic AV. I was using AVG for 4 years up until the messed things up with AVG 8.0 Now Ive moved to a different AV.
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