AVG is a price I like FREE (AVG AntiVirus Free Edition)

Member Name: Yvette72

Product:	AVG AntiVirus Free Edition
Date:	20/08/09 (184 review reads)
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Advantages: Free

Disadvantages: Slows down the PC

Grisoft's AVG Antivirus Free Edition was recommended to me by some friends and a relative who work in IT, so I thought they must know what they are talking about.

You have to download this piece of software from a special free grisoft site. Sometimes this site hides, I think Grisoft would like people to buy their paid for version. I am quite sure that is a good product and if I was using it for business, I would probably pay, but FREE is a price I like better.

Anything free can't be much good. WRONG! this really is an excellent and well respected antivirus. The version is regularly updated. Once it is installed on the computer, I can update the virus database at the click of a button to keep up with the bad guys.

I can then schedule it to scan my computer at a regular time each day, but if the software detects any problems whilst I am using it, it alerts me and starts to deal with the threat. It then lets me know how the threat has been dealt with.

This latest version (8.5) has an additional browser tool bar that marks all the sites that come up in a google search with a green tick to show that it is safe. This antivirus is very highly recommended.

The main down side is that it considerably slows down your computer while it is running.

Summary: Reliable free antivirus

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