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Old 04-24-2008, 04:46 AM   #1
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AVG Technologies Releases AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0

http://www.grisoft.com/ww.811.ndi-93836

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Czech Republic - April 23, 2008 – AVG Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security software, will tomorrow release AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0, the latest version of the company’s popular and widely-used free security software, which now incorporates protection against spyware through a new combined anti-virus and anti-spyware engine.

AVG Free provides basic protection against viruses and spyware, together with the safe-searching component of the company’s patent-pending LinkScanner® technology, incorporated into the new AVG Security Toolbar. The Free product does not include the proactive safe-surfing (“drive-by download” protection) of the full LinkScanner module that is included in the commercial AVG products, nor the protection against hackers, keyloggers, spam, phishing attacks, and malicious file downloads that can come through instant messaging and attachments from seemingly friendly sources. The free product also does not include the round-the-clock email support provided with the commercial products.
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Old 04-24-2008, 01:50 PM   #2
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Cool beans. I've found that a combination of Adblock and Noscript along with a good NAT firewall and software firewall provide a good level of defense, but I always have AVG installed.

That or I just use Linux and I'm pretty much good.
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Old 04-24-2008, 05:16 PM   #3
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:23 PM   #4
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Taming AVG Free version 8
A great review with good tips...
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Old 04-29-2008, 10:13 PM   #5
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Avira Free was recently in the Windows Secrets "Nine must-have freeware apps" list. What they had to say about it:
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You'll probably never see the freeware version of an antivirus program outrank its commercial counterpart in a software roundup, but Avira's AntiVir gives other fee-based antivirus apps a run for their money. The program receives high marks for its malware detection rates and its ability to take on rootkit viruses. The main disadvantage cited by reviewers is that the free version of AntiVir doesn't scan incoming e-mail. However, the program does scan e-mail attachments after you've saved them, and it detects malware if you open an infected e-mail.
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