Filesize: 68100KB
Licence: Freeware
Restrictions: Personal use only
System: XP/ 2000/ Vista/ Win7
Version: 8.5.420 (06/10/09)
Website: http://free.grisoft.com/
PC Utilities review:
In this sad age of Trojans, worms and other such nastiness, the benefits of having an antivirus program go without saying. Unfortunately it usually requires living with two necessary evils. Firstly antivirus programs need to run in the background, which uses system resources, and secondly competent antivirus applications typically come at a price, which is then extended via a yearly subscription for new updates and virus definitions. There's not much anyone can do about the first problem, but something can certainly be done about the second.
AVG is an excellent and totally free antivirus suite that easily matches commercial offerings like Norton Anti-Virus and McAfee VirusScan in terms of features. Like any capable antivirus tool, AVG will scan your entire system for threats, and problem files can be deleted or quarantined. Basic scheduling is also supported, enabling you to set virus when you would like a daily scan to take place.
AVG Anti-Virus has recently undergone a significant revamp, and now benefits from an even easier-to-use interface, focused around the Control Centre screen. AVG's scanning engine has also been improved to detect more viruses, and its virus update feature now doesn't require a reboot every time new definitions are found. There's even an email scanner to help protect your PC against any suspect attachments.
If you consider that this already impressive program has a free virus update system, there's even less of a reason to go spend your hard earned money on a commercial security suite. Consider this a mandatory entry on your software install list.
