AVG Anti. Virus (2. Review & Rating.
AVG's free antivirus product is only for personal use. If you want AVG protection for your business, you'll have to spring for the non- free AVG Anti. Virus ($3. 9. 9. 9 per year; $5. With this product, you get all the features of the free edition plus Online Shield and Data Safe. This product is a good choice for a business setting, but for individuals the free edition is a better deal. AVG's distinctive color- and- circle user interface lets you see at a glance how much protection you have and whether it's working correctly.
The dark- hued main window features five panels: Computer, Web, Identity, Email, and Firewall. A circle in each panel shines a happy green when all's well security- wise, but changes to orange or red if there's a problem. In this product, the first four circles are complete, meaning you've got all available protection in that area.
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Firewall isn't available in the standalone antivirus, so that circle remains gray. Because the free antivirus lacks Online Shield, it displays a three- quarters circle for Web protection. Since Data Safe is a premium- only feature, the free edition also displays a three- quarter circle for computer protection. It's pretty clear and simple. As usual, I suggest you read that review first.
Comments about AVG Antivirus Software: There was a time in recent history when I recommended AVG to all who would listen because I used it, liked the program and. AVG AntiVirus Free 2014. Editor's Review: AVG Antivirus Free Edition is an. If you are looking for a free antivirus software, AVG definitely offers.
In case you don't have time, I'll summarize here. Virus Bulletin included AVG in all of the last 1. VB1. 00 certification for all but one of those tests. In AV- Test Institute's three part test, AVG aced the protection and usability components but fell down on performance, for a total of 1. Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2. I look at five different tests by AV- Comparatives; AVG managed three ADVANCED+ ratings, one ADVANCED, and one merely STANDARD. And the free AVG product received a AA rating from Dennis Technology Labs.
In my own hands- on malware- blocking test, AVG managed 8. Mc. Afee Anti. Virus Plus (2. Kaspersky Anti- Virus (2. Because the premium antivirus adds Online Shield, I put it through my malicious URL blocking test separately from the free edition.
I definitely saw a difference—for some sites it specifically reported . The current top score in this test is 9.
Mc. Afee and Symantec Norton Security Premium. Just in case Online Shield contributed a boost to the product's phishing protection, I also reran my antiphishing test. Of course, this test uses different suspected phishing URLs every time, so results can vary. In fact, the premium edition didn't score quite as well as the free edition, so I let the results from the free edition stand.
AVG's detection rate lagged 2. Norton's, and 1. 3 points behind that of Internet Explorer alone. See How We Interpret Antivirus Lab Tests. See How We Test Malware Blocking.
More Shared Features. AVG's premium antivirus shares quite a number of bonus features with the free edition. Both include a browser protection component that rates Web site safety and actively blocks advertisers from tracking your browsing habits. Both include Identity Protection, an oddly named feature that looks for malicious behavior patterns. I didn't see Identity Protection jump into the fray to block malware, but neither did it erroneously block valid programs the way Check Point Zone.
Alarm PRO Antivirus + Firewall 2. Clicking the Fix performance button in the product's main window launches a scan that looks for possible ways to speed up your system. Oddly, if you click the button to actually fix found problems, it installs AVG PC Tune. Up, which wants to scan all over again. Your installation of PC Tune. Up is a one- day trial, so be sure to exercise all of its features while you have access. Along with the Tune.
Up tool you get a secure deletion utility, to prevent forensic recovery of sensitive deleted files. You also get a forensic recovery tool—yes, these two tools are opposites. The Disk Space Explorer shows you which file types and folders are hogging the most disk space.
Note that even without invoking Tune. Up, you have access to secure deletion. Just right- click a file or folder and choose Permanently shred with AVG. Data Safe. I've already covered the Online Shield component—it didn't seem to make a lot of difference in my malware- blocking tests. The other added feature in AVG premium is Data Safe. A wizard walks you through the process of creating a new Data Safe. You start by naming the safe and defining a password, along with a password hint.
AVG rates the password as you type it, but don't get cocky; . Not sure what size to choose? You can point to a folder whose files you intend to protect, and you get a recommendation from AVG. When your Data Safe is unlocked, you can treat it like any other drive. When it's locked, its contents are inaccessible. Note that this product only lets you have one Data Safe open at a time; the full security suite allows multiple open safes. In addition, AVG doesn't warn you about locking a safe while files are open the way Bitdefender, Mc.
Afee, and others do.