AVG Anti-Virus & Internet Security Protection

Versions for Windows clients
Grisoft provides a number of products from the AVG range, suitable for Windows 98 onwards. In addition to this, Grisoft also provides a Linux version of the software.

AVG Anti-Virus is available in both a free and commercial editions. Commercial editions are also available with an integrated firewall.

In addition to anti-virus software offerings, Grisoft also provides Anti-Spyware (free and commercial editions), Anti-Malware software (commercial editions only), a Rescue CD allowing the user to scan and remove viruses and spyware that may be stopping a PC from booting (commercial edition only) and a free Anti-Rootkit tool.

Grisoft also provides the AVG Internet Security suite (commercial edition only) which includes anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall protection.

All commercial versions of the AVG products are compatible with the 64-bit edition of Windows. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is not compatible with Windows 64 bit. All editions run on Windows Vista.

All standard versions of the AVG software are available on a trial basis. Each trial allows all users (including businesses and institutions) a 30-day trial period. After this time a fee is required, which yields a key that unlocks the program for continued use.

Versions for servers
Grisoft also sells AVG antivirus solutions for web/file servers or email servers running either Linux or Windows.

AVG for Linux/FreeBSD
With Version 7.5, Grisoft is providing a solution for FreeBSD for the first time. Grisoft has incorporated spam detection in addition to virus detection for Linux/FreeBSD software.

Features
AVG features most of the common functions available in modern antivirus programs, including periodic scans, scans of sent and received emails (including adding footers to the emails indicating this), the ability to "heal" some virus-infected files, and a "virus vault" in which infected files are held.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
According to Grisoft, over 60 million users have AVG Anti-Virus protection, including users of the Free Edition.

The AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is similar to the AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition product, but does not have all the features. It lacks the fine-grained control over how scans are conducted. In addition, the free versions do not receive technical support from Grisoft, and English is the only available language.

Grisoft announced that support for AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition version 7.1 ended on February 18, 2007. Users were required to upgrade to AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition version 7.5. Users were encouraged to move to the commercial version of AVG, particularly the AVG Anti-Malware and AVG Internet Security products, as they protect against spyware as well as viruses.

Resource requirements
One feature of AVG is its conservative resource requirements and does not slow it down noticeably. Resource use is low; the AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition requires 16 MB of RAM and 20 MB of space on the hard drive. AVG Internet Security, however, requires 256 MB of RAM. [7]

AVG Anti-Spyware
On April 19, 2006, it was announced that Grisoft had acquired the German Anti-Malware company ewido Networks. ewido Anti-Spyware was later renamed to AVG Anti-Spyware Professional Edition. A freeware version, AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition, is available for private non-commercial use only and with lower speed updates.

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AVGADMIN
AVGADMIN is a remote administration tool, which allows the software to be managed centrally on networks

News
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - Software of the year 2007
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition (AVG's free product for non-commercial use) was recently awarded PC Pro's Software of the Year award 2007.

AVG releases second beta edition of AVG 8.0 for public testing
AVG 8.0 offers a completely new multi-threaded scanning engine that combines anti-virus and anti-spyware while retaining the product’s signature small footprint and scanning efficiency.

AVG Awarded PC Authority Best Software Award
AVG recently attended the Australian PC Authority Magazine Reliability and Service Awards and were finalists in the 'Best Software' category. AVG scored 'Highly Commended' for their AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and scored the 2nd highest rating for user satisfaction.

AVG Anti-Virus Free is the Most Popular Program on CNET Download.com
GRISOFT announced that AVG Anti-Virus Free is the number one downloaded program on all of CNET Download.com. Additionally, AVG Anti-Virus Free is the first most popular and Anti-Virus Pro is the third most popular antivirus based on Editor’s Choice. CNET Download.com is a well-referenced site and is part of CNET Networks, an internationally established online publication and host to technology news and reviews.

AVG picks up not one, but two awards in PC Answers 2007 Awards!
AVG has won further awards, picking up a double whammy in PC Answers 2007 Awards. Both AVG Anti-Spyware and AVG Internet Security were given the PC Answers Recommended Award. PC Answers made note of AVG Anti-Spy ware's removal of all major threats on the infected system, its excellent real-time protection and the program's clear alert messages. Among other features, AVG Internet Security's robust quality and its ease of use, along with AVG's standard two year licence and 50% discount on renewals make it award winning software.

AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

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Easy to use, low system resources
Automatic update functionality
Real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run
AVG’s Virus Vault for the safe handling of infected files