AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0.138

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Uno de los mejores gratuitos

by: jorge_amar on 07-Jul-2008 08:23:07 PM

Pros: Realmente, es uno de los mejores antivir que he probado en los últimos tiempos. Ademas de ser una versión gratuita y tener actualización constante de por-vida sin costo alguno, detecta casi el 100% de los virus existentes y detecta spyware, adware y roba-identidades (identity-theft). También revisa los correos entrantes en Outlooks (de office y express) y protege de enlaces potencialmente peligrosos (phishing) indicando, en los buscadores, los links seguros y "peligrosos". Lo que más valoro del producto es que no consume muchos recursos de sistema haciendo pasar casi inadvertido los procesos en background del antivirus.

Cons: No cuenta con soporte en línea y carece de otros tipos de protecciones que podrían ayudar a mejorar la protección del equipo. Por lo demás, la protección es más que suficiente para proteger cualquier equipo de casa y de oficina de uso medio.

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Set it, forget it, you won't regret it.

by: ranman54 on 08-Jul-2008 04:49:58 AM

Pros: Ease of use and AVG won't bog down your system with well over 100 MBs like other AV programs.

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

I have used this product for years...nothing better!

by: mttahtinen on 07-Jul-2008 06:09:23 PM

Pros: This is a no brainer

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

AVG8 Some problems, better with tweaks

by: zcarcharodon on 07-Jul-2008 08:40:27 PM

Pros: Decent virus scanner, and added Adware detection

Cons: I've had AVG 8 for 2-3 weeks now. Everything seemed okay at first, it took up between 10,000-40,000k in memory, most of the time closer to 40,000k. But still, it seemed okay. However, when I opened multiple browser windows (4 to be exact) of a content/media heavy page (ie ufc.com), it started to lag and become unresponsive. When I right clicked the context menus were very slow, and usually I'd have to ALT+CTRL+DEL, End Task, on the browser (didn't matter if it was Firefox or IE).

I figured out that the Resident Shield was bogging me down, so I disabled it. Now it runs at a loss less memory (less than 10,000k) and I can run multiple browser windows no problem. For the record my PC is a Pentium 4, 1.6 GHZ. For me, I'll take my chances with doing a full scan every so often (which you have to do anyways), rather than 24-hour Resident Shield, which is basically as bad as having a virus, the way it lags me up. To get rid of the "Resident Shield Disabled" warnings: Tools > Advanced Settings > Ignore Faulty Conditions > Uncheck Resident Shield.

I've also used other tweaks, one that got rid of that nagging Drop Down Notification box. Below is a quote from a website (between the asterisks).

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To get rid of the "Dropdown Notification" simply change 2 files in the C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8 subfolder:

Rename the file "avgresf.dll" to something like "avgresf.dll.disabled"

Rename the file "avgmwdef_us.mht" to something like "avgmwdef_us.mht.disabled"

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Most guides suggest renaming "avgresf.dll", however I kept this one as is, and it still works by just renaming the "mht" file. I'd rather not mess with the DLL just in case. Do whatever works for you.

Another tweak that got rid of the link scanner upon installation:

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avgfree8.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch

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I tried posting some AVG 8 tweak links, but CNET does not allow links, so do the following for the links:

Google these strings and it should be the first result (NOTE: copy and paste everything to Google, the quote marks and + sign, that way Google searches exactly):

1)

"More Perspectives and Tips on AVG Free version 8" + "Grand Stream Dreams"

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"AVG 8 Free Better Than 7.5 After Tweaking" + "dslreports"

3)

"tweakguides forums" + "new AVG8.0 Antivirus Free Edition " + "avg 8.0"

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

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by: colin.wilson57 on 09-Jul-2008 05:15:15 AM

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