Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.5 Review Summary
Viruses, bugs, worms, malware, spyware, the list of threats to your computer are seemingly endless and growing. If you do not protect your computer it’s only a matter of time before they come a-calling. That is where a good anti-virus program is worth its weight in gold. Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.5 is a favorite with our community of reviewers; one stated: “Why buy an anti-virus solution for your home computer when an excellent solution is available for free?” Still another reviewer stated: “I loaded this program for free when I discovered a virus had made its way onto my computer despite my having EZ Firewall protection.” Read what our community has to say about this software product.
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Why buy an anti-virus solution for your home computer when an excellent solution is available for free? Yes indeed, there is such a thing as a free lunch (in this case anyway!)
AVG Free Edition works. It does it's job. I am a computer consultant and I have installed this software on literally hundreds...
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Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.5 Ratings and Reviews
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Preaching screenwriter here:
Just tried to upgrade from AVG 7.5 to 8.0...big mistake! Firewall will not load properly after numerous attempts. All I get is a never ending error message while the tormenting flames of computer hell scorch my tortured soul as legions of nightmarish viral imps mock and taunt me for my impetuous foray into cyber territories unkown. Oh that I would have heeded the clarion calls from those who are forever ensconced in the fiery depths of cyber hell....delete!!! delete!!! before it is too late!
Alas, I fear all is lost. Someone, somewhere entreat the God of...
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The downsides are that it takes up a lot of memory, it takes more time to start up my computer and the daily updates are pretty time consuming. But the positives far outweigh the negatives.
I'm just like you. No special training, no computer classes, just the average Joe looking to make sure that their computer works without spending tons of money or time on the process.
AVG free enables me to do all that, without all the confusing extras that cause your computer to suddenly do something unexpected. Before I used AVG I was constantly having to turn off my security program to install software. AVG in no way interferes with the normal operation of your computer. What's even better, when it updates, its a quick 30 sec process at start up, and then you are done. You decide when to, or...
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AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 discovered viruses that my $2100+ Trend Micro Anti-Virus didn't discover. I confirmed the viruses with other packages, but our expensive Trend Micro SMB AV didn't find.
You can even use the AVG AV Free Edition but it is less configurable so you do get the extras by paying for the commerical versions.
Try it against the other AV Companies before you pay to much for "assumed" protection.
Download the free edition and test it: grissoft.com
