AVG Free

Those who think that free anti-virus applications are tools that are lacking certain components or work with less reliability than paid products, are wrong and that is because they don't know AVG Free. This powerful anti-virus by AVG Technologies has gained the confidence of users worldwide presenting the same advantages and protection guarantees as any of the major professional anti-virus applications.

  The developers distribute it free of charge for personal use only, that means, it shoud not be used in a company or for professional security, and they do not offer any technical support, so if we want to use it in the office or ask for technical assistance, we will have to pay for a license in one their paid protection products.

  AVG Free is a complete tool pack to protect our computer against any type of virus or spyware. It frequently updates its database to keep our computer safe against the lastest threats that threaten our computer.

  It has an Anti-virus that protects our computer from viruses, worms and trojans, and a powerful Anti-Spyware that will protect us against spyware, adware and any other type of malware. It also includes an e-mail scanner that will guard all our electronic correspondance, and another link scanner to make our Internet browsing as safe as possible.

  The Resident Shield component scans all the files that are copied, opened or saved in real time, so no new element enters our computers without going through its checking system.

  All AVG Free's components can be instructed to work over the whole system or just on the drives and foldes we designate. The scans can be paused and resumed, and all the eliminated files are sent to the "virus vault", a protected area where it will stay for a time without any damaging capacity, to avoid any important files accidentaly being deleted.

  AVG Free is the proof that the is no excuse for not having a protection system installed on our computer.

  Latest improvements:
- Malware detection has been improved.
- The database has been updated with the latest threats.
- It now uses less system resources.