Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware – 2 Year Subscription
- AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware offers up-to-the-minute protection that won’t get in your way
- LinkScanner gives you a vital superfluous layer of protection you won’t find in other anti-virus software
- Surf and search the web with confidence, knowing you’re actively protected from visiting perilous websites
- Work and play online safely and without interruption while AVG scans and updates quietly in the background
- Unlimited automatic updates and version upgrades for the life of your license
More than 80 million computer users around the world go online safely, thanks to AVG. You didn’t buy your PC to agonize about security. That’s why we’ve designed our software so you can work, play, surf, and chat online while we take care of keeping you safe. We’re so silent and well-organized, you won’t even know we’re there. But you can rest assured that we are. AVG’s unique LinkScanner is the only technology to check websites and search consequences at the only time that matters – when you’re about to click that link. AVG’s new scanning system only scans files changed since the last scan, so it won’t slow down your surfing, downloading, and on-line chatting. Here’s what we’re doing behind the scenes to keep you and your PC out of distress. While you’re surfing and searching the web, LinkScanner SurfShield ensures every website you visit is safe – even before you go there. LinkScanner SearchShield gives safety ratings to all your Google, MSN and Yahoo search consequences. LIVE Investigate checks to make sure web pages really are what they appear to be. While you’re emailing, IMing or on your social networks, WebShield lets you download and exchange files without risking virus infections. Email Scanner keeps viruses, phishers, and scammers out of your inbox. Whether you’re online or offline, Anti-Virus makes sure you can’t get or spread an infection. Anti-Spyware keeps your passwords and other personal information private. Anti-RootkitAVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware–elemental protection that won’t get in your way.
Is Your Anti-Virus Getting in the Way of By Your Computer?
AVG’s new high-speed anti-virus/anti-spyware combo scanner is smarter than your average scanner. It keeps track of what’s already been scanned and found clean. Result: quicker scanning that doesn’t get in your way.
AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware is austerely smarter security that doesn’t slow you down.
It doesn’t waste your time. It just keeps you safe–online or off.
- High-efficiency virus scanner for fantastic system performance
- LinkScanner for safe web searching and surfing
- Safely exchange photos and files over instant messaging and social networks
- Safely download composition, files, and applications
- Email inbox that’s clear of phishers and scammers
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AVG’s Secret Weapon
AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware also has a secret weapon other anti-virus harvest don’t have. It has LinkScanner. LinkScanner takes over where your anti-virus doesn’t go–into the depths of web pages you haven’t even visited yet.
LinkScanner gives you a vital superfluous layer of protection you won’t find in other anti-virus software. And you can use it in amalgamation with firewalls and anti-spam harvest from other companies with no loss of protection or PC performance.
Most web threats these days are literally here now, gone tomorrow. So the only way to protect yourself is to use software that checks the page behind every link at the only time that matters–right before you click on it.
Whenever you’re on the web, the moment you go to click on a link, LinkScanner analyzes the page behind that link to tell you whether there’s something nasty hiding there.
For added peace of mind, you also get safety ratings for your Google, Yahoo! and Bing/MSN search consequences.
Why AVG?
We’ve designed our software so you can surf, chat, work, and social network while we take care of security. We’re so silent and well-organized, you won’t even know we’re there. But you can rest assured that we are.
- AVG’s unique LinkScanner scans web pages before you visit them.
- AVG’s enhanced scanner keeps your system running smoothly–online or off.
It’s vital to use the right level of protection for your needs.
See how AVG’s layered protection harvest equate.
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All AVG harvest give you:
- Free automatic updates and version upgrades1
- Hassle-free security that won’t slow you down2
And if you ever need help with your AVG protection, just head on over to our support website at http://www.avg.com/support and our experts will get you back on track–quick.
1For the term of your license.
2All security software uses reminiscence and processor power, and can therefore result in slower system performance. AVG has been built to minimize these effects.
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mcafee review
In this day and age, with constant relations to the Internet, anyone by a Windows based computer to browse the Internet, read email and chat that DOESN’T have some real time antivirus/antispyware software on their computer is asking for endless infections and the potential for data loss and even worse, identity theft. If you’re relying on free scans initiated from a website (such as Kaspersky, Household Call, etc), you’re not as well protected as you should be and the price Amazon is charging, for 2 years of protection, makes this package an simple impulse hold.
For those that don’t want to spend money on antivirus/antispyware software, there are bounty of free versions available. AVG has it’s own free antivirus/antispyware program, along with free harvest available from Microsoft, Avira, avast!, Comodo and more. Most lack features of their paid subscription siblings, but most people are as protected as they need to be with the free software.
So why pay for this version of the software? The answer is that it depends on what you’re looking for. The free version of AVG, while adequate, does not offer everything this package does. Here is a list of what is built-in in the pay version of the software that is NOT built-in in the free product:
Technical Support (if you reflect you’ll need it, ever, buy the software)
Download protection (called WebShield)
Advanced Root Kit protection
Game Mode (turns itself off while you play games so that performance of the game is not affected; you can also accomplish this by disabling the scanner before you play a game if you use the free version, just remember to turn it back on when you’re done)
The thing to keep in mind is that AVG also offers a more expensive product that has features this software does not (Firewall, antispam, AVG identity protection). If you need those features, then look for AVG Internet Security journal.
One thing to remember when purchasing a real time virus/spyware package is the hit to performance your computer will take when installed. Every virus scanner, no matter how well-organized, will ALWAYS affect performance negatively given that EVERY file must be scanned before being opened or used by the system. AVG’s scanner is quick and performance degradation is minimal. Equate this product to the massive hit in performance when by McAfee or Norton and you’ll wonder why people even use those scanners anymore. AVG is more well-organized than any of those 2 huge name harvest.
If you are looking for basic protection and reflect you need the superfluous protection this provides over the free AVG offering, this is one of the best prices you will find. If you hold directly from AVG you are looking at $35 for a SINGLE year of protection. Even at the $40 MSRP, this 2 year subscription nearly gives you a year for “free.”
Some people have never heard of AVG Anti-Virus, but it’s a product I’ve been by their free version for many years. ([...]) .
Let me start by saying I’m a Systems Administrator and we use other huge names and those virus protection programs are full and place heavy processor loads on the systems they protect. Because of my experience with McAffe and Norton I chose not to run those at home and instead used the free version of AVG’s product.
What I found was that AVG was a low demand scanner. In other words unlike most other virus programs you really don’t know this one is there, and it has what I would say is a better anti virus engine then the huge names.
So why buy this version rather then get the free version? This version is a 2 year subscription and while the free does antivirus scanning there are a lot of “features” that are well worth the cost, and with so much spyware/adware trying to sneak into your Windows PC’s these days you really need a top notch program protecting your PC and your sensitive data.
AVE has done a fantastic job in their anti-spyware scanner, and they have a linkscanner which is very useful. In fact they have this on their free version as the AVG Toolbar for your internet browser. It tells you which links are safe, which are known threats and which ones you should be cautious with.
So while a lot of the ‘unique” features are in the free version, the paid has the added protection of adware/spyware which really these days its more likely you get spyware/adware over a virus so you really need the protection. And from my experience with the huge name companies and AVG I have always opted to choose AVG. It’s what I run at home and have whole confidence in and like the fact you never even know it’s there except for the icons running in the task bar. If you want to view the menu’s you can pull them up, but with the autmated scans, updates and repair features you install it and can forget it if you aren’t the type that wants to tweak it.
A++ product, highly recommended.
Over the years i have had many different anti-virus programs and without any question AVG is the best that i have had.. Uses very small resources, stays in the background and does not “Nag”. Whereas Norton, McAfee, Trendnet and panda among others will nag you to tears. I had Bitdefender 2010 installed before i installed AVG and what a difference, AVG really catches Trojans etc, whereas Bitdefender lets em dance around all day.I reflect the retail version is worth buying because of course you get the full version so you can schedule different tasks etc……. Hope this helps in your choice making.
I’ve been by this software for less than 1 month and like it. Programs open up much, much quicker. Email downloads quicker. Updates are invisible. Even the computer boots up quicker. I am very, very pleased.
Previously, I used McAfee and before that Norton’s. McAfee was a huge store hog .. updates really slowed down other operations running during the download, programs took a long time to open, the computer took at least twice as long to boot up .. the list goes on. McAfee’s consumer service was horrible . . they provided terrible information . . as if they had never even used the software. I am sooo glad I switched. I wouldn’t go back to any Norton’s or McAfee.
While I am comfortable around computers I am a person that always seems to have a glitch when installing hardware and software. Re-booting my DSL system took 2 LOOOONG phone calls to India. Synching my wireless to the new lap top? Two weeks of on again/off again effort.
So, when I installed this on my new lap top I seriously considered just renewing the pre-loaded anti-virus program and calling it a day. But, I already had this AVG anti-virus program and ultimately I chose to be cheap and install what I already owned thanks to Amazon Vine.
So, how did it install?
Perfectly.
I was done in 20 minutes. I didnlt judge it and neither did my wife.
That was about a month ago and the AVAG program has been dutifully monitoring and ocassionally stopping me from clicking on virus-overloaded websites.