AVG Free Edition 9.0 Build 686a1719

Award winning protection to meet your basic security needs

It’s always been our philosophy at AVG that everyone has the right to basic computer security at no charge. And our 80 million users think we’re doing a pretty good job. So if you’re planning to spend time online and you regularly exchange files with friends, check us out.

- Surf, and search with confidence, while LinkScanner keeps you safe from harmful sites

- Get online and offline protection from viruses, spyware, and other nasties

- Enjoy consistently high-speed PC performance with our new enhanced virus scanner

- Automatic updates keep your protection curren

- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7

Here are some key features of "AVG Free Edition":

· Surfing and searching the web and in your social networks

LinkScanner Active Surf-Shield:

· Ensures every web page you visit is safe – even before you go there.

LinkScanner Search-Shield:

· Applies safety ratings to your Google, MSN and Yahoo search results.

Phishing Protection:

· Checks to make sure web pages really are what they appear to be.

· Emailing, Instant Messaging and downloading music and files

E-mail Scanner:

· Keeps you safe from dangerous attachments and links in your e-mail.

· Whether you’re online or offline

Anti-Virus:

· Makes sure you can’t get or spread a virus, worm, or Trojan horse.

Anti-Spyware:

· Prevents unauthorized information access by spyware and adware.

Basic Anti-Rootkit protection:

· Ensures basic protection against sophisticated hidden threats.

Update Manager:

· Makes sure you’re always safe from the latest threats – automatically.

Requirements:

· Intel Pentium 1.8 GHz processor or faster

· 550 MB free hard drive space (for installation)

· 512 MB RAM

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Improvements :

· Small improvements in installation process.

· Improvements in Resident Shield scanning.

Fixed Bugs :

· Fixed problem with missing help in Rescue Disk Wizard (Windows 98 and ME only).

· Fixed problem with displaying Resident Shield notification windows in some cases.

· Fixed wrong saving of proxy_host value in advanced AntiSpam settings.

· Fixed problem with default Resident Shield extension list settings after installation.

· Fixed problem with cleaning files with read-only attribute.

Reasons why this program is marked as ad-supported:

· Offers to download or install AVG Security Toolbar that the program does not require to fully function.

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