AVG Anti-Virus Review
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AVG Anti-Virus has been a rising contender in the Anti-Virus software market. It recently re-engineered its software to utilize the hardware within your computer to improve scanning times and reduce slowdowns.
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AVG Anti-Virus 8 is definitely and improvement from Antivirus 7.5. The software’s scanning times have been sped up and its interfaces refined to help with intuitive navigation. An issue that has plagued the AVG Anti-Virus products for years still exists. When scanning using AVG, you computer may be slowed down so much that it’s unusable. This doesn’t happen all the time however, you’ll notice it when it does occur. Although this problem still exists, AVG Anti-Virus 8 is a good contender for protecting your PC
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Ease of Use
AVG Anti-Virus 8 has been designed as a hands-off programme however; there may be instances where advanced settings are required to be set. The interface is very simple to follow and for 99.99% of the population, the default setting will be fine.
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Effectiveness
AVG Anti-Virus 8 is one of the most comprehensive pieces of software around. After the redesign, AVG Anti-Virus 8 will stop most of the problems that are on the internet. The only downside is when the software is operating, you computer can be slowed down so much that typing an email is impossible.
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Features
- Email protection
- Webmail protection
- Scheduled scanning
- On demand scanning
- Script blocking
- History and report logging
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Updates
Updates are performed every 4 hours however, other times can be scheduled. All update information is displayed on the home dashboard.
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Ease of Installation
AVG Anti-Virus 8 is very easy to install. Including the database update, installation should take approximately ten minutes – the process is very easy.
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Support /Help
Support for AVG Anti-Virus is available by way of a FAQ page on the AVG website, email, phone and the in-programme assistance. There’s no need for computer insurance after you buy this product!
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