AVG Antivirus Software
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AVG antivirus remains amongst the most popular antivirus programs and continues to receive the
highest number of file downloads amongst computer security files available online.
The all new AVG antivirus includes Anti-rootkit and
Anti-spyware in addition to the usual antivirus. Downloading and installing AVG antivirus will take
as little as ten minutes which includes adding the updates required to run the program
successfully.
This antivirus program has a simple and easy to use interface. It is ideal for users of
different levels. It requires almost no user intervention. Updates are set by default to occur
automatically every four hours which can be reset to the interval of your choice.
The virus database version that is currently in your system is displayed during an update.
AVG antivirus can be safely commended for being amongst the
most complete information security programs in the market. The antivirus scanners are highly
effective.
Apart from the antivirus, antispyware and anitrootkit scanners, AVG antivirus also includes
Resident Shield (that scans files on access), a plug in for scanning links on your browser and an
email scanner.
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AVG antivirus also incorporates a Web Shield. This application is a broken down firewall
that ‘keeps an eye’ on the web ports that you use while browsing and detects and deletes any threats
encountered. One of the most outstanding features of AVG antivirus is its improved scanner. AVG antivirus
received a rewrite of its scanning engine.
The changes made were to enable AVG antivirus to utilize the multiple cores in modern computers better. The
rewritten AVG antivirus scanning engine now includes support for multi processors. This means that apart from
highly effective scanning, AVG antivirus also provides higher speeds in scanning. There however are some occasional
slow downs.
AVG antivirus is designed to support the various versions of Windows operating system. Support for Vista and XP
(the 64 bit version as well as the same version of Vista) are included in the package.

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