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AVG Antivirus 8 Reviews

AVG Anti-Virus 8 includes anti-drive-by download protection along with antirootkit, antivirus... (cnet.com)

The biggest news with AVG Anti-Virus 8 is that it includes Linkscanner, a technology that... (zdnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for AVG Antivirus 8

We have collected and analyzed 3 expert reviews and 105 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 70/100 and users rate it 40/100. The average review date is September 22, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 28138 reviews from other Internet & Network. The alaScore™ for this product is 80/100 = Very good. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 80

800100

108 reviews

November, 2009

70 / 100

3 Experts

Product Age

old
new

40 / 100

105 Users

Trend

Rank  71

Expert Reviews (3)

US

AVG Antivirus 8

By (cnet.com)

AVG Anti-Virus 8 includes anti-drive-by download protection along with antirootkit, antivirus, and anstipyware protection

AVG Anti-Virus 8 tested in the middle or even to the slow end for scanning and boot time performance

AVG Anti-Virus 8 is solid at finding and removing viruses and spyware as well as blocking Web threats, but could be lighter on system resources and provide more technical support options.

After installation, AVG walks you through seven steps: Screen one merely...

Rating

70100

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

AVG Antivirus 8

By Robert Vamosi (zdnet.com)

The biggest news with AVG Anti-Virus 8 is that it includes Linkscanner, a technology that actively blocks malicious content from Web sites that may have been hijacked or otherwise compromised. Also, antivirus, antispyware, and antirootkit preventions ...

After installation, AVG walks you through seven steps: Screen one merely...

Rating

70100

Partner Source
zdnet.com

User Reviews (105)

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"DON'T INSTALL! YOU CAN'T REMOVE IT AND IT DOESN'T WORK!"

By jessettr (cnet.com)

this is basically spyware.........this progra... 

it convinced me to get a better product. that's it

there's no way i could fit the cons on this......but in a nutshell, this program is trash. please do not install this

US

"Good but slow and not effective"

By mjathu (cnet.com)

It is good but be aware, not good than nod32 

Has good virus engine

scanning is slow and real-time protection sucks

US

"AVG was asleep at it's post"

By ScoutDad (cnet.com)

It is sometimes difficult to know for sure if... 

I definitely got what I paid for

I just spent $150 having my computer debugged after a nasty virus downloaded itself while AVG was suppose to be guarding my system

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