Grisoft AVG Internet Security 2 Year Subscription

It’s all about protection. The world of the web is a wonderful reality with text, images and sounds that teach, excite, and invigorate. Yet, like any world, there are opportunists waiting to pounce on unwitting victims cruising the Internet. General advice is “Do not go online before installing Internet Security software to your PC”. AVG Internet Security is complete security protection against the most serious Internet threats. Defend yourself against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, hackers and spam. The built-in antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-spam tools keep your inbox free and clear - while a firewall defends your PC from hacker intrusions. Compatible with Windows Vista. 24/7 technical support provided at no extra cost Improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning Unique automatic threat-removal anti-spyware engine Automatic firewall profile switching for improved security and usability AVG’s world-class product support is provided at no extra cost to all registered AVG customers Up-to-the-minute updates available around-the-clock as AVG virus experts react rapidly to new and emerging threats. High speed delivery via worldwide networks guarantees maximum protection levels for users Using the latest state-of-the-art detection technology, AVG detects spyware, adware, DLL-trojans, keyloggers, and much more. Malware hidden in data streams, archives, or the Windows registry is also detected AVG Firewall monitors all communication to and from the computer, blocking external attacks and preventing trojans from exporting confidential data AVG Resident Shield can include/exclude files from being scanned based on individual file extensions AVG can automatically heal or remove infected files Checks email from viruses

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2 Stars Slows your PC to Turtle Speed
This AVG Internet Security Product seems to do its job, however it does so at the expense of your computers resources. It slowed every aspect of my 3 computers to a snails pace. PC: 1GM or 2GB Ram, 2.1Ghz Pentium II. Opening documents SLOW, accessing the internet SLOW, opening Outlook SLOW, booting up SLOW. I did every speed trick I could find out about and it was still slow; used a program to clean and delete unused files (.tmp, etc). Cleaned out all non-critical start up programs, I made sure there was plenty of free space on my hard disk. I used a registry cleaner (ccleaner [free]) to clean up my registry. I defragged the drive, still SLOW, SLOW, SLOW. I then removed AVG and WOW it is like a new PC, fast again. By the way last years Norton 360 had similar effects.

MY NEW SECURITY PLAN: Use windows firewall (included in windows), my ISP also has a firewall, use Mozilla Firefox (free & better) not IE. Use a spam program Mailwasher. This has been working, no viruses and a fast computer again. Four friends have done the same with successful results. If you feel comfortable with more than this than I would try just Anti-spyware & Antivirus and not a complete suite. I’m not an computer expert, just a much happier user now that I have my PC back.

5 Stars Good Product! Great Price!
I purchased the AVG Internet Security software as a Christmas gift for a friend. It arrived very quickly and was the perfect gift for our friend!

1 Star don,t buy this sofware it is horrible
i installed avg internet security and then 2 days later i had no internet. had to call the Fios tech support and they told me that my internet ipv4 address is just and my internet should be working so i uninstalled the AVG internet security and my internet came back and this software is horrible i recommend Adaware pro 2008 you get a lot better service plus more protection that,s why it cost more $49.99 with amazon.com plus free shipping that is a good deal

2 Stars Not what I expected.
This product requires removal of the original software. Most upgrades do not. It is an inconveient requirement.

1 Star Sometimes IE can’t connect to web site
I use AVG IS on 2 PCs, both have the same problem, SOMETIMES a newly opened IE window can’t connect to web site(even localhost) while ping and other web applications working fine. I did a lot of seach on internet, try to find out the problem and did some changes on my PC, finally found out it’s because of AVG. After uninstall AVG, they are back to normal. So I’m only using AVG Anti-Virus part now. And my PC got much faster.

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Grisoft AVG Anti Virus and Anti Spyware 2 Year Subscription

Antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows from the world’s most trusted security company. Use the Internet with confidence in your home or small office. Real-time protection, automatic updates, low-impact background scanning for on-line threats, and instant quarantining or removal of infected files ensures maximum protection. Every interaction between your computer and the Internet is monitored, so nothing can get onto your system without your knowledge. When you purchase an AVG product, everything you need is included in the price for the full license duration - technical support, virus updates, and new program versions. All users of paid AVG products also qualify for generous discounts on subscription renewals and product upgrades. Compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Absolutely the worst anti-virus I’ve used
AVG is the most obtrusive piece of software I have on my computer–I know that most anti-virus systems do need a lot of latitude to work, but this one is ridiculous! I realized the other day that I’ve stopped using my computer to do quick checks of things like what the weather report for tomorrow is, or do a quick check of my email before I go to bed, because I know that AVG will take 5-10 minutes to “start” (it will down load something, then it will need to update something, then it will start a scan that I don’t want to start, — etc. I’ve watched AVG sucking the system resources and CPU time from my computer on the task manager window).

As an example of the AVG philosophy I went to their website to “complain” and filled out a form they supplied. As soon as I “hit” the submit button AVG went into a “gathering system data mode” to submit with the “complaint”(without my permission)–it also bought up a message that read; “THIS MAY TAKE A FEW MINUTES” which it did– TYPICAL. When completed I noticed that the system data gathered had been “prefixed” to my “complaint” but the “system info” was so long that is caused my customer input/complaint to be truncated/pushed off the bottom of the form. This is TYPICAL AVG!!!!

Save yourself lots of time and headaches–buy something else!!!!

Wish I could give Zero stars.

2 Stars My exp. with the free version
The AVG free version does not rid your system of every bad file on it. If you have say 150 malicious ware, AVG free version will probably expell about 50 out of that. I still had so many pop ups and slow computer performance. Avg has annoying pop ups that gives you options whether to delete a bad file, quarantine, ignore etc. So you click remove or quarantine and it prompts you to restart your computer. You do everything it tells you and guess what? That same annoying pop up box keeps showing up even though you asked to remove it. A full system scan takes me about 1.5 hours and afterwards I’m still bombarded with spyware. I suspect the pay version just removes a tad more files but not too much different.

5 Stars Don’t want viruses or spyware on your machine. AVG is the answer!
AVG software is the best antivirus/ antispyware available. We use it at our office after Norton didn’t catch 9 or 10 viruses on our computers…..We went to AVG and after 2 years NO VIRUSES OR SPYWARE ON our computers + the price and 2 years subscription is unbeatable. I feel our network is protected from deadly viruses and Trojan horses. If you want protect, you need AVG.

3 Stars Ok AntiVirus software
The product is ok however, it is way over priced, McAffee and BitDefender are better and they are alot cheaper.

4 Stars AVG Anti-Virus & Anti Spyware software
I recently purchased this item and found it to be very satisfactory for my needs. I’m 83 years old and what you might call Computer Illiterate. I found this software easy to Load and scanned my system finding no problems. I gave this program 4 stars ,will probably up that evaluation later on if it continues to preform as it has since installing it on my system. I am well pleased with this product and would recommend it to anyone looking for Virus Protection.

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