AVG Antivirus 8
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CNET editors' rating:
3.5 stars
Very good
THE GOOD
AVG Anti-Virus 8 includes anti-drive-by download protection along with antirootkit, antivirus, and anstipyware protection.
THE BAD
AVG Anti-Virus 8 tested in the middle or even to the slow end for scanning and boot time performance.
THE BOTTOM LINE
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.
CNET Reader Reviews
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March 16, 2008 08:06
Terrible
0.5/5
I was running 7.5 antivirus on my laptop with visa. Decided to upgrade to 8.0 for free. What a mistake, I lost my wireless connection and dsl also. After hours of trouble shooting and with tech support help no luck. More hours of trouble shooting on... read more » -
May 4, 2008 09:16
Mediocre
1.0/5
Hardware: IBM T40 laptop w/ XP Pro, 1G5 Pentium M, 1G RAM
I have been a very happy user of AVG 7.0 free, then 7.5 free. Reading all the benefits of AVG 8.0 free, I thought I would try it. BIG MISTAKE!!
Had problems downloading from ... read more » -
May 3, 2008 05:18
Mediocre
1.0/5
I have been a happy AVG user for a number of years. On upgrading to version 8.0, I ran a scan, and it found a virus in an email attachment (I am using the Thunderbird email client). I then noticed that it had deleted the entire email folder that con... read more »
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