AVG Technologies - (Freeware)
AVG Free Edition is a software developed for virus and spyware computer protection.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition offers an anti-virus solution that can protect your system and data from multiple viruses and other malware that abound on the Internet.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition includes a real-time protection to prevent the proliferation of viruses, worms and trojans from the opening of infected documents and the execution of malware.
The software consumes little resources and provides easy and intuitive interface which is inspired by the Windows 8UI interface for better integration in this system. It includes a real-time protection toprevent the spread of viruses,worms and trojans, opening of infected documents and the execution of malware.
# FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS
* Anti-Rootkit: Fixed possible BSOD during installation of Anti-Rootkit driver.
* Core: Fixed issue with PUP excludes for registry keys.
* Core: Fixed issue with possible crash in cache server.
* Documentation: Included enhanced help file.
* Email Scanner: Fixed issue with Outlook addin crash.
* Email Scanner: Fixed problem with recognizing new e-mails in Outlook addin.
* General: Implemented new AVG Do-Not-Track feature.
* General: Rolled out log files are compressed on NTFS filesystem.
* General: Boot up time was significantly reduced.
* General: Reduced overall package size for online installation/update using improved compression algorithm.
* General: Anti-Rootkit scan is now a part of the Whole computer scan.
* General: AVG scanning speed was increased significantly.
* General: Fixed problem in web threat data collection.
* Kernel: Fixed crash in avgtray.
* Kernel: Fixed possible high watchdog CPU consumption on corrupted NTFS disks.
* Online Shield: Fixed issue with data corruption on cnet.com.
* Safe Search: SearchShield updated for FireFox 10.
* Safe Surf: Fixed issue with Safe Surf crash.
* Setup: Added detection of Panda Cloud AV and Panda Internet Security AV.
* Setup: Spyware Terminator is now detected as a conflicting application.
* Setup: Invalid path for setting access rights will not cause a setup failure.
* Setup: Function of TargetInstallationPath parameter when there is AVG10 installed already was fixed.
* Setup: Zone Alarm is not detected as a conflicting application any more.
* Setup: If the detected/selected language is not supported by the license used, setup will switch to English automatically.
* Setup: AVG installer checks for the age of the existing installation package, and downloads the up-to-date installation package.
* Setup: Minor arrangements were performed in AVG installer dialogs for easier navigation.
* Setup: Uninstall and Maintenance pages are joined now, and offering more options (e.g. Install PC Tuneup, Update, Convert to AVG Free, Repair, Add/Remove features, Uninstall).
* Setup: Fixed failure on writing to AVG configuration.
* Setup: Fixed problem with AVG 2012 installation over AVG 2011.
* Setup: TargetInstallationPath parameter is correctly accepted by the installer.
* Setup: Avira Server Security is now detected as application blocking installation of AVG.
* User Interface: AVG user interface graphics went through a massive facelift, and some functional details has changed.
* User Interface: Fixed issue with possible crash while upgrading to a new version.
* User Interface: Fixed issue with incorrect file filtering within file browse dialog (Russian localization).
* User Interface: Fixed incorrect focus after selecting multiline checkbox e.g. in LinkScanner component.