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.
New features
- CHM help added for English.
- Add support for system restore points in installation.
- AVG Free is possible to install on 64-bit systems.
Improvements
- Scanning of some large files is less demanding on time / CPU load.
- Resident shield doesn't show a warning if a password protected MS office document is found.
- Improved polymorphic viruses detection.
- Better handling of double compressed files.
- Some improvements in setup process.
Fixed bugs
- Fixed display of Event History Log.
- Fixed moving messages with password protected archives to the Virus vault folder.
- Test results are displayed correctly also if only one result is presented.
- Left side menu items in Control Center are restored correctly to the default state after all are removed in Program Settings Customize tab.
- POP3 server port setting is refreshed correctly after change.
- Fixed a possible AVG Control Center crash.
- Fixed problem with Resident shield installation on systems without minifilter (Windows XP SP1, Windows 2000 SP4 (without SRP) and lower).
- Fixed problem with automatic settings for EMS servers on Windows Vista.
- EMS log is displayed correctly after pressing the "Display log" button in EMS properties dialog.
- Fixed a possible AVG crash when loading the AVI file.
- Small fixes in GUI.