Free AVG Antivirus software

Mumto2

I had this installed on my old pc, but it hasn't transferred over now we are on Vista.

Could anyone post the link for the free software they do (looked on the website, but a bit bamboozled). That seemed to work fine for us in the past.

Thanks

peter_the_piper

http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

niceguyrichy

don't do it.
AVG 8 is absolutely dreadfull. get yourself something like Avast instead.

peter_the_piper

I'm pretty neutral on whether it's any good. It does not work at all well on my low spec (another name for old) computer but is ok on my newish laptop so its horses for courses really. I went to avast on the old one which also works well.

John_Gray

AVG 8 is absolutely dreadfull.

What you actually should have said is that "I, personally, don't like AVG (for some completely undisclosed reason)".

Other users find AVG 8, both the free and paid-for versions, quite acceptible in their environment.

Ebe_Scrooge

John_Gray wrote: »

What you actually should have said is that "I, personally, don't like AVG (for some completely undisclosed reason)".

Other users find AVG 8, both the free and paid-for versions, quite acceptible in their environment.

Agreed. I've heard a lot of people saying that AVG 8 is too bloated for it's own good. I must admit I'm one of them. I had AVG7 for ages, loved it. Version 8 just slowed my PC to a crawl. So I ditched it and loaded Avast instead, which so far has been very good.

At the end of the day, there a several very good free anti-virus packages out there. Try them and see which suits your needs best. Nothing lost by installing, trying, then removing if you don't get on with it.

Conor_3

Also AVG8 does not do realtime http traffic scanning. Avast does if you want a freebie.

katie1

is there a link for avast?

i am with ag but its saying i need updates but it wont update so i need to move on .

espresso

katie1 wrote: »

i am with ag but its saying i need updates but it wont update so i need to move on .

Which version of AVG are you having problems with?

katie1

version 8 i think its free?

espresso

katie1 wrote: »

version 8 i think its free?

Are you sure that you downloaded the free version? e.g. from here
If you hover your mouse over the AVG icon in the system tray, does it say 'AVG Anti-Virus Free'? If you right click on the AVG icon and then Update now, does it?