Free AVG 8.0 Download
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Recommended: Click here to check for outdated driversYesterday, Grisoft announced that a new version of AVG Antivirus Free would be released today, April 24, that was supposed to come with several new functions beside the
ones already included in the application
The new AVG Free 8.0 is compatible with most Windows versions, including here Windows 2000, Windows XP/x64 Edition and Windows Vista/x64 Edition. Moreover, the application is available in a large set of languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian and Spanish. Here are the main functions of the application, as published by Grisoft on the official page of the newly-released program:
- Anti-Virus: protection against viruses, worms and trojans
- Anti-Spyware: protection against spyware, adware and identity-theft
- Anti-Rootkit: protection against hidden threats (rootkits)
- Web Shield & LinkScanner: protection against malicious websites
With the release of AVG Free 8.0, we are underscoring our belief that all computer users, regardless of their computer usage needs, have the right to a safe and worry-free computing experience," says Karel Obluk, chief technology officer at AVG Technologies. "However, it is important for users to remember that AVG Free does not protect against the full range of today’s web-borne threats. For complete protection, users should consider AVG’s commercial products, which scan for and block threats before they can infect the computer or disrupt the user experience."
Once again, if you want to download this new release of AVG Antivirus Free, namely the 8.0 edition, you can take it straight from our website.
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Show all comments i just downloaded this for a new install not knowing it had been updated. it adds tons
of bloat and unwanted (imo) that can not be turned off or can be turned off but put the
program into a permenant state of alert.
crap.
avg is the best free anti-virus out there. thanks for the notice.
as a long time avg user i had to try this. what a mistake. i'd rather have a virus then
this. it used over 60 megs of memory just to sit there and up to 80% of cpu as it, i
assume, silently scanned my pc every now and then, i tried to shut it down and it froze my
pc solid.
really it did everything i expect a virus to do.
avast is one of the best free softwares out there.
nod32. it doesn't eat your memory and updates its database several times a day.
thankz. avg the best
look for av-comparatives.org and av-test.org to see the test results
avg for me still remains the best av program there is. it's kept me virus free for years
which is all i want an av program to do and it does this without hogging resources.
sure other av programs may detect an obscure virus i'm never going to get sooner then avg
but common sense and avg wins every time.
having said that, this latest
offering from avg is awful. i can only assume it's aimed at vista users who by now are
used to bloat and their pc resources being eaten up. it has a shinny new interface aswell
to keep them happy.
downlload link not working.
the toolbar is making me cringe.... all the way!!!
yes!!
finally avg has released the free edition to version 8.0!!
i recommend
this antivirus with integrated spyware to everyone who needs protection!!
download
comodo firewall pro as weel to get full protection against everything!!
and if you
don't want the avg toolbar, remove it when you are installing avg!
the best antivirus out is norton 360. and yes it does consume cpu and resources. but that
why it protects your computer 100% never got a virus for like 2 years and i'v downloaded
viruses before and tested out nortons security, i had kaspersky, nod32, nod32 smart
security, norton internet security 2007, 08, anti vira, bit defender. and by far norton
360 best security. also it's not just security, it cleans your computer and optimises
disk, with built in defragmentater. there are a lot more nice options and it also updates
fast without any hastle or restarting computer, only somtimes. so it's the best end of
story.
best av program is linux :)
lol. yes linux is the best av mainly because linux users are smart and would never
download a virus just to test their av program as uzkingz does.
thank god for people
like uzkingz, without them i'd be out of a job.
who would bother to create a virus for linux if no one even can run a program on it.
linux is shit and it would be pointless to create a virus just for linux cause most of the
people who use it have no job and no money (apart from dudes who like to use four monitors
such as my boss). face it, windows is the primary target then macs. for a good defence
against viruses use avast (64-bit) or panda (32-bit) and vista. xd
you can disable the new linkscanner feature. this should help speed up your browsing.
i have tried almost all of major anit-virus progs, from bitdeffender to norton and i have
to say that kaspersky seems to be one of the best (if not the best) one. it is not larg,
consumes not too much memory and resources and it does what it has to be done.
p.s.
it is about kis (kaspersky internet security) version 7. there are some issues with the
new version(8), but it is a beta yet.
the anti-virus itself is a virus.
but the fault is to small minded peopple that think avs that return more results are
better... so some av companies like kaspersky make them return more infected files even if
they are not infected in reality...
the same old scam as many reg cleaners have been
doing for years...
yes, finally got to remove the toolbar from the unattended install... fortunately there
was a way :)
according to their site, there is no antirootkit ion free version
because kaspersky, i deleted 3 files that were flagged as virus..
because of that,
one program that i used later stoped working... which caused me a great deal of trouble!
later i found that kaspersky alerts for those files were false positives - but
the damage was already done!
they are simply ridiculous and really show their dev's intentions to only make money
from uneducated peopple...
yeah i've heard kaspersky is quickly becoming the king of
false positives... not that i use it anyway!!! there are much more thrust worthy avs out
there.
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hello,
i have been using free avg version 7.5 (and other versions prior to this)
happily and fault free for some considerable time.
however, grisoft have changed the
free anti virus product and version 8.0 refuses to work happily with my copy of windows xp
pro. this is due to a new updated version of the update manager software, plus new types
of virus definitions, the resident shield failed to load on all occations. very sadly,
version 8.0 had to be removed totally from my machine.
note: for anyone else
who encounters the same problem as myself. i solved this matter by installing the free
product antivir version 8.0 this program has all the precise same features & functions as
avg.
see:- http://free-av.com
hope that helps? ps: antivir installed
and works perfectly inclusing the resident shield componnents too. free uodates too.
kind regards ivan
note: not all upgrades are equal or mean a better
product.
grisoft would be out of business by now!!!
of course avg 8 works on xp pro -
i'm using it right now!!!
hi decker,
i should have said xp pro without ms sp2 bloat-ware installed. and
as i have 19 years of it experience and worked & been paid a good salary as a sys admins i
hardly think i qualify as a noob!! as you so pathetically put it.
hey man... it's not how i put it!!!
it's how you showed yourself... so blame you
instead of me :p
btw, only 19 years.... i've got 26
hahahhahahahahaaaa......
man if you love linux good for you.
if you think anyone else is interested think
again.
linux is just w3.11 on steroids.
masochists now have their own os, who
cares, now everyone is happy. :-)
i wan to down load it
get if from the grisoft website http://www.grisoft.com
as long as you dont install the stupid toolbar and disable daily auto-scans, i also never
install the email scanner during setup.
for me it works awesome, no slowdowns.
ram re aya re pyar kark pach tay
have tried to install on 3 different xp pro pcs, either would not scan or would not
update. it worked fine on vista now using avast on xp machines.
avg 8 free!!!
avg is nice bcoz it doesnt allow ur system file to be deleted
ive been running 7.5 and earlier versions and had no problems .. i downloaded the 8.0 and
it always returns an error message after trying to install. when it comes to the part
where it removes 7.5 is when it encounters the error and will not install.
i uninstalled 7.5 run registry cleaner and still have no luck with installing version 8.
the guys are right avg 8 has a problem on install. to top it all, i could not reinstall
the old version. i swithced to avira's free version. bye avg i loved you while it lasted.
it's driving me crazy. i looked everywhere in tools, and don't see where that option
is. i don't want it to shut down my computer after the daily scan. my hubby downloaded
it on his computer and it doesn't shut his down :p i have xp & he is running windows
2000. would appreciate anyone who can tell me how to stop this daily shut down. thanks
anti virus
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