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AVG 8.0 Freeware released, with protection from spyware
By Martin English | April 27, 2008
A few months ago, Grisoft updated its AVG anti-virus suite to version 8 and included linkscanning, anti-spyware, and anti-rootkit software to boot. Now the popular freeware equivalent of Grisoft’s anti-virus application is getting some of the same features.
AVG Free 8 is out, and not only does it protect your system from viruses, but you get spyware detection as well.
Obviously, AVG Free 8 won’t have all of the features you get in the commercial version of the application. There’s no rootkit protection or linkscanner. And there’s no email or instant messaging integration. For those features you’ll have to shell out between $US35 and $US55 for the standard or “internet security” versions. However, the free version does come with real-time protection, daily updates, and complete system scans at regularly scheduled intervals.
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