AVG Internet Security 9
AVG
Software Review | Product Description
One of the most popular security suites around, AVG Internet Security is an ultra-protective, intuitive, and most importantly, user-friendly antivirus and internet security suite. Offering total security from PC viruses, identity theft attempts, malicious software and much more, AVG Internet Security ... (continued)
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9 is one of the most comprehensive and powerful security suites available for Windows users.
AVG has long been a popular option for antivirus security, largely because of their incredibly popular free antivirus packages available in the early 2000s. AVGs paid line of products is also remarkably popular, used by millions of people worldwide, and drawing critical acclaim from a wide range of software critics and publications.
Internet Security 9 provides full protection from unwanted downloads and connection attempts. With a built-in internet security firewall and automatic blocking of potentially harmful websites, Internet Security 9 provides low-maintenance protection from malicious online software and unauthorized online access. Potentially dangerous pages are blocked before users even see them, leaving no risk of infection or hacking attempts.
Alongside the online protection features, AVG Internet Security 9 includes a variety of offline protection applications and scanning tools. Built-in antivirus, anti-spyware, and anti-rootkit tools are ideal for users requiring ongoing offline protection, while email scanning options prevent users' PCs from becoming infected in the first place.
AVG are well-known for their slim installations, and Internet Security 9 is no different from the rest of their product line. After a quick installation, the software is very easy to configure and adjust, leaving users ready to switch it into the background and have silent ongoing internet protection. For PC gamers, a built-in game mode limits system resource usage to boost performance and limit in-game interruptions.
Next to its competition, AVG stands as a remarkably good value internet security suite. Boasting advanced and powerful features, simple user operations, and dedicated PC protection, Internet Security 9 is a great choice for home or office PC protection.
AVG Internet Security: What We Liked
- One of the most comprehensive security suites available, boasting antivirus, anti-rootkit, and anti-spyware support, alongside a wide range of other features.
- Game mode limits system resources while in-game, allowing gamers to protect their PCs while they're at play.
- Slim installation and relatively low system requirements mean that almost any home user can make use of AVG Internet Security 9.
AVG Internet Security: What We Didn't Like
- Besides some minor and very rare installation issues, there's little to fault about AVG Internet Security 9.
AVG Support
Online support is available through AVG's online support center. A detailed FAQ, video tutorials, and a large product-based knowledge base are available to Internet Security 9 users. Customer phone support is available for licensing issues and order queries.
About AVG
One of the world's most popular antivirus software developers, AVGs products are used by more than 80 million people worldwide. Founded in 1991, the company has experienced impressive growth since the early 2000s, and are now the fourth largest vendor of PC antivirus software.
Software.com Team
AVG Internet Security 9.0 gives you maximum protection with real-time scanning, automatic updates, low-impact background scanning for online threats, and instant quarantining or removal of infected files ensures maximum protection. Every interaction between your computer and the ... (continued)
Internet is analyzed to ensure nothing can get onto your system without your knowledge. Comprehensive real-time protection against viruses, spyware, identity theft, poisoned web pages, and all types of malware that can threaten your valuable personal information. With AVG Internet Security, AVG's advanced protection, you get a worry-free online experience every time. Internet Security's multiple layers of protection mean you don't have to worry about identity theft, spam or viruses. And it'll even prevent you from accidentally visiting harmful sites.
Features:
- LinkScanner Active Surf-Shield Ensures every web page you visit is safe - even before you go there
- LinkScanner Search-Shield Applies safety ratings to your Google, Bing/MSN and Yahoo search results
- Superior Phishing Protection Checks to make sure web pages really are what they appear to be
- Emailing, chatting, and downloading
- Web Shield Lets you download and exchange files without risking virus infections
- E-mail Scanner Keeps you safe from dangerous attachments and links in your e-mail
- Anti-Virus Makes sure you can't get or spread a virus, worm, or Trojan horse
- Anti-Spyware Prevents unauthorized information access by spyware and adware
- Anti-Rootkit Ensures even the toughest and most sophisticated threats are kept off your PC
- Game Mode Keeps you safe without interrupting your game-play
- Update Manager Makes sure you're always protected against the latest threats - automatically
Because AVG knows scanning time is critical to its customers, scan optimization is a top priority for AVG 9.0's combined anti-virus/anti-spyware scanner, which employs new technology. This marks files as safe or potentially unsafe during the initial scan, and skips the safe files in future scans unless the file structure changes. As a result, users experience dramatically reduced scan times - by up to 50 percent depending on system configuration - as well as improvements of 10 to 15 percent for boot times and memory usage. In addition, in order to face the increasing threats of today's online world, AVG 9.0 combines all modern technologies to optimize real time protection. Starting with the foundation of signature-based protection to deal with known threats, AVG 9.0 builds on top of that behavioral, in-the-cloud, and white listing technologies to address the tens of thousands of new threats daily.
Revolutionary in AVG 9.0 is the integration between the Resident Shield, firewall, and identity protection modules. This enables the modules to share malware information with each other, increasing AVG's ability to detect and remove most malicious types of malware, rootkits, and ID Theft threats, for which signatures have not yet been issued. The firewall enhancements include a complete redesign to reduce intrusive firewall ASK dialogues by 50 percent. This also makes the firewall application significantly quieter and less intrusive, as its new trusted database of applications and application certificates allows the application, without user intervention, to see whether it is safe to allow communication of the application or if it should be blocked. Additionally, because the new firewall works behind the scenes with the behavioral detection technology in the AVG Identity Protection module, it can deliver one of the most accurate detection levels of new and unknown threats.
Additionally, AVG 9.0 delivers improved anti-phishing detection through enhancements to its LinkScanner offering, which can now more quickly and accurately determine whether or not a web page is hosting a phishing attack. This is accomplished by allowing the software to apply more than 100 different potential threat indicators to a page. If the result is inconclusive, LinkScanner then makes a call to the cloud to check a multitude of phishing feeds plugged into the AVG research network to make a final determination regarding threat potential.
AVG 9.0 delivers a solution that is laser focused on user concerns and protection, and is marked by a new look and feel designed to significantly improve user experience and ease of use. Responding to customer feedback, the AVG installation process has been shortened by 50 percent and the user protection process is dramatically simplified. Finally, it is also significantly easier for users to detect and remove any third-party security product that could cause conflicts with AVG 9.0 and interfere with the user's level of protection.
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