Talk:AVG Anti-Virus

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[edit] Removed

Removed this: "None of AVG's competitors offer a full-featured antivirus program for free (others offer time-limited demos, akin to AVG's professional edition)." I know of two: avast! and AntiVir. Additionally, ClamAV/ClamWin certainly meets the "free" criterion, if not the "full-featured" one. - McCart42 22:21, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Free Edition

It is mentioned in the article : AVG Free Edition, a freeware program which allows home users unlimited use and unlimited updates (although it only receives the main updates, not all definitions).

I couldn't find any sources mentioning this (among the differences) and i don't think it is right, so i removed it... --Nikolas Karalis 15:08, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

The free version does not receive updates as soon as the pro edition

[edit] database size

Does anyone know how many viruses AVG detects?

- its always changing to keep up with new viruses everyday....

[edit] viral marketing in former versions?

This was removed: Also, when scanning POP email, it inserts a line at the bottom of every email stating "No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition."

Doesn't it? I know it used to. If it doesn't anymore, when did this practice stop? I've still received messages from people that have the AVG tag in their signature. Perhaps the version/date when it stopped should be included in the article, as I know that'd bring a lot of former users back to the product who discarded it when they found out their antivirus client used their email for viral marketing. - McCart42 23:47, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I have version 7.1.375 installed and it doesn't add any messages. The only change it makes it to add the following header:
X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 7.1.375 [267.15.6/257]
When first installed, it was at version 7.0 and it didn't add any messages then either. As for earlier versions, I don't know what their behaviour was, so I cannot answer your question. I agree that the information would be useful for the article. If you still have any messages with the tagline, it might be worthwhile asking the sender what version they use, or looking at the headers. --TheParanoidOne 22:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe there's an option that you can toggle on/off that inserts this line. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 18:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I can't find any such option. Any further details on it? --TheParanoidOne 22:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I've since un-installed AVG, let me try to re-install it and I'll look. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 00:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

OK, I knew I wasn't crazy. ;) I found it, all instructions are relevant to (at least) version 7.1.385, the version I used. If you're looking at the Control Center view, right click on E-mail Scanner and select properties. Then, on the Plugins tab, click the Configure button. Under the E-mail scanning section, the tick boxes labeled Certify mail refer to the phenomenon that you are describing. The Details button at the bottom of the same page allows you to choose the actual displayed text. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes, I see it now. I'm not surprised I didn't see it before, as it's a bit deeply buried. Nice to know. --TheParanoidOne 19:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Does it need active X to work

Heard about the product today and came hear looking for its relation with active X. Yeah, from google search the product is far better than NAV, but is it possible to include that information in the article.

Sorry, I can't test it from where I am sitting, I use another free OS, but do help friends with PC issue so, this is a handy information

It's a full featured program, so I doubt that they'd make it need active X. BioTube 04:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

- No, its all self supporting software, doesn't need ActiveX

[edit] Criticisms

Would like to know if anyone knows of any criticisms that AVG has at all. I have to say i have used it for a long time and my opinion of it is very good. Any criticisms anyone has of it, both positive and negative, please put in. I feel the article is a little brief and lacks any personal views both for and against (so as to get NPOV). Any addition by anyone to the article in this respect would be appreciated!

- Criticism would be good as what I have written only really illustrates the good points of AVG, but i've never really had any problems with the software

Today, after updating AVG, it reported it had found a trojan, when in reality there was none. This only stopped after I uninstalled AVG, as it continously insisted my computer was infected. I'm now running Avast, and it does not report any trojans. I had heard AVG could cause false alarms, but this was quite annoying. 85.19.140.9 23:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what AVGs false positive rating is like, but every single anti-virus and anti-spyware program finds them [anonymous comment]

I did find a critical review on the PC Magazine website: Negative review --69.227.85.225 04:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thats good, but thats only a review of the free edition [anonymous comment]

Despite the awesomeness that this program is, I am very annoyed that the free edition refuses to run on a 64 bit processor (same with ewido (and Google pack but thats seperate)). I dont know what I will do with out it on my new Althon 64 computer. It feels like a chuck of my security is missing. --AGruntsJaggon 05:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

It runs fine on my Athlon 64 on 32-bit Windows XP. Are you running a 32-bit or 64-bit OS? Daveharr 14:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
And also runs more than fine on my Turion64 with a 32bit OS.--Nikolas Karalis 15:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

To AGruntsJaggon, I think the idea is there are supposed to be benefits to buying the full version, such as 64-bit support [anonymous comment] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.118.118.3 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Grisoft have announced the free version of AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 to expire in January 2007.

  • When that happens what do people who have the free version of AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.224.60.252 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Upgrade to 7.5. For those with 7.1, a window will come up which provides details of what to do. --TheParanoidOne 16:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Would it be correct then to add "Instructions for upgrading to AVG Free Edition version 7.5 will be provided before version 7.1 expires"? (Or similar wording.) I don't want to put the "free" word out there if that's not going to be so. --CliffC 04:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Have a look at http://free.grisoft.com . As before, AVG is offering both a paid-for and free version. So, yes, it can contnue to be marked as Free. --TheParanoidOne 11:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


  • Now it's telling me that the update will be in February... not January.

[edit] Advert?

I'm not sure, but does this article sounds like an advert to anyone? I was going to add Template:Advert but decides to pend. Feureau 20:45, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, the terms "lightweight" and "Light memory footprint" do set off a faint alarm, but maybe these can be fixed. I think the problem is similar to that of Jones Soda, where nobody doesn't like the product, so there's no criticism. --CliffC 21:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but if you can reword it it would be a good idea. I think its quite an important factor though. Raskolnikov 11:14, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Free trial" - some features not unlocked until license purchased?

I notice that the "free trial" download offered for every AVG product is the same file (avg75f_431a848.exe, today). This leads me to speculate that some magic in the license number, once paid for, unlocks the appropriate features for whichever product the user pays for. If so, this would solve the mystery that prompted me to post the following on newsgroup alt.comp.ant-virus:

AVG "Internet Security" - are all the pieces there yet?
I installed AVG Internet Security 7.5, the 30-day free trial, over AVG Free 7.1. I'm looking for a product I can install and forget for a non-technical family member, with anti-virus, anti-spy/malware, and a firewall. The AVG Internet Security manual at http://www.grisoft.cz/softw/70/filedir/doc/AVG_7.5/AVG_Internet%20Security/User_manual/avg_isw_uma_en_75_5.pdf shows control center selections I do not have, including Anti-Spyware, Anti-Spam, and Firewall.
Does the "free trial" of AVG Internet Security 7.5 have limited capabilities until I pay for the product? I don't want to pay until I see what it can do.
Or, was the product released before all the parts were integrated? My version seemed to be an early release - although the screen layout is slightly different, it still says "AVG Anti-Virus" (not "Internet Security") up in the corner. I can't ask AVG about any of this because I'm not a licensed user. Thanks for any advice.

Anyone here know? This is something that perhaps should be mentioned in the article if so. --CliffC 19:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

No the trials aren't limited in any way, other than the fact that they have a duration of 30 days and by the way, you can ask AVG as the trial is fully supported (just give them your trial licence number). The download page - http://www.avguk.com/doc/downloads-results/lng/uk/tpl/tpl01?prd=triisw You do need an appropriate trial licence for Internet Security, contact grisoft for an internet security trial licence Raskolnikov 11:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Also in answer to your question, the downloaded file is the same for all products (excluding Linux) and the licence number unlocks the appropriate featuresRaskolnikov 16:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks; I confirmed that yesterday after paying $100 for three 2-year licenses. The license number I received unlocked all the "missing" features noted above, and after 24+ hours I am very happy with the product. I did not contact Grisoft for a trial license number as you suggested, I just figured it would be too much of a hassle. If the 30-day trial was full-featured it would make for a better trial, but I'm sure Grisoft has considered that freeloaders could take advantage of serial multiple trials for their non-free products. --CliffC 19:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam or legitimate?

I don't really understand Grisoft's business model, but maybe someone who does can look at these changes made by a new account and offer an opinion as to whether they are legitimate. --CliffC 15:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

In reference to the way that Grisoft works this is correct. Grisoft products are provided and supported by partner comapnies, to allow a higher level of local support. Raskolnikov 13:48, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I have added a link to the Grisoft International Partners so it is clear which companies are Official Partners Raskolnikov 15:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Grisoft

I don't think that it should be merged with Grisoft since this articles contains a lot of information on the program. Stephenchou0722 00:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

This is true, however this article contains information on Grisoft's other products as well as just AVG Anti-Virus. So it may be an idea to rename the article AVG. Any thoughts or suggestions on this?

I oppose this merger as Norton also has different pages for its products on Wikipedia. AVG is a well respected free anitivirus and anti-malware product, it deserves its own page.

-RadicalSatDude 21:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I can agree with this, but the point I was making is that this article now covers more than AVG Anti-Virus, so at least should be renamed (i.e. shortened to AVG). What are your opinions? Although the Norton page is still Norton Anti-Virus also. Raskolnikov 08:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vista and Help Section - pease verify

Can anyone please verify that the latest edit including this line "However, users of Windows Vista cannot access the help section included with AVG as of March 22, 2007." is the case? Raskolnikov 08:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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