Others say...

"Spyware Review"
I have used several spyware programs so far this one seems to slow down my system the least of all of them time will tell but for now I am pleased with this product

"DO NOT BUY AVG Antivirus"
I purchased AVG antivirus for our small business server. When I had an issue installing the program and my server was at serious risk, I went to their web site to look for a phone number. You guessed it, no such luck. The problem was urgent enough that I searched for a physical address on the Grisoft web site and then called 411 information in that town, trying to reach somebody at Grisoft - anybody - who could help us out.

Again, no such luck. Grisoft doesn't even list its phone number in their local directory.

I found many reviews that liked this program, however, their lack of customer support just wipes out any benefits.



"What was once the best, is now like all the rest.. awful"
Something happened to the folks at Grisoft. They were the poster child for respectful software development, rational performance, and customer awareness. I guess they hired someone who decided they would become a "security software company". The result is that AVG 8 is by far the most disastrous product they have put out EVER.

It consumes more system resources than even the terrible McAfee and Symantec. I've been a paid subscriber of the family package to AVG for years, and when the AVG 8 "upgrade" appeared, I enthusiastically loaded and then the trouble started. AVG now requires almost the entire computer just to run itself. Internet download speeds dropped (I have verizon Fios) from 20Mbps to 5 and upload speeds from 4 Mbps to 200Kbps (yes, you read that right). Web pages take minutes to load, file copy operations are amazingly SLOW (I thought it was Vista, but its NOT!!)

Basically, I have written AVG off as another clueless group who wants to add value, but with no awareness of the damage they do in the process.

This has become what one person referred to as "elephantware", and I agree. I've been through many of these products, and they each become more important than the actual computer it seems. Now AVG has gone the way of the dodo

On the pro side, it has the best update and scheduler that I've seen, and it does indeed deal with most viruses. It also has a new pretty icon.... but thats all thats positive I can say.

I've rolled my whole family back to AVG 7.5, and am now evaluating a bunch of other products. Back to the drawing board

"GREAT VALUE!"
CAN BE DOWNLOADED TO MULTIPLE COMPUTERS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. TWO YEARS OF FREE UPDATES PLUS BOTH ANTI VIRUS & ANTI SPYWARE FOR $20 PRETTY GOOD DEAL!

"Eccentric installer, but works like a charm"
This replaced a Norton resource hog I'd been using in various versions since 2003. On installation, AVG gave me a warning message about "known conflicts" with a software product installed on my machine. Problem: I never had that software on this machine. But I ignored the message and AVG installed and worked without a hitch. Annoyance: if your 'net connection isn't plugged up when you boot Windows, you get "update failed" messages from AVG. Seems AVG should be programmed to know your network card isn't connected, but it's easy enough to fix by just running the update yourself (which is faster anyway). On its first run, AVG found bad guys Norton hadn't noticed for years. When you're using internet search engines and try to link to unknown/dangerous sites, you get accurate AVG warnings about attempts by the site to secretly install junk onto your system -- a very helpful feature, and much better than other security software that notices junk only after it's been installed. If your PC is idle for a long spell, AVG hunts in the background; it even found old nuisances in Windows' hidden restore files, where bad guys like to hide copies of themselves. It's sometimes confusing when AVG refers to bad guys with "generic" names that don't really identify the culprit, but that's better than not finding them at all. My system starts and runs noticeably faster, too. Highly recommended.