AVG 8.0 free edition (now with antispyware engine) was released today. The free edition can be downloaded below.
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
I hope the active antispyware part does not expire, like the avg standalone antispyware download.
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Is it still as light on resources as the last version (7.5)? I'm using this on my desktop and was wondering if upgrading to 8.0 might slow it down...
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I actually thought 7.5 was a resource hog compared to the other free AV programs.
I switched to Avira a few months ago. But, AVG 8.0 offers a lot more features than Avira.
Is the antispyware they offer actually good? And does it use the same scanning engine as 7.5? Because Avira and Avast are always above AVG in detection ratings. -
im about to do a clean install soon. Any experiences with AVG 8.0?
I keep getting popups about it on 7.5
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
as far as i can tell it uses 4 processes a total of 11,532k on my vista32 system.
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Ive just read a few reviews.. definately using 8.0 on my fresh system
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Avira is the only anti-virus program i have.
I use threatfire in combination with Avira.
I recently installed comodo firewall, and I'm trying to get used to that. I Don't know if I ever will.
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
Strange, I just did a scan, And it gave me 23.500+ warnings cokies and spyware on my C drive
Funny since i formated and re-installed Vista a couple of hours ago and have not used the internet very much.
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avgrsx.exe uses 40 megs, is that the main part of version 8?
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
it is 1 of the 4 avg processes i mentioned above and it only uses 9,848k on my Vista32 system.
Regards
John.
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Thanks for the info, but I'll stick with Avira Antivir for my XP as i have NOD32 on this computer.
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That's the reason I use WD. Others will detect every piece of cookie as spyware/adware. -
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Thanks! I'll go ahead and update, it looks promising
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I found the spyware portion to be a little too aggressive... I went by its recommendations and it nuked ALL my cookies... it doesn't appear to distinguish between potentially benign and potentially malignant cookies.
Of course MS Defender leaves all cookies alone - it is produced by a company that has long promoted and encouraged the use of cookies! -
I ran a scan and reviewed the results this morning. It said it found nothing yet when I click on the warnings tab, there's a huge list! Because I saw the other thread, i wasn't too surprised but it still was a bit interesting.
Anyway, I'm really liking the new interface, it's very polished, and the new features like linkscanner, hopefully they update it so it works in FF3 beta 5. -
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Go to the advanced settings and disable cookie scanning
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On a side note, I just noticed a new notification window popping up when opening AVG:
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I don't see it now though, as I'm giving Avira a try after hearing from all its proponents. -
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Not so much a pop-up, as a pop-down
It's a little window that opens up off the bottom of the main window
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The one in my post above, which is just a short text message that appears beneath the AVG window when not in full screen. They will likely vary the message from time to time, prompting us to upgrade.
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
I found out what was causing the 25.000+ warnings
have a look, post 23
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=243556
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I have the non-free version of AVG 8 and I'm going back to 7.5. The interface looks neater than 7.5 and the features seem better, however it's crippling my computer. I have 3GB of RAM and I'm not running any heavy application but the Link and Email scanner is making my email client and my browser to become very heavy and the Internet connexion is very slow. I also got the gazillion false positives. Overall, I think it's a nice product but I don't think it's ready yet.
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i'm going back , has slowed down browsing , e-mail . looks good , but needs some tweaking before it's ready for primetime .
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ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon
Is the email scanner only trialware? That stinks. In AVG 7.5 it was part of the free package.
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ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon
That's too bad. Looks like I will stick with 7.5 as long as I can.
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Sugary sweet sickness! Reps for you! I was going to be verruh verrah angry if AVG didn't offer the free version soon.
Edit: Well, it seems fine, and the interface is a bit better and more streamlined, but the new tray icon really doesn't look right with my desktop. I may go back to 7.5 for as long as I can, just because I like the icon better. -
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I only change my AV programs when i do a clean install. I only do it when the system is still fresh, less problems.. good timing with AVG 8
Thank god the email scanner is trial ware, i wanna disable it but it keeps nagging me to turn it back on. Waste of my RAM
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well, I think I'm a convert to Avira now, for one simple reason - not it's resource footprint, but rather its notification icon... the open umbrella/closed umbrella is genius.
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The only gripe I have with AVG is when you disable a feature, like the Link Scanning or automatic updates, the system tray icon has that exclamation on it. Is there a way to get rid of that?
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Yeah, I'm back to 7.5 because I didn't like the new icon.
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Dunno. There were still updates when I installed it last night. If not, I still have the 8.0 install file, and I'll just live with the ugly plastic icon.
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AVG has tirned into "norton" zone alarm" and the like . i do not like all in one soloutions , i wish they would stick to one app per problem . i want a VIRUS scanner , that's it that's all !
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you get a random spam screen saying "upgrade to 8.0". It can get quite annoying
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AVG 8.0 free edition released
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by coolguy, Apr 24, 2008.