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How does AVG Anti - Virus work?
By: Lion_Heart Date: January 19, 2013, 12:36 pm
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AVG Technologies began in 1991 and is now one of the biggest
players in the antivirus software market with corporate offices
in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. AVG
Anti-Virus is one of a handful of the best-performing antivirus
software products in the world.
One of the most respected and objective independent IT-security
institutes, AV-Test, torture tested AVG Anti-Virus and scored it
for its ability to protect and repair. AV-Test also tested AVG
for usability. The test results show that AVG is one of the very
best-performing antivirus software products and makes it into
the top handful of products in its category.
AVG Anti-Virus software uses layers of protection. The first
layer is traditional antivirus, which recognizes threats by
matching them to a database of known threats. It also defends
against spyware and adware in order to protect personal
information. Another layer, AVG Resident Shield, prevents you
from opening infected files. Every day there are new threats
that aren’t in any antivirus software vendor’s database. AVG
collects data on fast-breaking infections from the installed
base of users who opt to share zero-day data and then updates
customer PCs automatically. This security product monitors your
protection level and reports back to the AVG lab if it finds a
problem. The alert will pop up an Auto-Fix button, and if you
press it, AVG will make the correction and set itself back to
the best protection mode.
AVG does not intrude on you unnecessarily. It watches for idle
time before it tries to scan. And it is intelligent enough to
ignore any files that it has already scanned. It has a game mode
so that you can concentrate on a multiplayer game without
enduring scheduled updates and scans. AVG also guards your
digital gaming profiles against hackers who crawl the web to
steal your World of Warcraft pets and sell them for real money.
AVG Anti-Virus software protects against internet evils in quite
a few other ways as well. Whenever you exchange links within
Facebook, mySpace or Twitter, AVG checks them. The AVG Social
Networking Protection feature activates upon installation. As
you surf the internet, AVG will prevent you from landing on a
site that looks suspicious. And it places a safety rating for
any link returned by a search engine.
AVG helps users with any problems with the antivirus software.
In-program help is available with a user manual and links to
additional resources online. The online support center has a
FAQs section and a knowledgebase. AVG offers email support for
specific inquiries, but no phone support. More options and
professional assistance with virus removal are available by
paying for premium support.
Final Result is:
AVG Anti-Virus software is an effective performer with
well-considered features. It scores highly in tests conducted at
independent software testing labs. It maintains a database of
known threats so that it can block them, and it uses cloud
technology to quickly deploy defenses against zero-day threats
almost as quickly as the hackers can hatch them. It understands
how to protect you and warn you against internet attacks. And it
protects you in social networking contexts. Support is
excellent, and AVG goes the extra mile by providing live chat.
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