AVG’S high speed anti-virus/anti-spyware scanner offers high speed scanning against online and offline threats, comprehensive protection with its firewall solution, and a unique LinkScanner to prevent you from accidentally visiting harmful sites, all in all offering faster scan times, faster boot times, and other under-the-hood improvements.

Comprehensive scanning

The first major improvement on AVG antivirus 9.0 is its scanning progress. AVG has managed to shorten the scanning time process by marking safe files so that they are not scanned in the future, unless their file structure changes. With this method, AVG antivirus 9.0 scanning process is shortened by 50 percent and decreases memory usage significantly.

Enhanced Firewall options

The AVG firewall enhancements include a complete redesign to reduce intrusive questions from the firewall module by 50 percent. This makes the firewall module significantly quieter and less intrusive for users. A new trusted database of known applications and application certificates allows the firewall, without user intervention, to decide whether it’s safe to allow the application to communicate via the Internet, or if such communication should be blocked.

Safe surfing with AVG’s LinkScanner

Use the LinkScanner Active Surf-Shield to check each webpage for harmful content, before you visit it. Make the most of the LinkScanner Search Shield to apply safety ratings to your Google, Bing/MSN and Yahoo search results, providing you with a comprehensive reference of favourite sites and search results and their respective security level.

Product Features

• New Superior Phishing Protection checks to make sure web pages really are what they appear to be
• 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
  

System requirements

• Windows 200, XP, XP Pro x64 Edition, Vista, Vista x64 Edition, 7, 7x64 Edition
• Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz or faster
• 512 MB of RAM
• 350 MB Hard disk free space (for installation)