Peaches Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 AVG Launches Free Protection Against Online Threats Standalone AVG LinkScanner delivers real-time protection for Windows users, no matter what other security products they use Apr 20, 2009 | 08:49 PMAmsterdam, April 20, 2009 -- AVG Technologies, developers of the world's leading free anti-virus software, is today launching AVG LinkScanner as a free standalone product to protect users against random, invisible online threats. On any given day, some two million web pages are poisoned by hidden threats. And every day, 60 percent of those threats shut down or move to a different destination on the web " which makes real-time link scanning crucial. Any type of site can be affected, from a small business to a government department to a major brand-name company. If a user simply visits one of these poisoned web pages they don't even need to click on anything to get into real trouble, to lose their credit card details, their ID or other valuable information or files. Regular anti-virus software alone cannot protect against this type of threat. AVG LinkScanner gives users an additional real-time layer of protection on top of their existing security software. It works by looking at the web page behind a link or a web address typed into a browser and analyzing whether it harbors a threat. If it does, then AVG LinkScanner stops the user from downloading that page. This means that, for the first time, Windows XP and Vista users can truly know whether it is safe to click on a link at the only time that matters " when they click on it. DarkReading - http://tinyurl.com/dxlhhp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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