Peaches Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 AVG Free 9 offers speed, lacks etiquetteby Seth Rosenblatt After giving its paying customers a few weeks to upgrade to version 9, AVG has announced its update for AVG Free 9. For those unfamiliar with the popular freeware security tool, it provides only the bare necessities for protecting your PC, but that should be enough for savvy Windows users. AVG Free 9 introduces few new features, with improvements focused on performance, including claims of faster scan and boot times. AVG is claiming that scans are 50 percent faster compared with AVG 8. AVG comes with a combined antivirus and antimalware engine, the proprietary LinkScanner for Web browsing safety, and e-mail scanning. Developed independently and bought by AVG in 2007, the LinkScanner tech performs two functions. It protects you from third-party code exploits before they load in your browser and it ranks search results. Annoyingly, the AVG LinkScanner toolbar commandeers your default search choice and your home page, decidedly inappropriate behavior that a security vendor should really know better than to do. LinkScanner can be downloaded separately from AVG, too. The scheduler is robust, automating both scans and updates with multiple options. Full details & screenshots – CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/security/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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