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Epicurus.com - Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware - 2 Year Subscription
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List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $19.99
Your Save: $ 19.96 ( 50% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Grisoft
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Grisoft
EAN: 0892401001041
Feature: Anti-virus and anti-spyware software with 2-year subscription
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Grisoft
Manufacturer: Grisoft
Model: AMW5N24SENS001
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Grisoft
Release Date: 2007-07-03
Studio: Grisoft
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Features
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Anti-virus and anti-spyware software with 2-year subscription
Automatically protects systems without slowing them down
Protects against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and more
New versions and updates for free throughout license duration
Easy to use protection--install and forget; free 24/7 technical support
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Editorial Reviews:
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Antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows from the world's most trusted security company. Use the Internet with confidence in your home or small office. Real-time protection, automatic updates, low-impact background scanning for on-line threats, and instant quarantining or removal of infected files ensures maximum protection. Every interaction between your computer and the Internet is monitored, so nothing can get onto your system without your knowledge. When you purchase an AVG product, everything you need is included in the price for the full license duration - technical support, virus updates, and new program versions. All users of paid AVG products also qualify for generous discounts on subscription renewals and product upgrades. Compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: What was once the best, is now like all the rest.. awful
Comment: Something happened to the folks at Grisoft. They were the poster child for respectful software development, rational performance, and customer awareness. I guess they hired someone who decided they would become a "security software company". The result is that AVG 8 is by far the most disastrous product they have put out EVER.
It consumes more system resources than even the terrible McAfee and Symantec. I've been a paid subscriber of the family package to AVG for years, and when the AVG 8 "upgrade" appeared, I enthusiastically loaded and then the trouble started. AVG now requires almost the entire computer just to run itself. Internet download speeds dropped (I have verizon Fios) from 20Mbps to 5 and upload speeds from 4 Mbps to 200Kbps (yes, you read that right). Web pages take minutes to load, file copy operations are amazingly SLOW (I thought it was Vista, but its NOT!!)
Basically, I have written AVG off as another clueless group who wants to add value, but with no awareness of the damage they do in the process.
This has become what one person referred to as "elephantware", and I agree. I've been through many of these products, and they each become more important than the actual computer it seems. Now AVG has gone the way of the dodo
On the pro side, it has the best update and scheduler that I've seen, and it does indeed deal with most viruses. It also has a new pretty icon.... but thats all thats positive I can say.
I've rolled my whole family back to AVG 7.5, and am now evaluating a bunch of other products. Back to the drawing board
Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT VALUE!
Comment: CAN BE DOWNLOADED TO MULTIPLE COMPUTERS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. TWO YEARS OF FREE UPDATES PLUS BOTH ANTI VIRUS & ANTI SPYWARE FOR $20 PRETTY GOOD DEAL!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eccentric installer, but works like a charm
Comment: This replaced a Norton resource hog I'd been using in various versions since 2003. On installation, AVG gave me a warning message about "known conflicts" with a software product installed on my machine. Problem: I never had that software on this machine. But I ignored the message and AVG installed and worked without a hitch. Annoyance: if your 'net connection isn't plugged up when you boot Windows, you get "update failed" messages from AVG. Seems AVG should be programmed to know your network card isn't connected, but it's easy enough to fix by just running the update yourself (which is faster anyway). On its first run, AVG found bad guys Norton hadn't noticed for years. When you're using internet search engines and try to link to unknown/dangerous sites, you get accurate AVG warnings about attempts by the site to secretly install junk onto your system -- a very helpful feature, and much better than other security software that notices junk only after it's been installed. If your PC is idle for a long spell, AVG hunts in the background; it even found old nuisances in Windows' hidden restore files, where bad guys like to hide copies of themselves. It's sometimes confusing when AVG refers to bad guys with "generic" names that don't really identify the culprit, but that's better than not finding them at all. My system starts and runs noticeably faster, too. Highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not so good.
Comment: I have had this product for a few months now. It is not user friendly.
Second and really bad is that it alowed Antivirus XP 2008 and it's associated Trojan horse Agent ZAK (WINDOWS\system32\pphcecuj0ece3.exe) to attach itself to my computer. The AVG program can not even remove it.
I have emailed them three times today with zero feed back.
If you are buying an antivirus software look somewhere else.
And as for Antivirus XP 2008, these guys should be in jail.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy it to beliave it.
Comment: Don't listen to this negative reviews since this company is not trying to rape anyone. (as a previous person added to commentaries).
This software will set you computer free of many malicious software or viruses. I have "fixed" all of my friends computers with this anti virus and am going to continue using it.
And $30 for 2 year subscription is a fabulous price.
Do what you want but it's true. (IT DOES WORK)
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