AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012

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Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 22993 votes
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Version: 2012.0.1796
Date added: September 01, 2011
Price: Free; paid upgrade available
Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
Total Downloads: 381,164,763
Downloads last week: 1,044,812
Product Ranking: #1 in Antivirus Software
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on August 31, 2011

The bottom line: AVG Free 2012's renewed focus on performance keeps scans zippy, but struggles with slowing down your boot time and too many false positives.

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The never-ending mantra chanted by security suite vendors sounds a lot like "faster scans, easier to use, better performance," and AVG has released a new version that it says accomplishes all three. Certainly, the scans are faster, it does install more quickly, and some tweaks to the interface have made it easier to view. Two new core security changes will make you safer, too.

Radio Anak Perawang

17 September 2011