AVG Antivirus is excellent for protecting your computer from all threats whether it be viruses, malware or spyware. AVG just recently release a new dashboard called Zen which allows you to monitor and manage all devices that use AVG. The free version of AVG is probably one of the best you could choose and boasts features that you wouldn't expect to be free.
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AVG Free is our favourite free protection software, the reason for this is that it has the largest amount of useful features especially for a free version. Firstly though I'd like to talk about Zen which comes with both the free and paid versions. What AVG have done is made everything simple allowing even the most technologically illiterate person able to understand how to use it. Zen allows you to control several devices from one location making for a hassle free experience. From within Zen you can access your protection, performance, privacy & identity and web tuneup, although you have to install two separate applications by AVG for tuneup and performance to be accessible.
Within the Protection tab you can access everything you need to keep your PC safe and are only missing a few features which aren't all that important for the average user. AVG Free includes an Antivirus system which is top notch and has fast full computer scans. Additionally the Web protection scans each link when you use the internet ensuring that what you are clicking on is safe. The AVG Protection tab or Antivirus Free also ensures that your identity can't be stolen and scans your emails for attachments that may be harmful giving you peace of mind. AVG also does the usual, such as being able to add exceptions, as antivirus programmes can interfere with some other applications, potentially making them unusable. as an additional safeguard, you can look in the Virus Vault which allows you to restore programmes in case AVG makes a mistake.
In the free version you also have AVG Identity Protection and Privacy Fix which you have to install separately. Both features are very useful especially if you do a lot of networking and socialising on the web. Moreover you can scan your PC from your phone which is great for people who are active or out and about regularly and wish to make sure their computer is clean. When downloading files or applications from the web you can choose to scan them before opening and installing them with an AVG Shell extension scan, a sure fire way to keep your PC clean and running smoothly.
Overall AVG Antivirus Free is one of the best out there and provides you with all the necessary tools whilst staying simple, on top of that it gets regularly updated and has some of the most fleshed out features of all the free antivirus programmes.
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