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Grisoft AVG
2.9 stars
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Average Ratings for Grisoft AVG

  • Ease of Set Up3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use3.4 stars
  • Value for Money3.6 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.9 stars
  • Overall Rating2.9 stars

73 Reviews For Grisoft AVG

  • Guest. 27th May 2009

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    Good Points: NIL


    Bad Points: screws up my system


    General comments: Grisoft AVG 7.5 was great. But when I installed AVG 8, my system crashed. My mouse hanged, my computer ceased to move.....Perhaps i am using an old AMD chip....not Pentium 4... Should I throw away my trusty old PC just to install AVG 8? nah.....

  • Guest. 8th Feb 2009

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    As soon as I downloaded Grisoft AVG 8 my laptop started showing up problems first time in two years. Start up became extremely slow and everything including the mouse would freeze for half an hour and hard drive would make a low noise. I could not even shut down the laptop. Windows message "Saving your settings" comes up and stays on still I press and hold the power button to shut it. I took my laptop to PC world for repair. They advised me to backup all data and and configure windows from the b ...

  • micke 4th Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Very strong anti-virus!

    AVG Internet Security 8.0 very impressed...I recomended it to all people in the world!

  • Guest. 14th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Grisoft AVG is good value as its free! I had a problem with my user profile and had to rebuild windows... now AVG says I have a license error but will not let me uninstall or reinstall. I have had no response from their help desk. It is extremely frustrating!
    I would never use AVG products again after this experience.

  • Guest. 17th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I use AVG Anti-Virus Free with Sygate Personal Firewall and I had no infection problems yet!

  • Guest. 11th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    They actually destroyed my operating system as far as I am concerned. It won't uninstall using its own uninstall program, and it won't uninstall with the control panel program, either. Had to use special software to uninstall it. After uninstall, computer is running much faster.
    Not the best AV software, although was functional for months before it goofed up.

  • ceudghin 30th Nov 2008

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    Since installing AVG Free it now takes me up to a minute to connect to the Internet! Grisoft says that it is not their problem but it is. I have got rid of it in favour of Avast and once again connect speedily to the Internet.
    'Nuff said?

  • claud1 27th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    AVG 8.0 is an excellent product that installs quickly and smoothly. Its footprint is small and yet it provides thorough security coverage. It is intuitive to use, updates rapidly, and has the ability to change the speed of a scan depending on your work at the time. The indicators showing the safety of a webpage is very neat.

    On the downside, if you install from a disc, they fail to inform you that the licence runs from the date of purchase, not the installation date. If you wait 2 months before ...

  • M D Wylie 20th Nov 2008

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    I have the 3 licence Internet Security on my 3 machines. Two running Vista and a laptop with XP and my ISP is AOL. All worked well until 24th October 08 then see below...
    I have paid up front for a service which I do not get. The help desk is always 'we are receiving an unusually high number of calls' so one can't get through. Emails takes days for a reply and don't address the problem. I used to be a strong supporter of AVG and happy to pay for a full program but no more.

  • cravener Rank: Corporal 17th Nov 2008

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    Five weeks after I bought AVG 8 on CD, the company disseminated a routine daily update that causes an infinite "reboot needed" loop. This renders the AV program useless. Grisoft's only solution: buy a new CD. Grisoft sees no problem with asking to be paid 10 times a year for correcting their fatal errors.


    WORSE: some AVG code has trashed operating systems. Dell computers FAQ prominently features information about how to repair your operating system after AVG deletes critical files, such that ...

  • TOUB118 16th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I have used v.7.5 for 11 months which was fine until I tried to install on a new machine running Vista. My original licence number is no longer valid and I find AVG help is just not helpful. Requests for help generate automated replies which do not address my problems and mail to AVG remains unanswered. I would not recommend this product.

  • cravener Rank: Corporal 29th Oct 2008

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    1) When I bought the program on disk in September 2008, compensating for a slow dialup connection, the company shipped me a "personalized" version with the most recent av updates dated early July. Lots of other minor technical problems with the disk, such that most users would not have been able to use it to install the program. (I did user support at University of Hawaii in early 90s and have been director of Distance Education most of the past decade. Trust me on that. Not many people could ha ...

  • Guest. 24th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I've been using Avira for years. And was happy with it... till...
    I tried AVG. Avira constists only of a resident guard and a virus scanner.
    AVG has this + Emailscanner + Spywarescanner + Adwarescanner + Protection from dangerous links in the web (even without having the browser plugin istalled).
    And it found a Trojan on my PC Avira never found.
    And slowing the PC down. Who says this? Compared to Avira it has much lower system requirements. I don't even recognize when it's scanning in my PC perf ...

  • tomcw 14th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Good detection rate, easy to use, not too intensive on system resources and best of all is FREE!
    Excellent detections- I had been keeping a norton subscription going for years, always buying the latest version before I installed this. Afterinstalling AVG it found 4 viruses and various other lower risk threats that norton had just ignored

  • mrdinsdale 18th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I used the free versions for about 5 years before buying the 2 year subscription for about $55.00. I'm about to renew now for 2 more years. AVG does what it should, why try something else?

  • Guest. 18th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I would get rid of AVG completly and start again, because I really can't think of a good thing about it, it needs a lot of work towards it, I'm ashamed of what it has done to me computer, nearly came to wiping my hard-drive. Please sort this mess out.

  • intrepidgrrl 7th Aug 2008

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    I do not recommend Grisoft AVG, I was happy with earlier versions. This version AVG 8 is a just annoying for me. Disabled all web based live email programs eg gmail, hotmail, yahoo. And their technical support havent fixed the problem yet it seems - instead they told me to wait for a reply via the yahoo account I cant access!

  • Guest. 1st Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Whatever you do donot get some poor free antivirus software like avg get somthing like norton that you have to pay for, its worth the money. norton 360 all the way

  • Guest. 28th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Cannot delete infected files/folders
    No Rootkit scan
    The Internet Safe Surf doesn't block dangerout websites. Only alerts you
    Tweaking can take some time
    There are better free A-V's out there.
    I would recommend using Avira Antivir free edition of all free Anti Virus software. It has the highest success rate for finding viruses and adware than any other AV out there and does not slow your computer down!

  • Guest. 8th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    As a computer engineer i get a lot of machines infected to the point of no return, a large amount have AVG free on and most times the definition file is not far from upto date.
    Not one for me, but, i am not an antivirus expert in any way so make your own mind up.