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AVG Anti-Virus 7.0 Released

Posted by Keldyn on 08 July 2003 - 16:34 · 31 comments & 3383 views

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The new AVG Anti-Virus 7.0 has been released! For Full Product information please visit the GriSoft Website.

GRISOFT will continue supporting AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 through the website. Existing customers can upgrade to version 7 at no extra cost.

Why the new 7.0 version of AVG?

following general progress in IT sector
detection capabilities improvement
new structure of AVG
new control and configuration features
improvement of AVG central administration
new protection level, new platforms (OSs)
end-user's comfort (for example non-restart updates)

The free version is expected within the week.

View: Full List of Features

Download: AVG Anti-Virus 7.0

About 7 million U.S. households have a quilter, said Don Meyer, director of consumer and public relations of the Hobby Industry Association.

Citing independent studies, Mahan estimated the total number of quilters at about 20 million.

The hobby association says there are about 20 million scrapbookmakers in the nation, which makes the pastime the third-most-popular craft, after cross- stitch and home decor painting. Meyer said 2002 sales estimates for scrapbooking supplies ranged between $2 billion and $2.5 billion.

No revenue estimates were available for quilting, but Meyer said the craft's popularity is growing.

Although other printer companies, such as Epson and Canon, have also gone after the arts and crafts market, HP has been more aggressive in this effort in the past few years.

Gayle Hillert, a vice president at Bernina of America, which makes sewing and embroidery machines, recalled how she was surprised to find HP represented at a quilting festival in Houston a few years ago.

"You'd be in a huge convention center, and there are booths for sewing machine companies, fabric companies, thread companies and button companies, and all of a sudden, you see printers and scanners and you think, 'What in the world are they doing here?' " she said.

She said quiltmakers have become more accustomed to using high-tech devices for their craft.

"When they are sewing, they want to take it a step further, so they get a scanner, they get software, and they may even get a PC," she said.

Hillert has personally used digital technology to print photos she took on a quilt she's been making for her daughter. Technology has allowed quilters to become more creative in personalizing their work.

"You can write a story, you can write what it's for," she said. "A quilt is something you pass on to generations. It's like a painting."

Mahan declined to provide revenue figures for HP's effort to tap the quilt- making market, but he said software sales and Web site hits "have been steadily growing" since the company introduced the site late last year.

"Without a big advertising budget, we expect to start small," he said in an e-mail. "The growth is what is important."

In an interview he also said of the scrapbooking campaign, "We're doing this in a very low-key way."

The key to HP's strategy, he said, was to go directly to the hobbyists. "Most people in crafts get their inspiration from their friends and the stores where they shop and less from advertising," he said.

Meyer said the craft and hobby industry has grown steadily the past few years, from $23 billion in revenue in 2000 to $29 billion last year. As a result, the industry has attracted the attention of companies not traditionally associated with crafts, such as HP, Adobe and Kodak.

HP is already exploring reaching out to other groups, including bird- watchers and genealogy enthusiasts.

The bid for more customers comes as HP seeks to strengthen its imaging and printing business, known as the company's crown jewel.

As of the first quarter of 2003, HP was the leading seller of printers and other output devices with 44.4 percent market share, followed by Epson with 18. 7 and Canon with 13.8, according to the International Data Corp.

But the company could face a threat from PC giant Dell Computer, which recently began selling its own printers.

Some analysts warn that Dell's bid to bring its highly successful direct- sales model to the printing industry could weaken HP's position.

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#1 Posted by djHerbaL on 08 Jul 2003 - 17:19: yay the best freeware anti-virus lives on

(1 reply) #2 Posted by Retinal on 08 Jul 2003 - 17:30: Version 7.0 is not freeware but they will still support their freeware version!

#3 Posted by Skyfrog on 08 Jul 2003 - 19:14

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new protection level, new platforms (OSs)

Server 2003 maybe? *crosses fingers*

(1 reply) #4 Posted by DJ Prem on 08 Jul 2003 - 19:17: Supports Win 2003

#5 Posted by HoriZon-UK on 08 Jul 2003 - 19:24: There is no mention of a new Freeware version any where on their new site.

So they may just sell it and let u use it for 30 days free only!

#6 Posted by mrgoodgood on 08 Jul 2003 - 19:28: any screenshots?

(4 replies) #7 Posted by divertom15 on 08 Jul 2003 - 19:32: someone pm me with the location to download the single user 6 to 7 update i cant seem to find it The link to download on this page just takes you to updates for 7.0 not downloads for 7.0 but yet i still cant find the 6.0 to 7.0 update

#8 Posted by Diablo on 08 Jul 2003 - 20:53: yay, I love it

#9 Posted by Jeffrey on 08 Jul 2003 - 21:18: Other innovations and news
Linux version of AVG

Yay! Might prove useful if they can throw it in Knoppix.

#10 Posted by aco on 09 Jul 2003 - 00:57: w00t!

(4 replies) #11 Posted by bangbang023 on 09 Jul 2003 - 03:03: I don't like how you have to scan your whole system to remove a virus.

(5 replies) #12 Posted by shivamsmail on 09 Jul 2003 - 05:12: I'd stick to Norton Antivirus 2004. AVG misses out on lots of viruses. Plus its auto-protect doesnt even seem like autoprotect. It finds viruses only when you run a scan. NAV 2004 though a bit slow, does the works.

#13 Posted by aalaap on 09 Jul 2003 - 19:35: the 6.0 UI could really use some sprucing up. really really really ugly. if it wasn't for the "free" and "works-as-good-as-you-know-what" characteristics, i wouldnt be using it. i'll wait for the free version. unless im at work where we use nav corp .. dont have a problem with that..

(1 reply) #14 Posted by fahad on 09 Jul 2003 - 21:42: Is NAV2004 out already?! Never tried AVG, though I don't mind trying it now

#15 Posted by posthumous_GRIN on 09 Jul 2003 - 23:20: I have been using Panda Titanium and think it is pretty nice. It is so much faster than NAV, which I used for years but got sick of how slow it was.

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