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AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall Beta

Posted by hayc59 on 24 April 2005 - 10:11 · 29 comments & 3865 views

With computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms, and other forms of malicious program becoming more prevalent, the risk to your computer is amplified. To protect themselves, millions of users rely on Grisoft and its award-winning line of AVG Anti-Virus software. We are proud to announce the latest addition to the AVG product family: AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall. The firewall gives you control of communication between your computer and the world outside your computer as well as providing protection from hackers and data thieves. Prior to its release, a Beta version of AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall is being made available for evaluation purposes. We hope that you will participate in the Beta trial and provide us with your valuable feedback.

AVG Anti-Virus provides advanced virus detection methods and components including heuristic analysis, generic detection, scanning, and integrity checking. The new firewall is an integral component of AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall and is accessible via the AVG Control Center. Safeguarding the computer on which it is installed, the firewall helps to maintain privacy and protects personal identifiable information from being sent from your computer without your permission.

AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall Features

Hides your computer completely before the eyes of the Internet predators
Configuration wizard upon setup creates all rules automatically
Manual Firewall configuration via an easy-to-handle dialog environment
User friendly
Automatic high-speed updates
Low demand on system resources maximizes performance
Supported platforms are Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Download: AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall BETA 16MB (Shareware)

View: Product Overview

This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system

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#1 Posted by stezo2k on 24 Apr 2005 - 10:13: Sounds good, I think i'll stay with Synmantec Antivirus though, AVG is good but it doesn't catch all viruses

#2 Posted by smashguy on 24 Apr 2005 - 10:34: Awesome news!

#3 Posted by Storm on 24 Apr 2005 - 11:24: Can i use my AVG7 serial with it?

(9 replies) #4 Posted by westcoastguy on 24 Apr 2005 - 12:50: HUh?

stezo2k you have no clue what your talking about....Norton is not superior than AVG. Norton takes up more ram and cpu resources since its uses an older base compared to other AV. The three top anti-virus are AVG, AVASt and Sophos.

Norton spends the most in Marketing and advertising. You would have to be a fool to think Norton is better.

Try buying AVG instead of using the trial while comparing it to your bought Norton?

Must be many people laughing their asses off for the Post you wrote..lmao

the difference in AVG trial and the AVG paid for, is that it updates itself regularly . AVG and Avast have a stronger attack and denial on trojans than Norton. Today, its all about trojans and Popups.

Bell, At&t, Verizon, Shaw Canada, Telus Canada, Aussitel all uses AVG for their servers and hubs not Norton. period

get your facts straight stezo2k you must be American or just dumb?

#5 Posted by dougal.s on 24 Apr 2005 - 13:53: Cool! This is well getting installed on the machine at work tomorrow!

I love the small system-resource-footprint that AVG has, hopefully they will have done the same with their firewall.

Dougal.

#6 Posted by streetwolf on 24 Apr 2005 - 16:54: I've been using AVG pro (paid) for a year and it works just fine. I was always a NAV user and while I had no complaints with the workings of NAV I never liked it's 'bloatness'. Symantec seems to put all kinds of crap everywhere for all it's products. AVG is lean and mean as they say.

I tried the new beta and I wonder if the firewall is related to Kerio's Personal Firewall which I also use and which AVG has a special deal with. You can get both products together for a hugh discount. I saw some similarities in the new AVG Firewall and with Kerio.

(1 reply) #7 Posted by whitedragon on 24 Apr 2005 - 20:11: It's amazing how no one ever mentions ZoneAlarm Suite's antivirus. I've been using it since it came out and I've found it to be totally reliable. I've not had a single infection of any sort while running it. Resource-wise, it's mid-range, using around 20MB on my system.

(2 replies) #8 Posted by Laptop™ on 24 Apr 2005 - 21:38: I like my windows firewall though..

(1 reply) #9 Posted by chulomixed on 24 Apr 2005 - 23:09: Pc-cillian 2005 blows away all these anti-virus programs. www.trendmicro.com

#10 Posted by norseman on 25 Apr 2005 - 00:30: pc-cillian sucks my left and norton sucks my right nut. Having worked on thousands of computers for geek squad I have found AVG, NOD32 and Kaspersky to be very good products. Mcafee and Norton being the worst 2.

(1 reply) #11 Posted by gph58 on 25 Apr 2005 - 05:10: I must say that I like AVG and am currently testing the Beta with the firewall. It is working good for me. Mcafee, Computer Associates, Norton, Sygate firewall suck big time. I used to like Norton but since they started this activation crap I do not want any part of if.

BTW MS is going to have a difficult time pushing Longhorn off on everybody because it too will be a piece of crap like everything else they build.

#12 Posted by ElectricDemon on 25 Apr 2005 - 08:51: I think it depends on how people have their PCs set up, and what they use them for. I used to run Norton AV on my old PC with no problems, speed was fine etc. At work i use AVG due to the fact that we have a corporate license, no problems here.

I know someone who runs the latest norton AV/FW package and it has never slowed his PC down when running in the background.

But now at home I run Mcafee because I have a free license through Uni, it has never let me down, it doesnt slow me down, or use up much in terms of resources when it's scanning files on access.

I'm not siding with any one AV product, sure they all have their faults. I myself have expereinced infections that cannot be detected/repaired by one package, but can be repaired by another.

it's "each to their own" at the end of the day

#13 Posted by Raven on 25 Apr 2005 - 20:33: There are no AV programs capable of catching ALL virus. No matter how much you update. Any AV used with safe surfing techniques will keep your system safe.

#14 Posted by pctoolbin on 26 Apr 2005 - 05:46: Well, i am going to buck the entire reply feel here and not complain about some AV program or promote what I use. I'd just like to see some screenshots of the new beta of this....(preferably of their firewall and features they offer)....the AVG site seems devoid of any screens of the firewall.....

Thanks in advance.

#15 Posted by beardly on 27 Apr 2005 - 16:24: What annoys me about the non-free antivius scanners is that you only get a yearly subscription. I don't really feel like putting down $40 or so every year for a virus scanner. But enough people are evidently ok with that model.

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