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AVG Free.. No Longer Free?

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Quillz

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Well my grandma who I set up with AVG Free says she is getting a message saying her version of AVG Free will no longer be supported after January and links her to the AVG site where she can buy a different version. Is AVG going to stop supporting the Free version?

What version of AVG do you have? 7.1 is no longer supported, but 7.5 continues to be free.

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Quillz

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Ahh.. that was kind of my question, if 7.5 was going to be supported or not, bc im guessing she just has not updated it to 7.5.

There will always be a free version of AVG. It's just that the older free versions are being discontinued. She should really upgrade to 7.5, since it's both free and fixes a number of issues that were present in 7.1.

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+Nik Louch Subscriber²

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Problem is that AVG are a company, who have a responsibility to make a profit.

The link from the popup saying "AVG Free 7.1 is not being supported, click here for 7.5" takes you to a page with a lot of info/links on the commercially paid version.

However, 7.5 free is available.

Can't blame them - they provide a good AV solution for free - it's not unfair to make you at least be aware of the commercial version and attempt to upsell.

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*John*

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I'm sorry but you obviously have not done your research. AVG has the worst detection rates in comparison to its other free counterparts like Avast and Antivir.

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Avast is very very good. Personally though, I use ClamWin, although the lack of real time scanning will put off a lot of people.

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