https://www.neowin.net/news/tag/avg/ Neowin News Feed for: Avg en-us Neowin Ignition News editor@neowin.net (Managing Editor) developers@neowin.net (Neowin Developers) 5 https://www.neowin.net/images/pegasus/icon.png https://www.neowin.net https://www.neowin.net/news/we-tested-acemagic-beelink-and-geekom-mini-pcs-with-several-anti-malware-programs/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2024/04/1713712511_20240421_171340_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Reports have surfaced this year about reviewers receiving Mini PC preloaded with malware. This is obviously not good, but it raises the question if some of the Mini PCs Neowin received were clean. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/we-tested-acemagic-beelink-and-geekom-mini-pcs-with-several-anti-malware-programs/">Read more...</a> Steven Parker Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:29:47 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/we-tested-acemagic-beelink-and-geekom-mini-pcs-with-several-anti-malware-programs/ #AceMagic #Geekom #Beelink @aSteveParker https://www.neowin.net/news/av-comparatives-av-test-show-how-defender-mcafee-norton-avg-hog-your-windows-11-10-pcs/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2021/02/1612377069_microsoft_defender_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Microsoft Defender is found to be one of the worst performers in AV-Comparatives test suite which measured performance impact by anti-malware apps. AV-TEST also found similar results. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/av-comparatives-av-test-show-how-defender-mcafee-norton-avg-hog-your-windows-11-10-pcs/">Read more...</a> Sayan Sen Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:00:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/av-comparatives-av-test-show-how-defender-mcafee-norton-avg-hog-your-windows-11-10-pcs/ #Microsoft #Windows #Malware @ssc_combater007 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-kaspersky-mcafee-get-worse-while-avast-avg-shine-in-windows-web-test/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2021/02/1612377069_microsoft_defender_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Microsoft Defender did really well in a Windows web malware test last time. This time around though, its performance was not the best. Other solutions like Kaspersky performed even worse. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-kaspersky-mcafee-get-worse-while-avast-avg-shine-in-windows-web-test/">Read more...</a> Sayan Sen Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:34:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-kaspersky-mcafee-get-worse-while-avast-avg-shine-in-windows-web-test/ #Microsoft #Avast #Defender @ssc_combater007 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-avast-avg-turned-against-windows-to-permanently-delete-files/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2022/06/1656398397_microsoft_defender_bug_2_(sayan_s)_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Microsoft Defender, AVG, Avast, and more, were found vulnerable to a new zero-day security exploit through which harmless files, even system files, could be deleted using the anti-virus. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-avast-avg-turned-against-windows-to-permanently-delete-files/">Read more...</a> Sayan Sen Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:36:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defender-avast-avg-turned-against-windows-to-permanently-delete-files/ #Windows #Malware #Microsoft @ssc_combater007 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-blocking-windows-10-1903-and-1909-upgrades-for-some-antivirus-users/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2019/10/1570802477_nov19u-5-1_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Microsoft has added a known issue for Windows 10 version 1903 and version 1909 to reflect that there&#039;s an upgrade block in place for users of Avast or AVG antvirus software. It needs an external fix. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-blocking-windows-10-1903-and-1909-upgrades-for-some-antivirus-users/">Read more...</a> Rich Woods Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:02:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-blocking-windows-10-1903-and-1909-upgrades-for-some-antivirus-users/ #Windows10 @TheRichWoods https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-1713006/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/09/avg_antivirus_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG free Antivirus just got even better. It now includes real-time security updates, scans for both malware and performance issues, and even catches malicious downloads before they reach your PC. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-1713006/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:58:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-1713006/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167858/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/09/avg_antivirus_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167858/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:56:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167858/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167752/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/09/avg_antivirus_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167752/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:22:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20167752/ https://www.neowin.net/news/avast-to-acquire-its-security-rival-avg-for-13-billion/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2016/07/1467895961_avg-vs-avast_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Avast Software recently announced that it will acquire its rival AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion. The two companies are known for offering internet security products like antivirus software. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avast-to-acquire-its-security-rival-avg-for-13-billion/">Read more...</a> Justin Luna Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:34:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avast-to-acquire-its-security-rival-avg-for-13-billion/ @_justinluna https://www.neowin.net/news/google-finds-avg-chrome-extension-to-bypass-malware-checks-possibly-exposing-browsing-data/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/12/avg-logo_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Google researcher Tavis Ormandy also discovered that the extension &quot;force-installed&quot; JavaScript APIs, hijacking search settings and potentially exposing users to man-in-the-middle attacks. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/google-finds-avg-chrome-extension-to-bypass-malware-checks-possibly-exposing-browsing-data/">Read more...</a> John Devon Fri, 01 Jan 2016 10:20:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/google-finds-avg-chrome-extension-to-bypass-malware-checks-possibly-exposing-browsing-data/ @nJohnDevon https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-can-sell-your-browsing-history-to-third-parties/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/02/privacy_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Security firm AVG has come under fire for recent updates to their privacy policy. The new policy explicitly gives the company the ability to sell browsing and search history to third parties. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-can-sell-your-browsing-history-to-third-parties/">Read more...</a> Luke Payne Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:58:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-can-sell-your-browsing-history-to-third-parties/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20155961/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/09/avg_antivirus_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20155961/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Wed, 20 May 2015 17:12:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20155961/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133349/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133349/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:56:09 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133349/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133345/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133345/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:29:03 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133345/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133343/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133343/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 20 May 2013 20:57:14 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133343/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133336/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133336/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 09 May 2013 13:57:31 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133336/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133272/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133272/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:38:05 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133272/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133267/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133267/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:39:41 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133267/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133258/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133258/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:14:11 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20133258/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132904/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132904/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:27:14 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132904/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132899/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132899/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:07:35 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132899/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132897/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132897/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:59:43 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132897/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132890/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/990395937AVG_Free_Antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132890/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:08:27 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132890/ https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132805/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/avg-anti-virus-free-2013_thumbjpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132805/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:03:40 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-anti-virus-free-20132805/ https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-kills-the-original-rickroll-video/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/rickrolld_thumbjpg" alt="" /></div>In an unusual course of events, anti-virus maker AVG has begun a bizarre (hopefully accidental) crusade to end the practice of &#039;Rickrolling&#039; by having the original meme banned from YouTube. Really. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-kills-the-original-rickroll-video/">Read more...</a> Tyler Holman Wed, 23 May 2012 17:52:04 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-kills-the-original-rickroll-video/ @tyler_holman https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-201201834/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included LinkScanner&reg; Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only time that... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-201201834/">Read more...</a> Steven Parker Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:40:44 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-201201834/ @aSteveParker https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-defends-pulled-windows-phone-7-app/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG has defended the recently released Windows Phone 7 anti-virus app even as Microsoft pulled the app from the Zune Marketplace. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-defends-pulled-windows-phone-7-app/">Read more...</a> John Callaham Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:44:10 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-defends-pulled-windows-phone-7-app/ @JCalNEO https://www.neowin.net/news/wp7-avg-antivirus-app-is-possibly-spyware/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>It has been discovered that AVG&#039;s supposed &quot;antivirus&quot; software suite for Windows Phone 7 reports user data, including location data, back to AVG&#039;s servers, and fails to properly scan for viruses <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/wp7-avg-antivirus-app-is-possibly-spyware/">Read more...</a> Tim Schiesser Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:36:45 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/wp7-avg-antivirus-app-is-possibly-spyware/ @scorpusv https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-launches-first-antivirus-app-on-windows-phone-7/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>For those users with a Windows Phone 7 device, you can now keep it protected from malicious activity with the first antivirus app for Windows Phone 7 - AVG Mobilation&#039;s Anti-Virus Free suite <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-launches-first-antivirus-app-on-windows-phone-7/">Read more...</a> Tim Schiesser Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:34:57 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-launches-first-antivirus-app-on-windows-phone-7/ @scorpusv https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-1001391/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/177982505Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included LinkScanner&reg; Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only time that... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-1001391/">Read more...</a> Steven Parker Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:03:17 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/avg-free-edition-1001391/ @aSteveParker https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-update-sends-computers-into-limbo/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>On Wednesday night AVG pushed an update for its popular anti-virus product, however instead of enhancing and correcting bugs for the program, it left 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista inoperable. The update (3292) when... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-update-sends-computers-into-limbo/">Read more...</a> Alan Cone Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:30:21 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-update-sends-computers-into-limbo/ @MrEggsalad https://www.neowin.net/news/us-treasury-websites-hacked/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/13512940661312642308_antivirus.jpg" alt="" /></div>Computerworld reports that three websites affiliated with the US Treasury department have been infected with code that distributes malware to visitors. Roger Thompson, a researcher at AVG, discovered on Monday that three domains belonging to... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/us-treasury-websites-hacked/">Read more...</a> Tzvi Friedman Tue, 04 May 2010 19:22:02 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/us-treasury-websites-hacked/ @TzviFriedman https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-free-edition-90716/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows, available to download and update for free. Features: Award-winning antivirus and antispyware Real-time safe internet surfing and searching Quality... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-free-edition-90716/">Read more...</a> Kristan Kenney Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:58:12 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-free-edition-90716/ https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-patch-serious-error/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/87845552Avglogo.jpg" alt="" /></div>AVG, one of the leading suppliers of anti-virus software, released an update yesterday that caused more harm then good the outcry started. The signature update, dated November 9, allowed the program to think that user32.dll... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-patch-serious-error/">Read more...</a> Damien Reynolds Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:17:10 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/avg-patch-serious-error/ @geekinterpreter