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Avg antivirus free?

Started by hongfu_chen , Aug 07 2005 03:00 AM

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Posted 07 August 2005 - 03:00 AM

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Is it free or not?
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Posted 07 August 2005 - 03:09 AM

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Yes, it is free for home users!
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Posted 07 August 2005 - 03:09 AM

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how do you get the license number, any link would be helpful.

Thank you again
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Posted 07 August 2005 - 03:14 AM

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The license number will be emailed to you at the email you signed up with when you downloaded the free trial. It sometimes takes a little while to receive it.
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Posted 07 August 2005 - 03:16 AM

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and how long is the trial, two month, 6 months?
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Posted 07 August 2005 - 05:57 AM

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hongfu Chen:

The AVG Free edition is free fot the life of the product and provides the same protection as the professional one. However, it is only for HOME users and may not be used in businesses etc.

The AVG Profesional edition has a free trial period for 30 days and you get your licence number along with your trial download.

I recommend getting the free edition if you are a home user since it provides the same protection rules as the pro edition. The only thing it lack is technical support. However, the free edition has a tech support forum.

Hope all this helped.
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Posted 08 August 2005 - 05:38 PM

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hongfu Chen:

The AVG Free edition is free fot the life of the product and provides the same protection as the professional one. However, it is only for HOME users and may not be used in businesses etc.

The AVG Profesional edition has a free trial period for 30 days and you get your licence number along with your trial download.

I recommend getting the free edition if you are a home user since it provides the same protection rules as the pro edition. The only thing it lack is technical support. However, the free edition has a tech support forum.

Hope all this helped.

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Hi, thanks for the response.

Can I please have a link if it's possible?
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Posted 08 August 2005 - 06:03 PM

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Is it free or not?

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Yes AVG Free edition is FREE. Here is the website for the free edition:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
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Posted 09 August 2005 - 11:35 AM

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Hi, thanks for the response.

Can I please have a link if it's possible?

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sure, here you go.

http://free.grisoft.com

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Posted 10 August 2005 - 02:08 AM

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that'll be all thanks

btw i like your avartar lion :tazz:
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Posted 10 August 2005 - 02:49 AM

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Your totally welcome, I hope you enjoy using AVG (if you do download and start using it).
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Posted 10 August 2005 - 03:37 AM

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The license number will be emailed to you at the email you signed up with when you downloaded the free trial. It sometimes takes a little while to receive it.

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Kat, the newer free version of AVG already has a licence with the software, so you just install it.
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Posted 10 August 2005 - 05:21 AM

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If you like avg try Avast i found the scanner alot better and the end software much more polished, its in the league of the norton and macafee scanners that you buy the yearly liscence for. Nod 32 is also an amazing virus scaner but you only get a trial but if you have a stubborn virus nod32 is what you need.

http://www.avast.com.../down_home.html

http://www.nod32.com...nload/trial.htm
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Posted 10 August 2005 - 11:19 AM

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You also may want to try out 'E-trust E-Scan 2005'. It's a powerful AV tool and you get a 12 month free subscription.

http://store.ca.com/...5939&CID=190471

AVG is the one I use though, and I find it very accurate and complete. It's got all you need in an AV program. :tazz:

Edited by LIONWOODS, 10 August 2005 - 11:38 AM.

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Posted 10 August 2005 - 01:59 PM

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AVG is the one I use though, and I find it very accurate and complete. It's got all you need in an AV program. :tazz:

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Now you see why I highly recommend AVG, and also for me. It's detected everything for me on my computer aye.
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