AVG 7.5 Free Edition Expires When?
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I got this from DougCuk this AM in reference to when AVG 7.5 will expire. It seems that the date is most likely 12-31-08 and the May 31, 2008 may just be a scare tactic to gets folks to either upgrade now to version 8 OR to buy the full version and dump the free one.
I posted a query on the AVG Free Support Forum re the 31st May cuttoff date and received the following response from one of the forum Moderators:
“This could well be a marketing ploy to quickly encourage users onto either the paid for or free version of AVG 8.0 but rest assured at this moment in time the deadline for 7.5 support, as stated by the AVG Team on the Free Forum, is quite definitely the 31st December 2008.”
This info is still current as of May 12th - so I am sticking with v7.5 for now. Many people seem to be reporting that installing v8 without the Link Scanner option dramtically improves permormance on slower machines - see http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1338#faq_1338
I guess my only question is why? Why have a pop up that says AVG will expire on May 31, 2008? Is this a marketing ploy?
Comments welcome.
Tags: avg, 7.5, upgrade, 8.0, scanner, link, expiration date, free, version
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desilva
May 12th, 2008
at 5:00pm
Thanks about the heads up about the link scanner. I am going to get the avg 8 free version. BTW, this is a random blog post ’cause I want the HP Dragon.
cny
May 23rd, 2008
at 11:02pm
Yes, AVG 7.5 will be expired at the end of this month thats what it says on their web. They offer AVG 8.0 for both versions of home and commercial. Not only that, they also offer both AVG and ISG (Internet Security) that has more feature than AVG. They provide a trial version of each.
Those who have been using AVG 7.5 like myself, I suggest to download both the AVG 8.0 and ISG 8.0 free trial straight from www.grisoft.com. Install the IS 8.0 only. After the IS sits nicely in your system then uninstall AVG 7.5. Don’t install AVG 8.0 unless your system can not use IS 8.0. Both AVG 8.0 and IS 8.0 have slightly different type of management. You can learn how to select the options to run 8.0 in a couple of hours. No biggy. My pentium 4 Dell system with WinXP has run IS 8.0 once a day for a week already with no problem. With this trial I guess I will keep reinstalling it every month until I find another free solid replacement.
Hope this help the curious.
Disclaimer: I am not belonged to Grisoft. Installing AVG at your own risk.
CNY
Ron Schenone
May 24th, 2008
at 5:38am
Thanks fo sharing your thoughts and for the information.