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Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 06/15/08
Norton anti-virus: 06/11/08
McAfee anti-virus: 06/11/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 06/14/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 06/11/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 06/11/08
Nod32: 06/13/08

Updates as of June 15, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Grisoft, the makers of AVG, are now being accused of destroying web analytics with it’s LinkScanner technology. Grisoft had purchased the LinkScanner technology in December of 2007, and had incorporated the technology in its latest AVG Version 8 software. The purpose of LinkScanner is to alert the user to the validity of websites through search [...]

OMG. I was hoping that by now we would have a definitive answer as to when version 7.5 from AVG [Grisoft] would really expire, but the confusion continues. Reader DougCuk [TIA]posted a AVG forum link in the comments section to a previous article I had posted here. On the forum at AVG DougCuk had posted [...]

I noticed that AVG is using other sites [mirrors] in which users can download their new AVG 8 version. But I also noted that as of today [June 4, 2008 at 1900 hrs. CDT] the versions on the mirrors are different than what is being offered at AVG servers. As an example, over at Download [...]

In a twist that I find hard to believe, it seems that AVG tech. support is totally unsure when support for version 7.5 really will expire. On their forum they originally stated that the free version would continue until 12-31-08. Now it seems a new warning pop-up is saying the new date is June 25, [...]

This morning I received a comment from Claus Valca who has a great site with some of the latest information concerning AVG 8. On his site he has spoken with Karel Obluk from Grisoft who indicated the hope that all issues involving AVG should be corrected in service pack 1, when it is released. Claus [...]

Some users are reporting that their browser locks when they try to access any website, after installing AVG 8 free edition. One of the suggestions in the AVG forums was to turn off the Link Scanner feature built into AVG 8.
What is Link Scanner? Basically it scans websites in an attempt to discover rogue web [...]

I received this from reader Merna [under comments here]  and checked out the links provided. I believe for those who are having issues with AVG 8 this site may be helpful. I will also be doing a second part covering additional information. Thanks Merna.
Ron,
Thank you for your numerous recent articles about AVG 7.5 and 8.0 [...]

The problems for those who are installing AVG 8 continue for some users, yet not for others. After checking on AVG’s Free Forum, I found some interesting facts that MAY, just MAY, help those who are having issues with the new freebie from AVG. I have also provided some additional links to other AVG resources:
First [...]

Since the introduction of AVG 8 Free Edition, many people have been posting the problems that they have encountered using the latest edition. I am not discounting that these problems are real, or that this new edition is not problem free, but AVG does have an extensive FAQ section that may just help in [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 05/25/08
Norton anti-virus: 05/21/08
McAfee anti-virus: 05/21/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 05/22/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 05/21/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 05/21/08
Nod32: 05/22/08

Updates as of May 25, 2008 6:00am CDT.
Tags: avg, norton, mcafee, lavasoft, spybot, defender, nod32

I am still getting emails, comments and inquiries as to when AVG 7.5 free edition will no longer accept updates. As I have previously posted the date in which the AVG 7.5 free version will not be updated as of now is 12-31-08
I copied this directly from the AVG free forum. Please note this sentence:
“If [...]

I thought I would do some follow up reporting on some issues that keep coming up.
AVG 8 is still posing problems for Eudora users. Though the nag screen from AVG 7.5 states the freebie will expire on May 31, 2008 in the forums AVG tech. support has stated that the actual date is Dec. 31, [...]

I received this from a reader known as ros today, and it jogged my memory about getting the AVG 8 free user manual:
hey i just upgraded from avg7.5 to 8.0 (free edition), all seems to be well but there is one issue that is irratating me.
I dont like the automatic updates (cause first thing on [...]

During the past week, there have been several articles in which Windows Vista and Windows XP are put up against each other and compared. One article compared the two for gaming and came to the conclusion they are evenly matched. Another I read today states that Windows XP with SP3 is about 10% faster than [...]

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 [...]

If you are still using the version 7.5 for AVG, you may have been confronted with a nag screen. The screen indicates that AVG will no longer provide updates after May 31, 2008. There is also a link provided that takes you directly to the AVG web site. Read the site carefully, since AVG wants [...]

If you are like me and use AVG freebie edition, than there is a new version in town, and it’s good. Real good. I asked my buddy Denny to try it as well and this is what he emailed me back:
AVG-8 I LIKE IT and there are Lots of [...]

Yesterday I played around with AVG 8, tweaking some settings and doing multiple scans on my personal system, which I have always prided myself in keeping as a, lean, mean, fighting machine. But my jaw dropped as AVG 8 started to report a flood of registry entries tied to CoolWebSearch. Here is what happened.
After installing [...]

Today is the day that AVG releases their latest version of AVG Free Edition 8. I went to their web site and downloaded the latest edition and noted that it is 45.6MB [though another link indicated the file to be 46.1MB] in size. I was actually surprised that the download speed was over 370 [...]