AVG Anti-Virus (AVG stands for Anti-Virus Guard) is a range of Antivirus software for the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms.
Grisoft provides a number of products from the AVG range, suitable for Windows 98 onwards. In addition to this, Grisoft also provides a Linux version of the software.

* AVG Free Edition, a freeware program which allows home users unlimited use and unlimited updates. It is not legal to use these commercially - they are for personal, home use only.
* AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition, this is the standalone Anti-Virus product designed primarily for home desktops or for small organizations using peer-to-peer networks. With Version 7.5 the SoHo edition has been discontinued per se, but has been replaced with the option of multiple licences for the Professional Edition. Available are 2, 3, and 5 licences.
* AVG Plus Firewall Edition, adds a firewall to the Professional version. Is available in 1, 2, 3 and 5 licences.
* AVG Anti-Spyware Edition, protects against spyware. Based upon the ewido engine.
* AVG Anti-Malware Edition, has both anti-virus and anti-spyware facilities
* AVG Internet Security Edition, contains anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware and anti-spam facilities.
* AVG Network Editions - With the release of AVG 7.5, there are now several Network Editions of AVG. These are AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition, AVG Anti-Malware Network Edition and AVG Internet Security Network Edition. The Network Editions allow for centralized deployment and management of the AVG products.

* AVG Rescue CD - a bootable variant of AVG Anti-Malware that can be run in Windows PE. This allows you to scan and remove viruses and spyware that may be stopping a PC from booting. Other tools include a registry editor, network mapping, ping testing and IP configurator.

* AVG Anti-Rootkit (Free) - a specific tool allowing you to scan for and remove rootkits, but does not include realtime protection.

All commercial versions of AVG are compatible with the 64-bit edition of Windows. AVG Free is not compatible with Windows 64 bit. AVG Anti-Virus Professional and Anti-Malware editions also run on Windows Vista. At time of writing the Firewall component and standalone Anti-Spyware are not Vista compatible. This is expected to be fixed soon.

All standard versions of the AVG software are available on a trial basis. Each trial allows all users (including businesses and institutions) a 30 day trial period. After this time a fee is required, which yields a key that unlocks the program for continued use.

Grisoft have now released an update for the AVG Internet Security Edition making it compatible with Windows Vista.

AVG Anti-Virus 7.5.487

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