AVG Virus Scan
AVG Antivirus is a well-known and popular piece of software to protect your PC from viruses and other malware. Here we look at the product's main features such as the AVG virus scan that will allow you to find any problems that are on your machine. We'll also take a look behind the scenes at the company that makes this software.
Product Features
AVG Antivirus is available in a free version that is aimed at home users that want to install it on just one machine. For commercial use, a license will need to be purchased. AVG performs virus scans on demand that will look through the whole of your computer to identify problems. It is also useful to carry out a scan when you have downloaded a file from the Internet. In this case you can just scan the individual file before opening it.
In addition to scanning, AVG also offers real time protection to alert you to threats as soon as they try to infect your machine. As well as computer viruses, the product will also detect trojans and computer worms. If you are concerned about spyware, the company also has another program called AVG Antispyware, which will detect this threat.
Benefits
One of the big benefits of using this software is that it is very light on system resources. One complaint of users of some other antivirus products is that it slows their whole computer down. AVG only requires 16 MB of RAM and 20MB of hard disk to install it.
AVG Technologies
The company behind the product were formerly known as Grisoft but changed their name to AVG Technologies in 2008. This company have a history in the antivirus field going back over 10 years and have attracted the attention of some of the major players in the computer industry. Intel took a major stake in the company in 2005 and Microsoft announced that AVG is available from the Windows Security Center in Vista.
Dependable
If you are looking for a reliable and dependable product, then you can't go far wrong with AVG. They have a good reputation and the resources to continue to fund further improvements in their product line. Using AVG virus scans maybe your first contact with AVG Technologies but there are also other useful products being developed by this security firm including antispyware products.