AVG 9.0 Now Available, Claims 50% Faster Speed
AVG 9.0 Now Available, Claims 50% Faster Speed
Posted 10/05/2009 at 8:15am
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AVG Technologies today announced the newest version of "the world's most popular free anti-virus software," AVG 9. For several years, AVG freebie security software had been a favorite in the enthusiast community (and among several Maximum PC staffers), but many -- us included -- felt that version 8 was a step in the wrong direction. In our antivirus roundup from a year ago, we noted that AVG Internet Security 8.0 (the full fledged paid security suite) consumed more RAM and dragged down system performance more than any other AV program we tested.
Performance shouldn't be a problem with AVG 9.0, at least according to AVG's claims. The AV maker says version 9.0 runs 50 percent faster than the previous version, while also improving performance and ease of use.
"AVG 9.0 will provide home computer users with a more powerful and more streamlined solution that adds protection without impacting user experience, taking us back to our core strength of low impact, high performance security," said J.R. Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies. "We've always believed that everyone has the right to a safe online experience. With AVG j9.0, we are providing first-class assistance to our users in their development of tools and measures for their safety from all of the threats posed by cybercriminals and identity thieves, whether they'r working, playing, banking, or shopping on the Web."
AVG cited scan optimization as a top priority for its latest release. Taking a page from Norton Internet Security 2009/2010 and a handful of other AV programs, AVG skips safe files in subsequent scans to improve performance unless the file structure changes. This is what accounts for the up to 50 percent faster speed, as well as improvements of up to 10 to 15 percent for boot times and memory usage, AVG says.
AVG 9.0 paid versions are available now. The freebie version will be made available within the next two weeks.
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MeTo
October 05, 2009 at 10:25am
"Performance shouldn't be a problem with AVG 9.0, at least according to
AVG's claims. The AV maker says version 9.0 runs 50 percent faster than
the previous version, while also improving performance and ease of use."Maximum PC should have tested AVG 9.0 to see if it is 50% faster.
dreamsburnred
October 05, 2009 at 10:21am
Its either avast, or microsoft security essentials. AVG just has to many OOPS I killed your os files updates.
Hoster of http://dreamburnred.blogspot.com
samduhman
October 05, 2009 at 9:43am
I was playing WoW the other night and it was running like total crap. Turned out AVG was doing a scan. I was so peeved I uninstalled it and put on the new Microsoft antivirus app. Ya, I know I probably could have sheduled it but I've used Symantec for years and never had it bring my system to a crawl like AVG did.
and it is free...but doesn't matter. You mess with my gameplay your going down. :)
rseding91
October 05, 2009 at 9:12am
I have been useing AVG for about 2 years now and haven't had one virus get past it.
Well technically I haven't had 1 real virus yet so there arn't any for AVG to catch. I have had the random trainer give a virus warning, but it's always false positives.
Realy one shouldn't be getting viruses unless you are doing bad stuff to begin with. (torrents and such) Or if the person is just stupid and trusts all emails they get and all websites they go to.
Havok
October 05, 2009 at 8:59am
I don't know about AVG anymore.Each time I've used it, (in recent years) my PC has gone belly-up with some sort of virus, or malware. While using AVG, just last year, I had to reformat my laptop 4 times to get rid of: XP Antivirus, Personal Antivirus, trojan.Metajuan, random crap warez, and some random "optomizer" programs that wereloose cannons. My complimentary copy of Sytem Mechanic 8 was finding more viruses than AVG was, but it couldn't remove them because it was just an optimization program. I've been using some complimentary copies of Norton 09/10 since then and I have been bug free since.
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