Have you ever thought about the risks involved when surfing the internet? Viruses, Spyware and Identity Theft can take the fun out of your online experience. Thankfully, antivirus and anti spyware programs can help minimize these risks. These online security programs can be downloaded from the internet for free or for a fee.
AVG Antivirus Free Edition 2011 is AVG's current free version and the subject of this article. First, a brief history; AVG stands for Anti Virus Guard and is Grisoft's first product released in 1992 and was later introduced to the USA market in 1998. Currently, there are over 110 million users of the AVG Anti Virus program including Free Editions according to AVG's website.
AVG Free Edition includes Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware for your protection, along with AVG LinkScanner. The LinkScanner technology provides for real-time protection against online threats so you don't have to worry when surfing the internet. LinkScanner does this by utilizing two very important components Search Shield and Active Surf-Shield. Search Shield provides a safety rating next to each link inside a search engine such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN telling you if the site is safe or not to visit. Another aspect of LinkScanner is Active Surf-Shield. Active Surf-Shield makes surfing safer due to its ability to scan websites in real-time. This means at the very moment you are on a site Active Surf-Shield will check and continue checking the website for malicious content.
As you can see by this overview, there can be quite a bit of activity occurring behind the scenes while you're online. Just like having locks on your doors and windows,it is recommended to have a security program in place before surfing the internet.
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