Author Topic: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?  (Read 2307 times)

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Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« on: May 28, 2008, 01:28:02 PM »
So June 1, the free version of AVG stops being supported. They want to sell me the new improved version 8.0 which includes extra  spyware scans and other bells and whistles. I've been very happy with the free 7.5, as it takes far fewer system resources than tehe Symantec on our other machine. Is AVG 8.0 worth it?

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 01:30:35 PM »
Go to free.grisoft.com and download the free version of AVG 8.
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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2008, 01:35:38 PM »
Yep, it's just the current version is no longer free/supported. As far as I know, they're going to be continuing their free program.
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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2008, 01:40:01 PM »
I went there and didn't see any free version of 8.0. I assumed their success with the freeware allowed rampant capitalism to kick in. I'll check. Thanks.

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2008, 01:47:00 PM »
AVG's getting a little bloaty for my tastes, lately. I've switched to the free home edition of Avast!, and have been happy with it so far.

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2008, 01:54:13 PM »
Hey, you government-cheese eater!  grin

Didn't they offer you free Norton Corporate Edition for home use?

(It's what I'm running, when ordered to install it to do work at home...)
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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2008, 02:11:58 PM »
I too, have switched over to Avast after reading some reviews showing it did a better job and was less resource-intensive than AVG.
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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2008, 02:16:42 PM »
Doing .gov work on non-gov machines Ist verboten, Gewehr. At least in theory.

Avast, eh? I'll check it out. Domo Arigato.

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2008, 02:19:20 PM »
Nope, they're not discontinuing the free version.  Every time they launch a major new upgrade, they discontinue support for the old one.  When 7.5 launched, they killed 7.1.  Now that 8.0 has launched, they're killing 7.5.

Here's a direct link to 8.0 free - http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2008, 02:23:52 PM »
Terrific! Thanks, Wodka. "Davajte Vypjem Vodki!"

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2008, 02:46:02 PM »
AVG 8 is a pig.  I'm running the non-free version (free upgrade to the free copy of the non-free version I got via slickdeals).  I'm half tempted to reinstall the previous version.

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2008, 02:47:06 PM »
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Doing .gov work on non-gov machines Ist verboten, Gewehr. At least in theory.

Something must've changed in the last two years, then.

When I was writing EPRs and OERs, it was considered kosher to do them on your off time, as long as it was on a machine running the issued Norton Corporate Edition Antivirus.  Then your directorate security manager would scan the floppy or CD-ROM one more time before logging it into the SCIF - to check for classification issues, and to make sure it had the Norton tag.  Granted, these were unclassified performance reports I'm talking about, but it also held true for unclassified Technical Instructions, Technical Orders, or other publications I worked on in my off hours or while TDY with a laptop.  As Directorate Security Manager,  my instructions were that as long as security wasn't compromised, either via classification or viruses, it was not only ok, but encouraged in this day and age of DoD's "Doing More With Less" mantra.  
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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2008, 02:56:02 PM »
I'm a govt contractor, but we're told not to use non-gov machines for govt work too, regardless of the security software installed.  This is for SBU work. 

We did, in response to 911, create a "break glass in case of emergency" CD containing all the security related software with config scripts we could put on a CD so a person could turn their home machine into a "safer" system for telework in case another 911 event precluded them from working from home, but it eventually got canned in the name of security as well. 

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Re: Free AVG ending: AVG 8.0 Worth $55?
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2008, 04:42:22 PM »
For my company, it depends on the program/project, but has been getting more & more restrictive in general.
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