AVG Free Program Version Update Notice
Grisoft, the makers or the world reknowned AVG anti virus program have just released a program update fror AVG Free Edition. The new release is labeled as version 7.5.x and it replaces the current version 7.1.x. All users of AVG Free 7.1 should upgrade to 7.5 as soon as possible. All definitions and program support for v7.1 will cease in January, 2007. I have just upgraded to 7.5 myself, without a hitch, and found that there was already a virus definition update waiting for it, which was not available a few minutes earlier when I checked with version 7.1.
Please note that you should perform this upgrade from an Administrator level account, not from a User, or even Power User account, not even using Run As. Also, do the Upgrade using the "Repair" option, when the installation halts at the installation type options screen. You must reboot to complete the installation.
The download page for the newest version of AVG Free is here.
Also, if you have a software firewall (you do don't you?) it will probably popup a warning that the various parts of AVG have been changed and you must allow those components to access the Internet. I use ZoneAlarm and it has popped up a couple of times in the few minutes since I upgraded the program. Allow the changes that you initiated.
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New in AVG 7.5
* Improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning
* Smaller installation and update files
* Improved user interface
* Windows Vista ready
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What you get with AVG Anti-Virus Free
Easy to use
Regular and automatic virus database updates
Realtime protection of files and e-mails
Scheduled and manual testing
Windows and Linux
What you do not get with AVG Free Edition
no Anti-Spyware Available only with commercial versions
no Anti-Spam
no Firewall
no 24/7 Technical Support
no Priority updates
no Multiple languages
no Detailed settings
no Consent for commercial use
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