AVG Antivirus 8.0 Free Edition is a popular anti-virus widely used as free security software by home users for computer internet security protection .

This AVG Anti virus free edition anti virus is only for private, non-commercial, single computer use only.

You can download the AVG 8.0 Anti-Virus Internet Security protection for free.

In addition to providing anti virus, AVG 8.0 Free Edition also provides spyware protection to Windows PC.  This means that with one single scan of your computer, AVG Anti-virus will be able to detect & eliminate both types of malware.

According to extensive tests done by PC Utilities , the upgrade to AVG Anti-virus 8.0 has several improvements over the previous version. The easy to use & informative interface as well as better operating efficiencies are the two most important. AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 turned out to be 50% more efficient .

The Free Edition also includes Active Search Shield , a browser plugin for Internet Explorer & Firefox, that evaluates every web site searched in the browser & indicates any that is suspected to spread malicious trojans, viruses & other malware. This is very similar to the Site Advisor tool from McAfee .

The AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 Free Edition also has an email scanner that looks into any email attachments for malicious codes. The email scan can be configured for both inbound emails as well as outbound emails, providing dual email security to your computer.

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