AVG Internet Security Download

AVG Internet Security help secure your digital security, but its interface may be confusing at first.

Overall, AVG Internet Security excels at performing tests from independent labs like AV-Test and AV-Comparatives. Additionally, it offers effective behavior explanation and customization features; the only drawback being constant upsells on its main dashboard.

Virus Scanner

AVG boasts excellent malware detection rates and offers an impressive set of additional features, such as one of the top firewalls tested. In addition, AVG includes web and email scanners, reliable ransomware protection tools, device optimization features, VPN support and device optimization features that have proven very useful during my tests.

An intuitive, modern interface tells you if your machine is protected and provides quick access to other key features. From here you can launch quick or deep scans, run other types of scans on demand and schedule regular ones – as well as run performance scans to discover and remove junk files causing slowness on your machine.

AVG provides plenty of settings and behavior explanations to customize its program to your preference, yet its constant upsells can feel pushy; with so many similar products competing in this market, I expect more restraint from a premium product. Their free plan offers strong basic protection while more costly plans provide extras like VPN and anti-tracking tools.

Anti-Spyware

Spyware can steal an array of sensitive data, from passwords and banking details to social media logins and browsing habits – including what websites you visit, where you go and who you talk with online – while tracking browsing habits to obtain this data and sell or distribute to third parties or infiltrate more malware onto a PC.

AVG Internet Security comes equipped with anti-spyware protection built right in. This feature can detect spyware, adware and other types of malicious software using cutting edge detection technologies to make sure that spyware, adware, key loggers, DLL-Trojans or any other threats don’t have an opportunity to compromise your computer system.

AVG Internet Security features an intuitive user experience. The main dashboard clearly demonstrates what areas of protection exist (Computer, Web and Email Browser, Hacker Attacks and Personal Data). Furthermore, broad settings customization is possible or even more detailed scans.

Anti-Phishing

Anti-phishing feature of AVG Protect is designed to combat malware attacks by scanning links, emails and download files for potential phishing sites. AVG will also check for unsafe Wi-Fi networks and warn if shopping sites or webcams appear unsecure; additionally it detects unsafe Wi-Fi and warns if recording videos using webcam.

As with other modern antivirus programs, AVG runs automatically in the background and scans your PC as needed. There are some settings you can change; however, most users tend to leave everything turned on and allow AVG to do its work for them.

The program’s interface is both clean and intuitive; it clearly displays each tool at a glance with clear icons to identify them. AVG provides an online forum and useful articles; Android and iOS apps from AVG boast 4.8-star ratings, while most tools come with a 30-day money-back guarantee and offer money-back guarantees; they even offer subscription-based upgrades for ad removal/tech support that come at an extra charge per year, without synching renewal dates with one another.

Parental Control

AVG Internet Security’s parental control feature is straightforward and user-friendly, enabling parents to set a weekly grid of one-hour increments when children can use the Internet, blocking access to 61 distinct categories of undesirable web content, tracking activity by showing graphic summaries of search terms, programs accessed, chat transcripts from Yahoo!, Google, ICQ etc and showing graphic summaries as a graphic report – however this product doesn’t offer school time monitoring or YouTube monitoring found in top standalone parental control products.

AVG Internet Security app combines antivirus protection, password manager, VPN access and other useful tools at a competitive price point. Independent lab tests demonstrate excellent malware detection rates from AVG’s malware protection technology; and advanced settings like opting out of data sharing through privacy dashboard are offered as advanced options. However, one major downside for users in competitive product categories like cybersecurity may be its aggressive upselling tactics, though comparable apps often take less aggressive approaches to upselling.