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AVG pop-up about Heartbleed is a lure to install paid version

AVG Heartbleed popupIf you have AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition you may see a pop-up similar to shown at right. If you click “Learn More” it takes you to an AVG webpage with information about the Heartbleed bug that affects website servers, then recommends an upgraded paid version of AVG.

As with other AVG upgrade prompts we recommend that you decline the upgraded version – the free version is sufficient for most people.