{"id":386,"date":"2009-03-18T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T15:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=386"},"modified":"2015-03-12T00:01:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:01:51","slug":"avg-anti-virus-85-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/avg-anti-virus-85-released\/","title":{"rendered":"[Old Article] AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The free anti-virus software that we usually recommend for most people, AVG Anti-Virus, just released version 8.5 which adds additional protection for infected website protection. An AVG press release states &#8220;Active Safe-Surf checks the web page behind every link for hidden threats at the  only time that matters \u2013 when users are about to click on that link.&#8221;\u00a0 The update also changes the look of the small icon in the system tray (by the clock) when the program is not up-to-date or in an error state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" title=\"AVG Free 7.5 Icon\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/icon.jpg\" alt=\"AVG Free 7.5 Icon\" width=\"61\" height=\"58\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avg80-desktopicon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-394 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" title=\"AVG Free 8.0 Icon\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avg80-desktopicon.jpg\" alt=\"AVG Free 8.0 Icon\" width=\"72\" height=\"61\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avg-85-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-396 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" title=\"AVG Free 8.5 Icon\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avg-85-icon.jpg\" alt=\"AVG Free 8.5 Icon\" width=\"71\" height=\"60\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVG places an icon on your desktop showing which version you have installed &#8211; for example &#8220;AVG Free 8.5&#8221; If you have AVG Anti-Virus on your computer, please see the following update information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>AVG 8.0<\/strong>: <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Users of AVG 8.0 will receive an automatic program update to the new version. No user action is required.<\/span> See update instructions posted <a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/2009\/03\/avg-anti-virus-85-update-instructions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AVG 7.5 or earlier<\/strong>: If you are using AVG Free 7.5 or earlier, you will need to download and install the latest installation file from the <a href=\"http:\/\/free.avg.com\/download?prd=afe#tba2\" target=\"_blank\">AVG website<\/a>. During installation of the updated program you will be prompted with 3 choices: Add\/Remove features, Repair or Uninstall the program &#8211; choosing &#8220;Repair&#8221; will install the new version. 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