{"id":962,"date":"2010-12-07T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=962"},"modified":"2015-03-12T00:01:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:01:19","slug":"avg-anti-virus-free-2011-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/avg-anti-virus-free-2011-released\/","title":{"rendered":"[Old Article] AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 released – How to get free update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated 12\/7\/10:<\/em><\/p>\n

AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 was released September 28th. A review by CNET<\/a> indicates that it’s better than previous versions. I’ve noticed that AVG Identity Protection and Anti-Rootkit components are now included in the free version. This should improve detection over the previous version.<\/p>\n

If you currently have AVG 9.0 or earlier you will likely see a prompt to update similar to the window shown below. I suggest selecting “Update your free protection” or “Basic Update”. The not-free Internet Security program adds redundant and unnecessary extra protection that usually slows down computers and presents confusing firewall prompts.<\/p>\n

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After visiting the AVG website and downloading the free version…<\/p>\n

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…if prompted to install the AVG\/Yahoo! Browser Toolbar and change your default search engine, un-check the 2 boxes (the bottom then the top), then proceed with installing AVG without the toolbar (as shown below).<\/p>\n

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I recommend ignoring the PC Analyzer component. It looks for registry errors and junk files among other things – which are harmless – then prompts you to buy the add-on if you want items fixed.<\/p>\n

You can also download the new free version directly from AVG’s website: <\/strong>
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If you need assistance downloading and installing the new AVG Anti-Virus, please call or e-mail us. We’ll be happy to take care of it for you, and give your computer a check-up\/tune-up while we are there.<\/p>\n\"Print<\/a> Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated 12\/7\/10: AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 was released September 28th. A review by CNET indicates that it’s better than previous versions. I’ve noticed that AVG Identity Protection and Anti-Rootkit components are now included in the free version. This should improve detection over the previous version. If you currently have AVG 9.0 or earlier you will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","category-computing-tips","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/2128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}