AVG - The sky isn't falling

Earlier this week, news of Grisoft, discontinuing updating the free edition of AVG as of the end of this year, hit the eZines. As usual the sky is falling panic began, but with great timing Grisoft responded that they were preparing to soon roll out a newer version of their Free Personal Edition (7.0) and the new site is much more user friendly.

As I write I am doing the initial virus scan (as part of the installation.) Features I liked were the creation of Rescue Disks which would allow booting to a DOS driven virus scan and a bit more advanced email 'sandbox' configuration. You could accept the default setting for that sandbox, but taking the time to create the Rescue Disk set is well worth the peace of mind.

The Update process seems altered and the initial scan seems to be slower (but I am doing several other things and this is a very subjective judgement.) While it is too soon to say if the newer version is as good or better, the point is they have continued to be available as a reputable free alternative.

No one should be running without virus protection!