On AV Comparatives, things are even more complicated as the site does not allow you to search for a specific vendor or product.ĪVG scored well but not as good as the top products in the company's most recent real-world protection test for instance.ĪVG was in the news recently as its Web TuneUp application was found to put users at risk. It scored 6/6 in protection, 5/6 in performance, and 6/6 in usability. The program scored a 3/6 in protection, a 3.5/6 in performance, and a 6/6 in usability.ĪVG Internet Security on the other hand was tested as recently as February 2016. If you check AV Test, you will notice that the site's last record of the program dates back to December 2014. It is difficult to find recent tests that include AVG AntiVirus Free. How good is AVG AntiVirus Free's protection? While it will scan for junk files, disk fragmentation or Registry errors, it won't fix those but suggest you get AVG PC TuneUP for that instead. This is the case when you click on 'fix performance' in the main interface for instance. Some features are advertised in the program but not included. You can configure each scan type individually there for instance, manage exceptions, turn of self-protection, or change appearance related preferences. These customization options are definitely one of the strengths of AVG AntiVirus Free. The advanced settings provide you with quite a few options to configure program behavior. The scheduled scan settings page lists scan types that you can include or exclude, among them a scan for tracking cookies or potentially unwanted programs. Interestingly enough, this is also the place where you find out more about what AVG AntiVirus Free supports. You may click on the cog wheel icon next to scans to customize scans, and the screen that opens lets you run a full scan of the whole computer, a scan of specific files or folders, or an anti-rootkit scan instead.Īnother option there is to schedule scans which let's you automate scans by selecting intervals and days you want them to run on the computer in question. Once you hit the big 'fix now' button or click on 'update now', latest virus definitions get installed and the message goes away.Ī click on 'scan now' starts a scan of the system. The reason why you are getting this is that the offline installer is only updated ever so often which means that database updates are not installed yet. First thing that you will notice if you have used the offline installer is that you will get a 'you are not fully protected' message.

Once you have installed the program it loads the main interface.

Avg scanning core module