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AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Professional

Last updated
April 23, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Ryan Naraine
Pros
Cons
Full Specifications
Download price, 1-year license - $30 (3/31/07)
Renewal cost, per year - $15 (3/31/07)
Ease of use - Good
Malware detection rate - 91% File viruses - 84%
Macro viruses - 100%
Script viruses - 79%
Polymorphic viruses - 87%
ActiveX controls - 100%
Back doors - 93%
Bots/zombies - 95%
Trojan horses - 91%
Adware - 97%
Dialers - 99%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files) - 1
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures) - 34%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures) - 26%
Detection rate of malware within archived files - 26%
System disinfection Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections) - 100%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items) - 82%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware - 6 to 8
Features Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer? - Yes
E-mail protocols scanned - POP3, SMTP
Scan Web traffic? - No
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds - 113
System slowdown With Firefox 2 - 5%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2 - 5%
With Microsoft Office 2003 - 2%
Support policies Daily support hours - 0
Saturday support hours - 0
Sunday support hours - 0
Free phone support - No
Toll-free phone number - No
Cost of phone support - n/a
Live chat support? - No
E-mail support? - Yes
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