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Grisoft AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5

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Top adware and spyware detection
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Weak behavior-based protection

Grisoft AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 Review

by Ryan Naraine

- Grisoft, well known for its AVG Anti-Virus software launched its antispyware software in June 2006 under the name of Ewido. Grisoft got the technology from Ewido Networks, which it had purchased two months earlier. Now named AVG Anti-Spyware, the sleek-looking program recognized, on average, the largest percentage of adware, spyware, and rootkits we threw at it in a head-to-head competition against four other Vista-based antispyware programs. Unfortunately, its faulty behavior-based protection may not protect you against unknown threats, and it posted a high false-positive rate.

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