AVG,are a well know antivirus provider, famously known for their freemium busines model. This review is of the AVG Internet Security offereing. They currently have 24 different products on the market and are not all security software related either, they range from PC tune-up packages to Driver updaters. Founded in 1991 by Jan Gritzbach, AVG therefore has 25 years worth of experience, giving them an advantage over a lot of competing companies. Their software is well tuned and gives good results, which is great news for such an important piece of software. In 2016 AVG were sold to AVAST for around $1.3 billion dollars!
Features
Whether you’re contemplating taking the plunge and getting the Pro package, or think the free version will suffice, then maybe we can explain the major differences or similarities.
For a start, every package whether it’s free, Internet Security or Ultimate all come with the same Antivirus functions and also include link protection (hyperlink scanning for websites and social media), but unfortunately this is where the similarities end. The feature set of Antivirus are much more advanced including features like password protection, online shield and free support. Pro then takes it to the next level, you get all of the above features but also an added bonus of Anti-spam, Shopping protection, Mac and Android support and priority updates. All of these features are soon to be an essential part of security software with the increase of malware attacks.
Security
As mentioned earlier AVG has over 25 years of experience meaning you’d expect the product to be stable with a clean, easy to navigate interface. Bingo, that’s what you’ll get and not only is the design great the detection functions are very effective too! Some people will say that the software does take a lot of processing power, so if you’re running a very low spec PC then maybe this software isn’t for you.
Support
Social media support is a must these days but some companies still refuse to keep up with the times. AVG aren’t one of these, they happily support their customers via Facebook and Twitter as well as offering live chat and of course phone support too.
AVG also provide a support centre on their website, which isn’t usually someone’s first port of call when it comes to support, most people find speaking to someone is much more productive, however we love the support centre AVG have developed and honestly feel like you can sort most issues out without having to pick up the phone.
