AVG will soon not be free

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#1 Post by **Kyocera** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:11 pm

Got a message this AM after updating avg that in Jan 2007 the free version will expire

Anyone else get this yet?

#2 Post by **carbon_unit** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:28 pm

No, they mean version 7.1 will expire. The new version will be 7.5 and you will need to upgrade. 7.5 is already the current version for paying customers.

#3 Post by **Kyocera** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:10 pm

ohh good! I'd definately pay for avg though

if i had to.

christopher_wolf · #4 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:58 pm

I already have 7.5 Professional, I thought that they released that update to 7.1 awhile ago.

Yeah, that would be quite the scare now wouldn't it?

dsigma6 · #5 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:12 pm

Who pays for software??

rhetoric

ThinkPad R · #6 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:20 pm

Is AVG really that effective? From my memory, AVG kept me alive during my summer camp for 4 weeks

The moment I came back home, my thinkpad began to collapse.

#7 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:03 am

My main reason for using AVG Free, fact that I can afford it set aside, is because it's one of the few GOOD scanners that doesn't totally slow down my laptop which is of considerable vintage (2000). When I first saw the title of this thread, I almost had a heart attack.

christopher_wolf · #8 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:34 am

As opposed to Norton's Retail scanning process, you mean; here is what I think would go on if we could see the internals in action...

*User opens Word file and Norton begins scanning*

"Searching for Viruses...Possible patterns found"

*1 minute later*

"Pattern analysis algorithms located within RAM, proceeding to hog all system resources..."

*Blinking progress bar*

"Hogging....Hogging Complete"

*Opens result log*

HDD MTBF impact due to excessive threshing: -5 days
Average CPU temperature during operation: 75°C
RAM used: 1.0001GB / 1.00GB (See PF usage)
Virus size: 5kb
HDD sapce used for quarantine of virus: 500MB
Update found, contains one new virus definition...
Downloading...(1KB of 375MB) Time Remaining: 0:10:55:30

That pretty much describes my experiences with anti-virus programs like NAV retail.

#9 Post by **KristianJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:50 am

Kyocera wrote:ohh good! I'd definately pay for avg though if i had to.

Ditto - already done the upgrade and works just as well as 7.1 did!

One day when I can afford to I might go up to the Professional version as my way of saying thanks to Grisoft.

NS · #10 Post by NS » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:29 am

i had swapped from norton to mcafee then to AVG... So far, AVG works the best in all my thinkpads. many thanks to Grisoft. Will buy the professional version next week if i happened to drop by a computer store.

*Congratulations to christopher_wolf for becoming the top poster in this forum...*

dsigma6 · #11 Post by **dsigma6** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:05 am

last night i...accidentally downloaded something from crackspider.net, and the instant it was finished downloading, the friendly little avg monster popped up with a virus warning. thanks grisoft!

snessiram · #12 Post by **snessiram** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:12 am

Since I switched from Norton to AVG (and Avast for a little time) I didn't have a single problem with virusses, a faster running system,... It's just a simple clean and effective AV

.

@dsigma6: same thing happend here, really nice job by grisoft.

#13 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:20 am

dsigma6

last night i...accidentally downloaded something from crackspider.net

Uhhh huh, riiiiight

dsigma6 · #14 Post by **dsigma6** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:33 am

hence the "..."

bigtiger · #15 Post by **bigtiger** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:36 am

I just wonder--is grisoft a US-based company? Few US companies will offer free software for so long, I think.

dsigma6 · #16 Post by **dsigma6** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:51 am

bigtiger wrote:I just wonder--is grisoft a US-based company?

well, looking at their website reveals HQ in USA, czech republic and cyprus...all with different names.

#17 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:09 pm

I imagine the reason that AVG is free to consumers is because their target demographic is likely to be the enterprise market. Basically, you give a "lite" version of the software to anyone with the internet hoping that out of every how-many, there will be a few people who have power to make buying decisions in their company that like the software and decide to spend part of the corporate budget on it.

christopher_wolf · #18 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:17 pm

AlphaKilo470 wrote:I imagine the reason that AVG is free to consumers is because their target demographic is likely to be the enterprise market. Basically, you give a "lite" version of the software to anyone with the internet hoping that out of every how-many, there will be a few people who have power to make buying decisions in their company that like the software and decide to spend part of the corporate budget on it.

Yeah, exactly; it is called an "Incentive Version."

Although, usually, that term is only applied to the full version being offered up until an integer change in the version numbers.

PyMol, as well as some other research software that sells to corportations and labs, does that alot. The positive externality is that it gives most home and personal users a chance to get their hands on free, professional quality software.

bigtiger · #19 Post by **bigtiger** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:21 pm

Here is what google tells us:

Grisoft Inc. is a U.S.-based company established in 1998 as a holding company for Grisoft, s.r.o., a Czech Republic-based high-tech company specializing in the development and marketing of anti-virus software for computer systems since 1990. Having successfully developed its AVG anti-virus software with exceptional heuristic capabilities, and captured over 50% market share in its home market, Grisoft is now poised to take its marketing efforts to the international anti-virus market that is expected to grow annually by 35%. Grisoft Inc.'s primary roles are to undertake marketing and sales operations on anti-virus markets outside Central Europe where its 100% owned subsidiary, Grisoft s.r.o., has been the market leader in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the last seven years. There are many methods for detecting viruses but AVG combines them uniquely in a completely new way as all functions make use of a single module - the heuristic emulator. Moreover, AVG anti-virus system runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 3.x and DOS and includes resident protection for all platforms. All versions are part of the same retail box, allowing the user to continue using AVG anti-virus software and upgrading the operating system whenever necessary. With all testing to date indicating that AVG Software is a highly competitive product utilizing both scanning and heuristic analysis in virus detection, the primary expansion target of Grisoft is the United States anti-virus market.

pphilipko · #20 Post by **pphilipko** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:14 pm

This is slightly off topic, but does no one use NOD32 as their primary anti-virus software? I now currently use it, and it seems by far the best anti virus, although not free...

Terrahawk · #21 Post by **Terrahawk** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:32 am

pphilipko wrote:This is slightly off topic, but does no one use NOD32 as their primary anti-virus software? I now currently use it, and it seems by far the best anti virus, although not free...

Why is it the best?

Miller88 · #22 Post by **Miller88** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:34 am

The college subscribes to Symantec Client Security ... it doesn't really pick that much up. AVG Free is great. I stick to free software; if it isn't free I don't need that type of software. I would pay for AVG though.

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