Results breakdown:
Passed – Did well in all the tests
Acceptable – Could go ether way…but in most cases it passed
Failed – Did not work at all or only worked 1 out of 10 times
Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results
Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
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Stability of Program - Passed – No issues with stability this time around @ least from our tests thus far
Number of times that AVG Free has been compromised by Hacker or Virus – Passed – A clean bill of health so far
Speed of Scan – Passed – Pretty darn quick
Does AVG Free do automatic updates by itself without issue – Passed – Yes, even thou I have had reports of a few .BIN files errors. But they tend to fix them selves out.
Residential Shield Test – Acceptable – The same results this time around. AVIRA seems to still be better then AVG Free at picking up the virus before initial infections has already occurred.
Internet Browser Cookie Detection and Removal Test – Passed - There is a HUGE noticeable increase in detection rate over the old (9.0.829) version.
Spyware/Adware – Failed – There is no surprise here. AVG Free seems to miss pretty much every type of Spyware or Adware we tested it against. We still feel that saying AVG Free is also a adware/spyware program as well as a virus program is a hard pill to swallow. At least at this point in AVG Free development. I would stick to a dedicated program such as Spybot – Search and destroy. Instead of trusting your computer to be fully protected with just AVG Free alone.
Root Kit Detection Rate - Passed – No problems here
Win 7/Vista / XP Virus detection rate test – Win 7 Passed /VISTA Passed / XP Passed - Across the board the detection rate has remained the same.
Link Scanner/ Safe Search – Acceptable – I found no real good reason to use this option. But it seems a few of my membership swear by this option as a must have. (But I still personally find it slows down what ever browser you are using)
E-mail scanner – Acceptable – I still feel the e-mail scanner is way more of a hassle, then being of any use.
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Overall Rating: 9 Passed, 3 Acceptable, 1 Failed, 0 Undetermined ,0 Not tested (Total # of tests done 13)
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Remy “Se7en”
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