AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011 (10.0.1410) Vs. AVG Internet Security 2011 (10.0.1410) – Side By Side Review

Dear Readers,

A lot of people have been asking me to compare AVG 2011 -Free- to AVG 2011 -Paid- so here it is..Enjoy…

- Size Of Initial Download

AVG 2011 Free: 169 MB -No longer able to download this version-

AVG 2011 Paid: 169 MB -No longer able to download this version-

- Ease Of Use

AVG 2011 Free: Very easy to use

AVG 2011 Paid: Very easy to use

- Is It Reliable ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, very much so.

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, very much so.

- How Long Does It Take To Scan ?

AVG 2011 Free: About 15min – 2hrs (Average)

AVG 2011 Paid: About 15min – 2hrs (Average)

- Does It Have A Progress Bar Or % Done ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Does It Have An Active Residential Shield ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- How Good Is The Residential Shield ?

AVG 2011 Free: AVG 2011 does detect some viruses before it infects your computer.

AVG 2011 Paid: AVG 2011 does detect some viruses before it infects your computer.

- Does It Have A Browser Cookie Scanner ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- How Good Is The Cookie Detection Rate ?

AVG 2011 Free: Has terrible cookie detection rate. But it is way better then AVG 9

AVG 2011 Paid: Has terrible cookie detection rate. But it is way better then AVG 9

- Does It Have A P2P File Scanner ?

AVG 2011 Free: No

AVG 2011 Paid: No

- How Easy Is It To Get And To Read The Reports Or Results ?

AVG 2011 Free: Super Easy

AVG 2011 Paid: Super Easy

- How Stable Is It?

AVG 2011 Free: Very stable

AVG 2011 Paid: Very stable

- How Often Does It Update ?

AVG 2011 Free: Once every 24hrs. But it can be done more often

AVG 2011 Paid: Once every 24hrs. But it can be done more often

- Can These Programs Work In Tandem? (Meaning Both Can Be Installed On The Same PC Without Any Issue)

AVG 2011 Free: No point they are pretty much the same program

AVG 2011 Paid: No point they are pretty much the same program (Other then the fact this version has a few other extra features. Which the free version does not)

- Does It Have Any Type Of E-mail Scanner Included With The Program ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, but not worth the set-up

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, but not worth the set-up

- Ability To Catch Viruses That Other Programs Don’t Catch

AVG 2011 Free: Better then AVG 9 but not by much. AVG 2011 will catch most viruses during a full system scan. But generally after your computer has already been infected.

AVG 2011 Paid: Better then AVG 9 but not by much. AVG 2011 will catch most viruses during full system scan. But generally after your computer has already been infected.

- Can I Do Other Things While Running A Scan ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, But not recommended on slower computers

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, But not recommended on slower computers

- Can I Run Programs While Updating ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, but at times the update may hang if you are using P2P software

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, but at times the update may hang if you are using P2P software

- Does It Take Up A Lot Of Resources ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, at times (It is highly recommended that you run the full system scan during your computers downtime)

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, at times (It is highly recommended that you run the full system scan during your computers downtime)

- Does It Have Ads In It ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes, a small banner on the bottom of the AVG main interface.

AVG 2011 Paid: There is a banner on the bottom. But there is no ads in it and it will stay hidden most of the time.

Is There A Limit Number Of Day Like 30, 60, or 90 Day ?

AVG 2011 Free: No such limit

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes, 1 year from the time of purchase

- Will It Run On Window’s 7 32 bit ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Will It Run On Window’s 7 64 bit ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Will It Run On Vista 32 bit ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Will It Run On Vista 64 bit ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Will It Run On Windows XP ?

AVG 2011 Free: Yes

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Will It Run On Windows 2000 ?

AVG 2011 Free: No

AVG 2011 Paid: No

- Will It Run On Windows 98 ?

AVG 2011 Free: No

AVG 2011 Paid: No

- Will It Run On A Server Or Network ?

AVG 2011 Free: In most cases No. But it has the same type of agreement not to be used on business computers or servers.

AVG 2011 Paid: Yes

- Is There Good Tech Support ?

AVG 2011 Free: Terrible (Only has a free forum which is really really hard to use)

AVG 2011 Paid: Terrible (Only has a free forum which is really really hard to use)

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Remy “Se7en”