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It caught all but a couple of the rest either immediately on launch or during the install process. When I opened a folder containing those same samples, AVG quickly wiped out nearly 60 percent of them. AVG did wipe out a third of those whose URLs were still valid immediately upon download.

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Specifically, its Surf-Shield module blocks exploits and 'complex online threats', and Search-Shield marks dangerous links in popular search engine results.Īn additional LinkScanner component called Online Shield isn't enabled in the free edition, so I wasn't surprised to find no URLs blocked when I attempted to re-download my current malware collection. In addition, its LinkScanner component protects against dangerous Web sites.

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For a full explanation of how I come up with these scores see How We Test Malware Removal.ĪVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 malware removal chartĪVG uses real-time scanning for known threats as well as a behavior-monitoring tool that they call 'identity protection'. This is quite an impressive showing, and it parallels the dynamic test results from the labs. AVG was close behind with 9.5 points, the same as BitDefender, Panda Cloud Anti-Virus 1.5 Free Edition (Free, 3.5 stars), and several others. Malwarebytes scored a perfect 10, thoroughly cleaning up scareware. The majority of current products detected all of my scareware samples.

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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012 ($39.95 direct for three licenses, 4 stars) was the next-best rootkit remover, with 6.0 points. However, its score of 6.5 points for malware removal is a new high for the current crop of antivirus products, beating out the 6.4 point record held by Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free 1.51 (Free, 4 stars).ĪVG detected all of the threats that use rootkit technology and scored 6.7 points for rootkit removal, a tie for top score with ZoneAlarm Antivirus + Firewall 2012 ($59.95 direct for three licenses, 3 stars). It left behind executable files for some threats, and even left a few processes running. Of the products tested with this current threat collection, only G Data AntiVirus 2012 ($29.95 direct, 3.5 stars), with 91 percent, detected more.ĪVG didn’t clean up perfectly. AVG detected 88 percent, the same as TrustPort Antivirus 2012 ($39.95 direct, 3.5 stars). When I tallied the results I was quite impressed. For the test systems infested with rootkits I ran the separate rootkit scan, which added about three minutes. I always find it odd that AVG separates rootkit scanning from the whole computer scan. The average scan time for recent products on this same system is 25 minutes. On half of the test systems AVG detected active threats immediately and requested a reboot to finalize cleanup.Ī full scan on my standard clean test system took just 16 minutes, and a repeat scan finished in less than two minutes. Resistant malware on one system interfered with installation, but installing in Safe Mode solved that one. Very Good Malware Cleanup AVG installed quickly on my twelve malware-infested test systems. The article How We Interpret Antivirus Lab Tests explains how I boil down results from the various labs to create the following chart.

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In the most recent tests under Windows 7, Vista, and XP, AVG averaged 13.17 points. Products can receive up to 6 points for protection, repair, and usability, with a total of 11 points required for certification. The ongoing antivirus certification tests by are also dynamic tests, emulating a user's real-world experience.

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