Friday, September 30, 2011

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AVG Internet Security 2012 (2012.0.1809) – Full Review

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The Rating Scale Breakdown:

  • 0  – 0.5 – Abysmal
  • 1 – 1.5 – Terrible
  • 2 – 2.5 – Poor
  • 3 – 3.5 – Average
  • 4 – 4.5 – Great
  • 5 – 5.5 – Excellent
  • Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
  • Not Tested - Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results

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Price: $49.49 USD

A. Installation AVG4.0 "Great" – Slower then AVG claims.

B. Un-installing AVG3.5 "Average" – A little faster then AVG 2011

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C. Stability Of Program 5.0 "Excellent" – We have received absolutely no e-mails about the lack of stability.

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D. Has AVG Free Been Compromised By Hackers Or Virus5.0 "Excellent" – AVG Internet Security 2012 has not been compromised or disabled.

E. Speed of Scan5.0 "Excellent" – Very quick on most computers. Also now you can decide how much memory you want to take up during each system scan.

F. Does AVG Free Do Automatic Updates By Itself Without Issue5.0 "Excellent" – Yes, and this time around there seems to be no stalling and or hanging. When we manually update AVG. As we have seen in older versions of AVG.

G. Internet Browser Cookie Detection Rate And Removal Test2.5 "Poor" - Getting better. But you are way better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or CCleaner to remove your Internet cookies.

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1. Anti-Virus Detection Rate Test -

1A. Windows XP - 4.0 "Great"

1B. Windows Vista4.0 "Great"

1C. Windows 74.0 "Great"

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2. Anti-Spyware2.0 "Poor" – AVG still seems to miss very common and not so common spyware/adware. You are much better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or Spybot as your adware, spyware, malware protection.

3. One Click Fix4.5 "Great" – I really like this idea. But I am not a fan of the idea that if I wanted to de-activated a service. Such as the Link Scanner that AVG should still show my PC as not being fully protected.

4. Anti-Spam - 3.0 "Average" - Tough to setup and GMail has better spam mail protection. 

5. FireWall - 3.5 " Average" — Not the best Firewall I've tested. But it does do what it is suppose to most of the time.

6. Link Scanner - 4.5 "Great" - Can be very very useful to some.

7. AVG Security ToolBar3.5 "Average" - Not a big fan of any toolbars. But at least this time around it seems to not crash my browser.

8. AVG SideBar Gadget3.5 "Average" – Less functional then most other sidebar gadgets and or widgets. But it can be very useful for quick AVG interactions.

9. Residential Shield Test3.5 "Average" – I find that AVIRA and or AVAST still seems to grab the virus way before AVG does.

10. Family Safety - 4.5 "Great" - Cost $19.99 CAD per year for 3 PC's to activate this just newly added option. But it covers unlimited profiles. So you can have just one or two kids or 11 kids and your good. Provided it is only used up to 3 PC's.

11. LiveKive - Not TestedThis option has just been added to AVG Dashboard. But it cost money to activate. -See below for cost to activate said option-

*Cost $49.99 CAD for 25 GB of storage per year.

*Cost $79.99 CAD for Unlimited  storage per year.

12. E-Mail Scanner - 3.5 "Average" - It's ok, But I find it is way more difficult to set-up then it needs to be.

13. Update Manager5.0 "Excellent" – No issues here at all. And it even updates faster then past AVG versions.

14. Online Shield - 4.0 "Great" – Still not really sure how really effective this option is.

15. Anti-Root Kit4.5 "Great" – Very hit and miss. But can be very useful if there is a reason to believe you may have a deep rooted virus. Never hurts to run this every few weeks just to be on the safe side. And AVG has it as a completely separate dedicated scan option as well (Which makes it way quicker to run and it uses much less system resources.)

16. System Tools3.5 "Average" – Great idea but very poorly done. Now the information is there but it is very very hard to decipher even for the more Computer Savvy of us.

17. Identity Protection4.5 "Great" - A very useful feature that lets you know when you maybe at risk for identity theft and or other important information maybe at risk. Such as with Peer 2 Peer file sharing programs, certain add-ons and some toolbars.

18. PC Analyzer0.5 "Abysmal" – If you don't mind that you only can fix your errors for free once then great. But if you are like me and you probably feel this options is both somewhat misleading and out right bait to buy this extremely expensive add-on. Then you are probably with me on my conclusion.

** On a side note I fully expected with the paid version of AVG Internet Security 2011. That the PC Analyzer would be an included as a usable option.

19. AVG Support - 1.0 "Terrible" – Even with e-mail support and phone support. AVG remains as one of the worst main stream software companies for help with their paid versions of their software. And yet again this is very disappointing and sad thing to report as AVG is in the top 3 Anti-Virus solutions out there.

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My Final Verdict Part 1: There has not been any overwhelming improvements in this new build of AVG Internet Security 2012. But the main changes appears to be the new UI (User Interface) and that for what ever reason AVG decided to hide all of its features. In its "Tools tab" under "Advanced Settings".

My Final Verdict Part 2: I'm not really sure why AVG feels the need to hide the vast majority of its good features. Instead of having it all visible and active via the main user interface. Now I understand certain features by default should be non-active. But why so many important features need to be activated by hand. Seems some what bewildering to me. When the bulk of the features are so important and often are the main reasons you spent nearly $50 dollars in the first place.

**It's almost as if AVG wants you to browse their huge advanced setting list. Just for the purpose of making the user feel like computer expert. When in reality most users won't know what the hell to do with all the options. That are barely even explained in the first place. Unless of course you enjoy opening up a PDF user manual.

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My Overall Score: 101/135

74.8% = B -

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Here are 2 links to download the 30 day trailware version of AVG Internet Security 2012:

1. http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-internet-security (AVG Main Site)

2. http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Internet-Security-2012/3000-2239_4-10710160.html?tag=mncol;2 (Via download.com/Cnet)

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EPD 61: Fan Mail Friday’s (09/30/2011)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Dear Remy And Danny,

How many comments do you guys receive on an average day ?

Sent In By Commenting Quiz Master

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How many comments do you guys receive on an average day ?

Danny's Reply: Well, that depends if you mean via (CSW) -the site- ? or if you mean via my separate e-mail account in regards to (CSW) issues. Ok I'll leave the how many comments we get via the site. But personally I get about 15 – 30 e-mail comments to my (CSW) e-mail account. Not including spam a day.

Remy's Reply: Well if we are not including spam. (CSW) -the site- gets anywhere from 32 to 100 comments a day. Now if you are asking about my (CSW) e-mail account. Then double that number of 32 – 100 comments. But in this case I am also including scam help requests that I get.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

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AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012 Version (2012.0.1809) – Freeware Review

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:15 PM PDT

The Rating Scale Breakdown:

  • 0  – 0.5 – Abysmal
  • 1.0 – 1.5 – Terrible
  • 2.0 – 2.5 – Poor
  • 3.0 – 3.5 – Average
  • 4.0 – 4.5 – Great
  • 5.0 – Excellent
  • Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
  • Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results

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Price: Free

A. Installation AVG4.0 "Great" – Slower then AVG claims.

B. Un-installing AVG3.5 "Average" – A little faster then AVG 2011

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C. Stability Of Program 5.0 "Excellent" – We have received absolutely no e-mails about the lack of stability.

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D. Has AVG Free Been Compromised By Hackers Or Virus5.0 "Excellent" – No issues reported thus far.

E. Speed of Scan5.0 "Excellent " – Very quick on most computers. And now you have the option to choose how much Memory/Ram you want each scheduled scan to take up.

F. Does AVG Free Do Automatic Updates By Itself Without Any Issue5.0 " Excellent" – Yes, and this time around there seems to be no stalling and or hanging. When we manually update AVG. As we have seen in older versions of AVG Free 2011.

G. Internet Browser Cookie Detection Rate And Removal Test2.5 "Average" - You are way better off with something like SUPERAntiSpyware or CCleaner that is more dedicated to removal of Internet cookies. AVG Internet cookie detection rate is terrible even with the option active and checked off.

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1. Anti-Virus Detection Rate Test:

1A. Windows XP4.0 "Great"

1B. Windows Vista4.0 "Great"

1C. Windows 7 - 4.0 "Great"

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2. Anti-Spyware2.0 "Average" – AVG still seems to miss very common and not so common spyware/adware. You are much better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or Spybot as your adware, spyware, malware protection.

3. One Click Fix5.0 "Excellent" – I love this idea and is saves a lot of the headaches. When I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my AVG.

4. Link Scanner - 4.5 "Great" - Not a fan. But it can be very very useful to some.

5. Family Safety4.5 "Great" – Cost $19.99 CAD per year for 3 computers to activate this just added feature -But it covers unlimited profiles. So you can have just one kid or 11 kids and your good. Provided it is only used with up to 3 PC's

6. LiveKiveNot Tested – This feature has just been added to AVG Dashboard. But it cost money to activate. -See below for cost to activate feature-

*Cost $49.99 CAD for 25 GB of storage per year.

*Cost $79.99 CAD for Unlimited  storage per year.

7. AVG Security ToolBar - 4.0 "Great" - This toolbar in the past versions have caused crashes. But thus far no such issues to report.

8. AVG SideBar Gadget 3.5 "Average" – Much better then AVG 2011 as it appears a little less bulky. It does cause problems when you already have your side bar full of way more useful widgets/gadgets already.

9. Residential Shield Test - 3.5 "Average" – I still find AVIRA and AVAST seems to grab the virus way before AVG. But there is indeed some major overall improvements here yet again.

10. E-Mail Scanner - 3.5 "Average" - This is option great if you can figure out how to set it up. 

11. Update Manager5.0 "Excellent " – No issues here at all. And AVG even seems to be  a little bit faster then past versions of AVG. Barely even noticeable to most users.

12. Anti-RootKit4.5 "Great" – Very hit and miss. But can be very useful if there is a reason to believe you may have a deep rooted virus. Never hurts to run this every few weeks just to be on the safe side. And AVG has it as a completely separate dedicated scan option as well (Which makes it way quicker to run and it uses much less system resources.)

13. Identity Protection 4.5 "Great" – A very useful feature that lets you know when you maybe at risk for identity theft and or other important information maybe at risk. Such as with Peer 2 Peer file sharing programs, certain add-ons and some toolbars.

14. PC Analyzer0.5 "Abysmal" - If you don't mind that you only can fix your errors for free once then great. But if you are like me and you probably feel this options is both somewhat misleading and out right bait to buy this extremely expensive add-on. Then you are probably with me on my conclusion.

15. AVG Support1.0 "Terrible" – With only a free forum that is both hard to use and very disorganized. I can't recommend using it as it will just end up in pure frustration and often just un-installing AVG altogether. Or of course you could visiting a site like ours.

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My Overall Score: 97/125

77.6 % = B +

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My Final Verdict: The main difference in AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012. Is it has a brand minimalist UI (User Interface). For most users this will be fine and dandy. But I find it very frustrating as it seems that AVG decided to move all the technical information such as version codes over to the AVG HELP section above.

**As per the norm it is highly recommend that you upgrade to the new AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012. As soon as possible if you are still using one of AVG older versions. So you can insure you have the best protection AVG has to offer.

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Here are 2 links to download AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012:

1. http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download-free-antivirus (AVG Main Site)

2. http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition-2012/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?tag=rb_content;main (Via download.com/Cnet)

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Mozilla FireFox (7.0) Build Is Now Available To Download

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Dear Readers,

It appears that there is a whole new Mozilla FireFox build available to download right now. And for all of those people who are interested here is the list of some of the fixes and improvements in this new (7.0) build.

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** To see the un-edited change log for the new Mozilla FireFox (7.0) build: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/

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New Spybot – Search & Destroy Definition Update Available (2011-09-28)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Dear Readers,

Hello and welcome to my post that will be continuing to following all of the Spybot – Search & Destroy weekly definition updates.

Here is the full list of updates:

2011-09-28

Keylogger

- SCKeylogger

Malware

- Fraud.Sysguard

- Fraud.WindowsVulnerabilitiesRescuer

- Win32.Autorun.mcs

- Win32.Dorkbot.a

- Win32.FraudLoad.edt

Trojan

- Bancos.Itau

- Win32.Agent.tnk

- Win32.Autorun.zl

- Win32.AVKillsvc.e

- Win32.Banload.jk

- Win32.Bifrost

- Win32.Gendal.kdv

- Win32.Jorik.ik

Total: 2464384 fingerprints in 775433 rules for 6301 products.

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To see the full list in it's original glory. Please use the following link: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

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If you would like to download Spybot – Search & Destroy please use the following link: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

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Till The Next Spybot Update,

Kirbe



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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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AVG Internet Security 2011 (10.0.1410) – Full Review

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

The Rating Scale Breakdown:

  • 0  – 0.5 – Abysmal
  • 1 – 1.5 – Terrible
  • 2 – 2.5 – Poor
  • 3 – 3.5 – Average
  • 4 – 4.5 – Great
  • 5 – 5.5 – Excellent
  • Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
  • Not Tested - Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results
  • Currently Being Tested - In the process of testing feature and have yet to finalize results 

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Price: No longer available to purchase

A. Installation AVG3.5 "Average" – Slower then AVG claims.

B. Un-installing AVG2.5 "Poor" – Pretty slow and sloppy un-installer

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C. Stability Of Program 5.0 "Excellent" – We have received absolutely no e-mails about the lack of stability with AVG 2011 free and or paid (This time around).

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D. Has AVG Free Been Compromised By Hackers Or Virus5.0 "Excellent" – AVG Internet Security 2011 has not been compromised or disabled.

E. Speed of Scan5.0 "Excellent" – Very quick on most computers. Also now you can decide how much memory you want to take up during each system scan.

F. Does AVG Free Do Automatic Updates By Itself Without Issue5.0 "Excellent" – Yes, and this time around there seems to be no stalling and or hanging. When we manually update AVG. As we have seen in older versions of AVG Free 2011.

G. Internet Browser Cookie Detection Rate And Removal Test2.5 "Poor" - Getting better. But you are way better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or CCleaner to remove your Internet cookies.

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1. Anti-Virus Detection Rate Test -

1A. Windows XP - 3.5 "Average"

1B. Windows Vista3.5 "Average"

1C. Windows 73.5 "Average"

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2. Anti-Spyware2.0 "Poor" – AVG still seems to miss very common and not so common spyware/adware. You are much better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or Spybot as your adware, spyware, malware protection.

3. One Click Fix4.5 "Great" – I really like this idea. But I am not a fan of the idea that if I want to de-activated a service. Such as the Link Scanner that AVG should still show it as not being fully protected.

4. Anti-Spam - 3.0 "Average" - GMail has better spam mail protection. 

5. FireWall - 4.0 "Great" — Not the best Firewall I've tested. But it does do what it is suppose to.

6. Link Scanner - 4.5 "Great" - Can be very very useful to some.

7. AVG Security ToolBar3.5 "Average" - Not a fan of any toolbars. The AVG toolbar is way to hard to get rid of. It also seems to slow down most Internet browsers.

8. AVG SideBar Gadget3.5 "Average" – Love it and have it on both my Vista and Win 7 sidebars. But it is way to large.

9. Residential Shield Test3.5 "Average" – I find that AVIRA and or AVAST still seems to grab the virus way before AVG does.

10. Family Safety - 4.5 "Great" - Cost $19.99 CAD per year for 3 PC's to activate this just newly added option. But it covers unlimited profiles. So you can have just one or two kids or 11 kids and your good. Provided it is only used up to 3 PC's.

11. LiveKive - Not TestedThis option has just been added to AVG Dashboard. But it cost money to activate. -See below for cost to activate said option-

*Cost $49.99 CAD for 25 GB of storage per year.

*Cost $79.99 CAD for Unlimited  storage per year.

12. E-Mail Scanner - 3.5 "Average" - It's ok, But I find it is way more difficult to set-up then it needs to be.

13. Update Manager5.0 "Excellent" – No issues here at all. And it even updates faster then past AVG versions, such as 8.5 and 9.0.

14. Online Shield - 4.0 "Great" – Still not really sure how really effective this option is.

15. Anti-Root Kit4.5 "Great" – Very hit and miss. But can be very useful if there is a reason to believe you may have a deep rooted virus. Never hurts to run this every few weeks just to be on the safe side. And AVG has it as a completely separate dedicated scan option as well (Which makes it way quicker to run and it uses much less system resources.)

16. System Tools3.5 "Average" – Great idea but very poorly execution. Now the information is there but it is very very hard to decipher even for the more Computer Savvy of us.

17. Identity Protection4.5 "Great" - A very useful feature that lets you know when you maybe at risk for identity theft and or other important information maybe at risk. Such as with Peer 2 Peer programs and certain add-ons and or toolbars

18. PC Analyzer0.5 "Abysmal" – If you don't mind that you only can fix your errors for free once then great. But if you are like me and you probably feel this options is both somewhat misleading and out right bait to buy this extremely expensive add-on. Then you are probably with me on my conclusion.

** On a side note I fully expected with the paid version of AVG Internet Security 2011. That the PC Analyzer would be an included as a usable option.

19. AVG Support - 1.5 "Terrible" – Even with e-mail support and phone support. AVG remains as one of the worst main stream software companies for help with their paid versions of their software. And yet again this is very disappointing and sad thing to report as AVG is in the top 3 Anti-Virus solutions out there.

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My Final Verdict Part 1: There has been very little improvement in this new version of AVG Internet Security 2011. So don't expect to much in the way of major improvements over the last version.

My Final Verdict Part 2: As many of you know this version is now obsolete. But the funny thing is I still enjoy this version quite a bit more then the new AVG Internet Security 2012. It has more features and the UI (User Interface) is more pleasant to look at and way easier to use.

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My Overall Score: 91.5/135

67.7% = D +

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Here are 2 links to download the 30 day trailware version of AVG Internet Security 2011:

1. No longer available to download (AVG Main Site)

2. No longer available to download (Via download.com/Cnet)

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AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011 Version (10.0.1410) – Freeware Review

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:37 PM PDT

The Rating Scale Breakdown:

  • 0  – 0.5 – Abysmal
  • 1.0 – 1.5 – Terrible
  • 2.0 – 2.5 – Poor
  • 3.0 – 3.5 – Average
  • 4.0 – 4.5 – Great
  • 5.0 – Excellent
  • Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
  • Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results

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Price: Free

A. Installation AVG3.5 "Average" – Slower then AVG claims.

B. Un-installing AVG2.5 "Poor" – Pretty slow and sloppy un-installer

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C. Stability Of Program 4.0 "Great" – We have received absolutely no e-mails about the lack of stability with AVG 2011 free and or paid (This time around).

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D. Has AVG Free Been Compromised By Hackers Or Virus5.0 "Excellent" – No issues reported thus far

E. Speed of Scan5.0 "Excellent " – Very quick on most computers. And now you have the option to choose how much Memory/Ram you want each scheduled scan to take up.

F. Does AVG Free Do Automatic Updates By Itself Without Any Issue5.0 " Excellent" – Yes, and this time around there seems to be no stalling and or hanging. When we manually update AVG. As we have seen in older versions of AVG Free 2011.

G. Internet Browser Cookie Detection Rate And Removal Test2.5 "Average" - You are way better off with something like SUPERAntiSpyware or CCleaner that is more dedicated to removal of Internet cookies. AVG Internet cookie detection rate is terrible even with the option active and checked off.

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1. Anti-Virus Detection Rate Test:

1A. Windows XP3.5 "Average"

1B. Windows Vista3.5 "Average"

1C. Windows 7 - 3.5 "Average"

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2. Anti-Spyware2.0 "Average" – AVG still seems to miss very common and not so common spyware/adware. You are much better off with SUPERAntiSpyware or Spybot as your adware, spyware, malware protection.

3. One Click Fix4.5 "Great" – I really like this idea. But I am not a fan, of the idea. That if I want to de-activated a service/component. Such as the Link Scanner, that AVG should still show as not being fully protected. But that just might be me.

4. Link Scanner - 4.0 "Great" - Not a fan. But it can be very very useful to some.

5. Family Safety4.5 "Great" – Cost $19.99 CAD per year for 3 computers to activate this just added feature -But it covers unlimited profiles. So you can have just one kid or 11 kids and your good. Provided it is only used with up to 3 PC's

6. LiveKiveNot Tested – This feature has just been added to AVG Dashboard. But it cost money to activate. -See below for cost to activate feature-

*Cost $49.99 CAD for 25 GB of storage per year.

*Cost $79.99 CAD for Unlimited  storage per year.

7. AVG Security ToolBar - 3.5 "Average" - This toolbar can cause crashes on a number of Internet browsers. And it is really hard to un-install. We also noticed it caused some strange behavior when dealing with WordPress.

8. AVG SideBar Gadget 3.0 "Average" – I don't really see the point of it and it is super bulky and over sized. (Taking up way to much space) And + I already have my side bar full of way more useful widgets/gadgets.

9. Residential Shield Test - 3.5 "Average" – I still find AVIRA and AVAST seems to grab the virus way before AVG free does. But there is indeed some major overall improvements here yet again.

10. E-Mail Scanner - 2.5 "Poor" - I already have e-mail protection from another program. + I find it is way more difficult to set-up then it needs to be. 

11. Update Manager5.0 "Excellent " – No issues here at all. And it even updates faster then past AVG versions, such as 8.5 and 9.0.

12. Anti-RootKit4.5 "Great" – Very hit and miss. But can be very useful if there is a reason to believe you may have a deep rooted virus. Never hurts to run this every few weeks just to be on the safe side. And AVG has it as a completely separate dedicated scan option as well (Which makes it way quicker to run and it uses much less system resources.)

13. Identity Protection 4.5 "Great" – A very useful feature that lets you know when you maybe at risk for identity theft and or other important information maybe at risk. Such as with Peer 2 Peer file sharing programs and certain add-ons and or toolbars.

14. PC Analyzer0.5 "Abysmal" - If you don't mind that you only can fix your errors for free once then great. But if you are like me and you probably feel this options is both somewhat misleading and out right bait to buy this extremely expensive add-on. Then you are probably with me on my conclusion.

15. AVG Support1.0 "Terrible" – With only a free forum that is both hard to use and disorganized. I can't recommend using it as it will just end up in pure frustration and often just un-installing AVG altogether. Or of course visiting a site like ours.  :)

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My Overall Score: 90/125

72 % = B

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My Final Verdict Part 1 : There has been very little improvement in this new version of AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011. So don't expect to much in the way of improvements over the last version.

My Final Verdict Part 2 : As many of you know this version is now obsolete . But the funny thing is I enjoy this version quite a bit more then the new AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012. It has more features and the UI (User Interface) is more pleasant to look at and way easier to use.

**As per the norm it is highly recommend that you upgrade to the new AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012. As soon as possible to insure you have the best protection AVG has to offer.

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Here are 2 links to download AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011:

1. No longer available to download (AVG Main Site)

2. No longer available to download (Via download.com/Cnet)

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New Version Of AVIRA Free Anti-Virus (10.2.0.703) Available To Download Now

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Dear Readers,

As always I went to one of my favorite anti-virus websites (That being AVIRA). So anyways it appears AVIRA has a new version of AVIRA to download via their main site download section. So if you are interested in the latest version of AVIRA free anti-virus. Please use the link I provided below…..

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**Lets hope this new update finally fixes all the issues that have been plaguing both my team and our readers.

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AVIRA Free Anti-Virus Version (10.2.0.703) Download Link (AVIRA's Main Site Download Section)

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I have checked the link above and it works. But please report via comment or e-mail if this link somehow becomes broken….

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Danny



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Monday, September 26, 2011

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TNS Canadian Facts Panel – Survey Site Review (Sept 2011)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Name: TNS Canadian Facts Panel

Link: http://www.mysurvey.ca/

Who Is Eligible To Participate: Canadian residents only

Type of Award Or Payment:  Points (Cash or Prizes) / e-gift cards / Non E -Gift Cards / Product Samples / Sweepstakes

Points or Cash Normally Earned Per Survey: 0 – 1000 Points or Sweepstakes Entries

Sign-Up Time: Pretty Short

How Many Survey Invitations Should You Expect Per Week: 0 – 7

How Long Does It Take To Collect A Reward Or Cash Out: Less then a year for under $50 CAD. But it varies based on how much you want before you cash out.

Do They Spam You: No

Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5 – This survey company has always kept it's promises to myself as well as to  my other blog members. But if TNS says your gonna get to try a product sample or you are getting cash money. You will be getting it for sure (NO BEGGING REQUIRED) It appears that TNS has switched to a points system, instead of random sums of money or contest entries.

Now onto the good bits about this survey site. Way more surveys , way better point per survey ratios and way better prizes. My only big issue with TNS is how long it takes to get your rewards via snail mail and or e-mail. It took way 2 and half months just to get my $30 CAD Chapter/Indigo e- gift cards via e-mail. Now that is both insane and unacceptable. As before they had no issues with getting to me in 1 month to the day. It truly is a sad turn of events

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Remy "Se7en"



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SpeedFan 4.45 Beta 4 – Available to Download @ Almico.com

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 07:38 PM PDT

Dear Readers,

I just went over to Almico.com to see if there was a new version of SpeedFan available and, what did you know there was one available. But unfortunately it is still in the beta stage. But if you are still interested you can download the beta release of SpeedFan right now @ the following Website Linkhttp://www.almico.com/sfbetaprogram.php

Till The Next Update,

Danny



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Blog Update #184 – This Week The (CSW) Crew Will Be Reviewing Both AVG Anti-Virus 2011 And AVG Anti-Virus 2012

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Dear Readers,

This week the (CSW) crew will be reviewing 4 different versions of AVG.

1. AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011

2. AVG Internet Security 2011

3. AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012

4. AVG Internet Security 2012

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-Between Sept 19th 2011 – Sept 25th 2011-

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog News Post

- SpeedFan 4.45 Beta 2 – Available to Download @ Almico.com

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog Feature

- Scam Watch: JustAnswer.com Is It A Scam ? Or Is It Just A Really Bad Investment ?

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog Review

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

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Till The Next Blog Update,

Remy "Se7en"



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