The good:
AVG Internet Security 8.0 includes Linkscanner technology to block malicious Web sites
The bad:
AVG Internet Security 8.0 is resource heavy; flags some legitimate programs as potentially harmful; doesn't provide additional information on malicious software beyond identification; doesn't provide adequate antiphishing protection; installs the Yahoo search engine
The bottom line:
AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives.
Specifications:
License type: Complete package ; Min processor type: 2 GHz Intel Pentium , 1 GHz Intel Pentium ; Version: 8 ; See full specs
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Robert Vamosi
Reviewed on: 03/05/2008
Released on: 02/28/2008
AVG Internet Security 8.0 has many new features including Linkscanner technology, which AVG Technologies acquired with its recent acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs. Overall, the product falls flat as an Internet security suite. Missing from the suite is adequate antiphishing protection beyond e-mail blocking. AVG Internet Security 8.0 flags malicious Web sites, however, unlike the standalone version of Linkscanner there is no additional information provided about the threat. We also found the AVG suite to be resource heavy and produced false positives. AVG also installs the Yahoo as default search engine in up to two locations within your Internet browser, depending upon your installation choices.