Free AVG 8.0 Download
Yesterday, Grisoft announced that a new version of AVG Antivirus Free would be released today, April 24, that was supposed to come with several new functions beside the
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24.4.2008 AVG Free Edition 7.5.487a1130
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.
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13.9.2007 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.463a1000d
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool.
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22.4.2007 Download Windows 7 Antivirus from AVG, Kaspersky and Symantec
Just as it was the case with Windows Vista, the mitigations introduced by Microsoft alone in Windows 7 are not sufficient to bulletproof the operating system on their own.
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15.1.2009 Microsoft: Some Free Vista (+SP1) to Go Along with the Free XP SP2 Downloads?
Free downloads of Microsoft's operating systems have been made available throughout 2007, and the Redmond company is ready to take it one step further.
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5.2.2008 Free Windows 7 Demo Toolkit
While laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of the next iteration of Windows, Microsoft is making available for download the Windows Demo Toolkit, an offering with Windows 7 as its nucleolus.
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1.4.2009 Free Windows 7 Downloads Discontinued
The free Windows 7 ride is now truly and indisputably over! And, if you have failed to get on board this far, chances that you’ll be able to do so moving onward are very slim. On August 20th, 2009 Microsoft discontinued the free downloads of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100.
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21.8.2009 Best Free Partition Manager for Windows 7
The built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 7 hasn’t changed much from the Vista days and is still missing some of the most important and basic features such as Disk Management in Windows 7the ability to re-partition an existing primary system partition without having to reinstall Windows.
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13.9.2009 Windows 7 Ultimate Free Giveaway
I am giving away my fully licensed Windows 7 Ultimate NFR copy which I got today from Windows 7 launch event for free with absolutely no strings attached!
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23.10.2009 Free Windows 7 copies for testers on the way
Testers who decided they wanted a physical version, instead of one for download, of their free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate will see it arrive in the next month or so.
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28.10.2009 Best Free Antivirus and Antispyware for Windows 7
Now that Windows 7 has been released for all the consumers worldwide, I thought this was the right time to list down our top recommended antivirus plus antispyware solutions which are compatible with this latest version of Windows.
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1.11.2009 Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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19.11.2005 FREE DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista RC1 now
Windows Vista RC1 introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.
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6.9.2006 Windows Vista VHD - Free Download
Thanks to odeeee for this download links. Windows Vista Enterprise is now available for IT professionals and developers with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. In the coming weeks, Microsoft will start the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) for developers and IT professionals who are not members of the subscription services.
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24.5.2007 Download Free Windows Vista Enterprise
Microsoft is offering Windows Vista Enterprise as a free download in combination with the Office 2007 Professional System.
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7.11.2007 Free Windows Vista Enterprise - VHD
Following the availability of Windows Vista in 2007, Microsoft started allowing users to access free copies of the operating system via the Download Center.
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23.3.2009 Students: How to get Windows 7 legally at a discount or free
With many people wondering what the Windows 7 pricing will be and whether it will cost less, the same, or more than Vista, there are some ways you can legally get Windows 7 at a discount or even for free when the final version is ready later this year.
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14.4.2009 Windows 7 RC free download from MS
Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows client operating system. This version incorporates hundreds of improvements based on your feedback. It works the way you want: it's responsive, reliable, and runs smoothly. It starts and shuts down faster, and is designed to make your battery last longer.
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5.5.2009 Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE?
A little bird has informed me of an official Microsoft hosted survey in which the winner(s) will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate after simply filling out a 4 question survey.
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30.6.2009 Windows 7 testers to get free copy from tomorrow
Last week Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to go back on what they had previously said by offering testers on the Windows 7 technical beta program a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, in reward for their efforts in testing the new operating system.
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5.8.2009 Free Windows 7 at Microsoft Launch Events - US Only
Starting September 28 through November 4 Microsoft is hosting free Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 launch events across the United States as part of the "New Efficiency" marketing campaign.
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16.8.2009 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 Pirating Windows? No free Security Essentials for you!
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software.
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1.10.2009 Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now.
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2.1.2007 Microsoft Cooks the Next Must Have(!) Free Upgrade for Windows Vista
Microsoft is currently cooking what it refers to as the next must have free upgrade for the Windows platform, targeting specifically Windows Vista and Windows XP. The announcement came from Kevin Johnson, Microsoft President, Platforms and Services Division during his address at the Financial Analyst Meeting 2007.
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30.7.2007 More Free Windows to Keep Vista and XP SP2 Company
Without indicating a strong affinity for the open source business model Microsoft is rather generous with its operating systems.
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1.4.2008 MS: Use Windows Server 2008 RTM for Free, Please
Microsoft is exhibiting the generous side of its nature with free Windows Server 2008 offerings. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, but labeled Service Pack due to the client-server platform synchronization with Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft is offering free trial versions of Windows Server 2008 for download.
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24.4.2008 Free Hard Drive Virtualization for Windows - SteadyState 2.5
Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.
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13.6.2008 Free Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic Utility
Windows Memory Diagnostic is a free utility available for download from Microsoft designed to sniff out flaws in a machine's RAM modules.
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28.8.2008 Free Online Windows 7 Compatibility Technical Support
Having learned the incompatibility lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft is pouring a consistent amount of efforts into ensuring that the next iteration of the Windows client will work smoothly from the get go with as many applications as possible.
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15.6.2009Free AVG Anti-Virus Now Works
on Vista Beta 2
Grisoft, the maker of the
popular free antivirus
software AVG has announced
that Microsoft has fixed a bug
that was preventing AVG from
installing on Vista Beta 2.
You need to get an update
though.
Peter
Cameron of Grisoft?s
Australian distributor
Avalanche Technology said
Vista Beta 2 users should
obtain the Microsoft patch via
Windows Update. ?After
application of the update, AVG
products can be installed and
used without any further
problems or restrictions,? he
said.
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14.07.2006AVG update breaks iTunes
A recent AVG signature file update is incorrectly identifying iTunes/iPod files as viruses, as reported by forum users on the Apple website. The AVG
Virus scanner identifies all iTunes/iPod related files as the 'Small.BOG' trojan - a trojan which does not seem to exist, as revealed by a
quick Google search. The update, which is unidentified, but confirmed to be a false positive, is removing all files, and deleting them. Once these
files have been "cleaned", iTunes will not run, and is not fixable by a reinstall. A fix has been pushed by AVG in the latest signature update -
but users may need to reinstall iTunes. A fix can be found here on the Apple Forums.
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26.07.2009AVG fixes antivirus software skewing Web site statistics
Security company AVG is upgrading a component of its antivirus software so as not to place an undue traffic load on the Web sites it scans. The
company has already released a patch for LinkScanner, part of its Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0, and will release a patch for the paid versions of the
software on Tuesday, said Lloyd Borrett, marketing manager for AVG in Australia and New Zealand.
The behavior of AVG's LinkScanner
caused much animosity toward the Czech-based company, including a Web site dedicated to the issue, despite the popularity of its free security
software. Web site owners complained LinkScanner was hitting their sites repeatedly, using up the bandwidth they paid for and causing their Web
analytics programs to suddenly record high numbers of visitors. AVG acquired LinkScanner's maker, Exploit Prevention Labs, in December 2007.
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07.07.2008AVG Technologies buys web protection vendor
Security vendor AVG Technologies has acquired internet protection vendor Exploit Prevention Labs. AVG was acquired by anti-virus vendor Grisoft in
August this year (CRN, 24 August), and the combined company was rebranded AVG Technologies.
Roger Thompson, co-founder and chief technology
officer of Exploit Prevention Labs, said: “Exploit’s software blocks dangerous downloads on websites and addresses drive-by attacks.
“AVG is leapfrogging the competition with its products at the moment and with 60m users in its client base. Exploit gets to put its software on
millions of computers in a shorter time.”
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07.12.2007AVG Anti-virus 7.5 Professional Released
After a short beta test, AVG
have released a new version of
their anti-virus product, here
is an excerpt from their press
release:
A
significant addition to the
AVG security software
portfolio, AVG Internet
Security 7.5, includes the
most recent anti-virus,
anti-spyware, anti-spam and
firewall technologies with
reliable automatic updates
while consuming a low level of
computer resources for
convenient use. In the AVG
Internet Security Network
Edition, Gristosft offers
centralized remote
administration, which allows
for remote installation,
updating and management of all
workstations and servers.
Grisoft's existing
portfolio for home, small and
medium business users is now
expanded to include AVG
Anti-Spyware 7.5 and AVG
Anti-Malware 7.5 products. AVG
Anti-Spyware 7.5 offers
protection against Trojans,
spyware, adware, dialers,
keyloggers and worms. The AVG
Anti-Malware program combines
the latest anti-spyware and
antivirus technologies within
a single, easy-to-use
interface.
I
couldn't actually find a
changelog between 7.0 and 7.5
but as the above press release
indicates they have released
six new versions of AVG
Anti-virus bringing it up to
fifteen different varieties of
product so if Vista product
versions have you confused you
better sit down.
I
installed 7.5 Professional as
I bought a licence as a
fallback for Symantec making
Norton more horrible than the
previous incarnation, I just
snapped. The interface in 7.5
is slightly different and has
joined the 21st century, I
haven't checked it out with
Windows Vista yet (5728 will
be checked) so will update
this post with its progress as
the 7.0 updater had issues
with Vista, although seems to
be fine if UAC is not
active.
There is no
estimated release date for the
free version at the moment.
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03.10.2006Fix for free anti-virus generating fake traffic
The freeware version of anti-virus software AVG 8 was released with a feature called LinkScanner at the end of May that was found to create massive
amounts of fake traffic, enraging webmasters, and skewing site rankings...
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07.07.2008AVG cries wolf at Adobe Reader
A faulty signature update from GRISoft published this week meant that its popular AVG anti-virus package falsely warned versions of Adobe Reader were
infected with a Trojan.
Reg reader Tulio received a false alarm that his system was infected by SHueur-JXW after he downloaded
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.09. GRISoft acknowledged the problem and said that it planned it issue a new update that fixed the problem on Thursday. Faulty
anti-virus signature updates are far from rare. Symantec, McAfee and others have all had problems in the area in recent months. False alerts are
something of an Achilles heel for anti-virus scanning packages, a factor often highlighted by firms selling alternative approaches to malware
detection (such as white listing)
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31.08.2007Report: little-known AV packages outdo those of Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft
Andreas Clementi, who runs the
web site
http://av-comparatives.org/>av
-comparatives.org, has
released his latest report
that looks at how well
antivirus programs do against
threats that have not yet been
identified and included in
standard AV signatures.
The test looked at 17
different products, including
offerings from Symantec,
McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky, and
Microsoft, and tested how well
releases dated February 2
(with no updates) fared
against a swath of new
malwareviruses, scripts,
trojans, and other nastiesthat
were discovered between
February 2 and May 2.
The winner of this
antivirus sweepstakes was a
product called
http://www.avira.com/en/pages/
index.php>Avira, which managed
to detect and defeat 71
percent of the unknown
malware. Right behind it was
the equally-obscure NOD32,
which swept away 68 percent of
the threats. The more
well-known commercial products
fared more poorly. Norton
Antivirus and McAfee tied at a
mere 24 percent, while
Microsoft's OneCare did even
worse by only identifying 18
percent of the new threats.
Resting at the bottom of the
barrel were Kaspersky and
eScan at nine percent, and
AVG, which detected only eight
percent of malicious software
in addition to producing many
false positives...
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08.06.2007Students: How to get Windows 7 legally at a discount or free
Thanks to Kevin. for the news tip With many people wondering what the Windows 7 pricing will be and whether it will cost less, the same, or more than
Vista, there are some ways you can legally get Windows 7 at a discount or even for free when the final version is ready later this year. 1. Between
June 26, 2009 and January 31, 2010, any new computer purchased with Windows Vista will qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7. So if you've been
planning on purchasing a new PC in the near future, you should hold off just a little while longer. 2.
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14.04.2009Windows 7 testers to get free copy from tomorrow
Last week Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to go back on what they had previously said by offering testers on the Windows 7 technical beta
program a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, in reward for their efforts in testing the new operating system. Previously Microsoft revealed that
testers would not be receiving Windows 7 for free and argued that the discounted pre-order offer, which was available to all consumers, was partly
done for the benefit of beta testers. This was met with a bad response from bloggers and testers alike.
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05.08.2009Want free games for Windows Mobile?
Are you one of those who owns a Windows Mobile device and also uses Twitter? Then you might be in to grab some free games daily! Windows Mobile
Developer Team is giving away free games over at their Twitter account. You can follow the Windows Mobile Developer Team here. The idea is that,
the WM Developer Team will be tweeting the codes as well as instructions to get those free games daily. And be quick to redeem the codes, as it seems
that the codes are one use only and first come first served! If you don't have a twitter account yet, you can sign up here and then follow WM
Developer Team here to get regular updates
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07.02.2009Get Windows XP Free Virtually,
With a Catch
Microsoft is providing a free
virtualized copy of Windows XP
SP2 to assist developers in
migrating IE6 applications to
IE7. However, it will only
work until April 1, 2007...
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04.12.2006What's Cheaper: Free Software, Or Pirated Windows?
Ask anyone who regularly
downloads movies, software and
music without paying for any
of it. Ask them what they find
to be cheaper, Microsoft
Windows or Linux. If they
really think about it, theyll
tell you that Windows is
cheaper, because both of them
are free, and free Windows is
coming in at a huge
discount.
The fact of the matter is
that, in the home, software
piracy is rampant. Its why
software that sells to
businesses continues to grow
(Office, Adobe Creative Suite)
while games sales keep
dropping and Microsoft Works
is given away for free. So
many people use file sharing
networks, get copies from a
friend, or even buy $400
computers pre-loaded with
thousands of dollars of
software. They view it as a
way of life.
Dave
Gutteridge has a great article
titled Windows is
Free explaining how
Linux has a practically
impossible time competing with
Windows because anyone whod
switch on price can just
pirate Windows. For many home
users, Windows is as free as
Linux, and from a cost/benefit
position, Windows is
cheaper.
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17.08.2007Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE?
A little bird has informed me of an official Microsoft hosted survey in which the winner(s) will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate after
simply filling out a 4 question survey. It couldn't be any easier than this folks. The survey is entitled "Windows 7 Discovery", and the
instructions are crystal clear: "We want to know how you find information about Windows 7 from Microsoft. Please answer questions in the survey
below for a chance to win a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition when it becomes avaialble
in Oct 2009." In order to be eligible for the
survey, which is hosted on SurveyMonkey.com, all you have to do is answer the following questions: 1.
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Free Windows 7 Professional at launch events across the US
Starting September 28 through November 4 Microsoft is hosting free Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 launch events across the United
States as part of the "New Efficiency" marketing campaign. Attendants of the event will get a free copy of Windows 7 Professional while supplies
last. Here are the list of cities the launch event will be at and the dates the event will be held: * Atlanta - Sep. 28 * Baltimore - Nov. 9
* Boston - Oct. 5 * Chicago - Oct. 20 * Cleveland - Oct. 12 * Dallas - Nov. 4 * Denver - Sep. 24 * Detroit - Oct. 28 *
Houston - Nov. 9 * Kansas City - Nov.
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neowin.net - 16.08.2009
Microsoft makes a u-turn, Windows 7 testers to get free copy
In a shock turn around, Microsoft announced today that Windows 7 technical testers will be receiving a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. In recent
weeks Microsoft has faced angry reactions from bloggers and beta testers when they originally announced the testers "thanks" was the discounted
pre-order offer. Blogger Paul Thurrot claimed: "the painful thing here, for beta testers, is that they've been screwed" which demonstrated the
reaction to the previous announcements.
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neowin.net - 30.07.2009
NewsGator drops all charges, releases RSS clients for free
The maker of some of the most popular RSS and Atom tools for both Windows and Mac stunned everyone yesterday by declaring all of its consumer-grade
software to be available free-of-charge...
betanews.com - 11.01.2008
Microsoft charges customers for free services
Thousands of customers are paying almost $120 USD per year to Microsoft for an Internet subscription service that includes e-mail, security, and other
features.
But Microsoft gives away almost identical services absolutely free in Windows Live and the Windows operating system
itself, while neglecting to inform those who pay through the nose.
winbeta.org - 03.01.2008
Free Windows Live Hotmail POP3 access has gone worldwide
About a month ago we reported that Microsoft was rolling out free POP3 access to Windows Live Hotmail customers in select markets. For the vast
majority, including myself, the updates had yet to hit their accounts. Well the wait is over, the Windows Live Hotmail team has officially announced
that POP3 access for all Windows Live Hotmail accounts has now rolled out to every customer. Here are the settings to access your e-mail messages via
POP3: POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995) POP SSL required? Yes User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The
password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587) Authentication required?
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neowin.net - 13.03.2009
Will free office suites supplant Microsoft as the industry leader?
Quite a bit of talk has arisen today over two of Microsoft's competitors (Google and IBM) offering free office suites in an attempt to supplant
Microsoft as the office king. And now that this is happened, some are wondering if Microsoft will finally face reality and offer its own Office
product for free so it can compete.
The possibility of having Word, Excel, Powerpoint and the rest for free sure sounds awfully
nice, but if you think Microsoft would give it up for free, you're dreaming.
As NPD announced just last week, Office 2007 is
performing extremely well. According to the research firm, Office 2007 on Windows is selling at roughly double the rate of Office 2003. Will two free
solutions alter the unprecedented sales figures Microsoft is currently enjoying? Not a chance.
As someone who has used both
Google's Office Suite and another free product, OpenOffice, I can say that neither of those programs can possibly stack up to Windows Office. Believe
me, I wish I could say that both do, but the sad truth is they don't.
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