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AVG offers an amazing collection of components for security protection in their popular free antivirus product. For those wanting wall-to-wall protection AVG Internet Security 2011 ($54.99 direct, $68.99 for three licenses) adds antispam and firewall protection to turn their antivirus into a security suite. Considering that the three-license edition costs almost the same as Editor's Choice Norton Internet Security 2011 ($69.99 direct for three licenses, 4.5 stars) it's hard to see why you'd pay for the AVG suite.

The suite's main window looks identical to that of AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 (Free, 3.5 stars), except for the presence of three more component icons representing firewall, antispam, and an added shield against malware downloads. Big buttons let the user easily launch a scan or update operation. You can double-click any component for high-level status and configuration options, with an option to dig into advanced settings if necessary. Be warned; the settings really are advanced. Most users shouldn't touch them except under instruction from tech support.
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In Windows Vista or Windows 7 a gadget offers scan and update buttons along with current security status and links to AVG's Twitter and Facebook feeds. As noted, the free antivirus includes most of the suite's components; I'll review those first.


Good Virus Detection, Incomplete Removal
The suite's malware cleanup power is exactly the same as that of AVG's free antivirus. Independent labs give AVG's technology consistently good marks. It's currently tied for top score with several others in an ongoing test by AV-Comparatives and came in just behind the very best overall scores in a recent test from AV-Test. See my review of the free antivirus for full details.
Specifications
Type
Business, Personal, Professional
OS Compatibility
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7
Tech Support
Email and forum
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In my own testing on malware-infested systems it proved better at detecting threats than at removing them thoroughly. It scanned faster than most products initially, with subsequent full scans taking under a minute. AVG's overall score of 6.5 points for malware removal is good, but PC Tools Internet Security 2011 ($49.95 direct for three licenses, 3 stars) managed 7.8 points and Norton scored 7.9.

In the keylogger, rootkit and scareware tests it demonstrated good detection without thorough removal. In particular, it detected 100 percent of the rootkits but only scored 5.7 due to incomplete cleanup. For details on how I test malware removal and derive these scores, see How We Test Anti-malware
AVG is aimed at those looking for a do-it-all piece of software, offering antivirus and antispyware tools, a rootkit detector and killer, a firewall, a link scanner, an online shield, an e-mail scanner, identity protection, a spam killer and more. A one-year subscription for a single computer sells for $55, a two-year subscription costs $82 -- and there are also discounts for up to 10 computers.

It uses a "just-the-facts-ma'am" main interface for accessing all of those modules, in which a single screen displays a black-and-white icon for each. Each active module has a green check next to it, so you know it's turned on and working properly. Most of the time, however, you won't see the main interface, because the modules do their work in the background. You'll only need to access it to change a setting.

But although the interface itself is straightforward, the software uses wording that may confuse you. To turn off a module, for example, you right-click its icon and choose "Ignore the state of this component." Similarly, when you delve into the software's advanced settings, you'll find yourself occasionally scratching your head. What does it mean to "certify" incoming and outgoing mail, for example, and how does that differ from merely checking incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses and other threats? Neither the program nor its help file offers any guidance.

On the plus side, however, those who like to configure their own security settings will find a wealth of options to tweak, all available from a single, straightforward advanced settings screen.
The modules in AVG work in much the same way as modules in similar suites. The firewall, for example, comes preconfigured to allow well-known applications such as browsers and e-mail software to gain access to the Internet. When you use software that AVG doesn't already know is safe, a notification pops up asking whether you want to allow the application to access the Internet and, if so, whether to allow it just this one time or permanently. You can also tell the firewall whether to allow the application to access the Internet on every network you use (home, work, Wi-Fi hot spots and so on) or only on networks known to be safe -- an especially useful feature.

Similarly, when the antivirus module comes across what it perceives as threats, it notifies you and moves the offending software to a vault, where the software is disabled. You can leave the software in the vault, or else delete it or restore it if you decide the software is safe.

I found AVG's initial scan to be painfully slow, taking more than three hours. During the time the scan was being performed, it also slowed down my system and the operation of other applications. In later scans, I set the priority of the scan to be low, but even then it affected system performance.

E-mail attachment checking and antispam functions integrate into e-mail applications, including Outlook and any application that uses POP3, IMAP or SMTP. I tried it with Outlook and didn't find the antispam feature any more or less effective than the one already built into Outlook, although it did seem to err very slightly on the side of identifying too many legitimate messages as spam.

The software's System Tools module, which shows you all of your currently running processes, network connections, browser extensions and software that runs on start-up, is somewhat useful. But the module is bare-bones and offers no help. For example, it shows the names of files that run on start-up but doesn't explain what they do, or whether they can be safely removed from start-up.
Beware of upsells

AVG's link scanner installs as a toolbar into the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers and reports whether the page you're currently visiting is safe. But the toolbar also has a Yahoo search box and link to Yahoo Weather, which has nothing to do with keeping you secure and everything to do with whatever business relationship AVG has forged with Yahoo. In fact, during the installation process, your default search provider will be changed to Yahoo unless you uncheck the box that does that.
Bottom line

AVG Internet Security 2011 offers all the modules you would expect in a comprehensive protection suite, but its annoying habit of trying to sell you additional services, and its tendency to slow your system down during antivirus scans, make this software less useful than it otherwise would be.

       
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