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AVG 2012 Free Edition Release Notes

Here are the bug fixes and upgrades for the free edition of AVG 2012. 

PROGRAM UPDATE AVG FREE 2012.1796

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

  • AntiRootkit: Improved detection of new variants of Alureon rootkit.
  • Anti-Rootkit: Fixed several false positive detections.
  • AvgSys: Fixed issue with scan of dynamic hard drives.
  • Core: Fixed crash during scan of registry.
  • Core: Polymorphic malware detection methods have been optimized.
  • Core: Some false alarms removed.
  • Core: More flexible virus definitions.
  • Core: Improved heuristic detection.
  • Core: Optimization of “Scan files referred in registry” in Resident Shield.
  • Documentation: Instructions on fixing the most frequent technical issues have been added to chapter Troubleshooting in Help.
  • Identity Protection: New RogueAV detection was added to IDP component.
  • General: AVG products allow sound notifications for specific alerts.
  • General: Added support for Anti-Rootkit exceptions.
  • General: Added copyright information on third party resources.
  • Kernel: End of MS Outlook 2000/2002 support.
  • Kernel: Fixed issue with Resident Shield exclusion list when Kerio mail server is installed.
  • Online Shield: Fixed HTTP traffic corruption when AVG Accelerator is enabled.
  • Outlook: Fixed compatibility issue with Alt-N Outlook Connector.
  • Outlook: Fixed Outlook addin compatibility with additional e-mail accounts.
  • Safe Search: Fixed crash in Google Chrome when BitDefender TrafficLight is enabled.
  • Safe Search: Fixed LinkScanner crash during common browsing.
  • Safe Search: Optimization for framesets implemented.
  • Safe Search: Fixed issue with https Facebook not showing verdict icons in Google Chrome.
  • Safe Search: Safe Search is no longer in conflict with Australian Taxation Office website.
  • Setup: Fixed crash when saving log files in setup.
  • Setup: Fixed issue with detection of competitive products.
  • Setup: Setup will ask for restart if the installation of Microsoft redistributables requires it.
  • Setup: Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 is detected as conflicting application.
  • Toolbar: Brand new toolbar implemented.
  • Toolbar: Toolbar introduces a new feature for private browsing.
  • Update: Last update time displayed in AVG user interface changes only if the update was successful.
  • Update: Fixed crash on Windows Server 2003.
  • User Interface: Several components were grouped together to reduce number of components in overview.
  • User Interface: Fixed handling of duplicates in Resident Shield exceptions list.
  • User Interface: Added default settings for advanced “Identity Protection settings” dialog.
  • User Interface: Added support for In-application store.
  • User Interface: Fixed notification about logged in users in restart request dialog.
  • User Interface: The “Ignore the state of this component” option is only available from advanced settings.

More http://free.avg.com/ww-en/avg-release-notes#ixzz1WhugAvMp
 

Also, if you’d like to update your AVG offline here is the page where you can manually download AVG updates : http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download-update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus Combos that Kick Malware Butt

Remember back in the day when all you needed was a good antivirus that was up-to-date?  Yep, that was about 3 years ago.  Now with more polymorphic malware than we can “shake a stick at” our anti-virus is begging us for help and help is available.  In this post I’ll list a few of the combos that have worked really well for me (and my clients):

AV = any ONE of these below

  • Norton Antivirus 2011 or greater
  • Kaspersky Antivirus 2011 or greater
  • Microsoft Security Essentials 2+ or greater
  • AVG 2011 or greater
  • Bit Defender 2011 or greater
  • McAfee 2011 or greater
  • Nod32 Antivirus 4 or greater
  • Avast 6 or greater
  • AntiVir 10 or greater
  1. AV + Malwarebytes Pro (this is the combo I’m installing for my clients now since it’s so hands off)
  2. AV + ThreatFire
  3. AV + Comodo Defense+
  4. ……..add a combo that worked for you in the comment box below.
There are so many combos out there, the 3 I’ve listed above are the ones that have served my clients well.
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