AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 (formerly Ewido Anti-Spyware)

[mnosteele52]

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 contains the same ewido technology, but with some further enhanced features:

Features of AVG Anti-Spyware

NEW Highly improved cleaning
NEW Lower resource usage
NEW Additional languages supported
NEW Updated user interface
Shredder for secure file deletion
XP Antispy

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 Download (http://www.ewido.net/en/download)

:) :D

[YeOldeStonecat]

Have you given it a whirl yet ? I remember Grisoft picked up Ewido...I had found Ewido very strong about a year ago...but they've seemed to slack. Maybe during changoever/redevelopment time.

[mnosteele52]

Yeah, I installed it last night. It's Ewido with an AVG looking skin and supposedly a better cleaning engine.

:)

[YeOldeStonecat]

:thumb:

Another one for the old USB Thumbdrive "bag-o-tricks".

[d2fanatic007]

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.0.50

Anti-Virus programs offer insufficient protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers. That's where the protection of ewido anti-spyware begins and supplements existing security applications to create a complete security system - because only a complete security system works effectively.

* NEW Completely renewed user interface
* NEW Possibility to create exceptions
* NEW Shredder for secure file deletion
* NEW XP Antispy
* NEW BHO Viewer
* NEW LSP Viewer
* Heuristics to detect unknown threats
* Scanning and cleaning of the Windows registry
* Support for NTFS-ADS scanning
* Daily database updates
* Patch proof by using strong signatures
* Analysis tools (startup, connections and processes)
* Intelligent online-update
* Scan inside archives
* Secure detection and deletion of DLL-Trojans
* Generic crypter detection through emulation
* Generic binder detection
* Free E-Mail Support
* Automatic Clean Engine
* Quarantine for suspicious files
* Multilingual User Interface

Additional features of the Plus-Version

* NEW Scheduled scans
* Real-time monitoring of the entire system
* Memory Scan detects active threats
* Self-protection at kernel layer guarantees gapless monitoring
* Automatic online-update

This setup contains the free as well as the paid version of ewido anti-spyware. After the installation, a free 30-day trial version containing all the extensions of the full version will be activated. At the end of the trial, these extensions will be deactivated and the program will turn into a feature-limited freeware version. The purchased license code can be entered at any time.

This product was formerly knows as Ewido Security Suite

http://www.filehippo.com/download/219376bdfa06c0ca0c099eeaf136c323/download/

[Qui-Gon John]

But now, is free support for this really going away in 2007?

[Qui-Gon John]

Does AVG Free 7.5 work in Vista?

[mnosteele52]

Does AVG Free 7.5 work in Vista?

Are you referring to AVG 7.5 Free Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware? I think the Anti-virus is compatible but not the Anti-Spyware. For a free Vista compatible anti-virus solution I would recommend AntiVir (http://www.free-av.com/). Active Virus Shield is better but not Vista compatible yet.

:)

[Qui-Gon John]

Are you referring to AVG 7.5 Free Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware? I think the Anti-virus is compatible but not the Anti-Spyware. For a free Vista compatible anti-virus solution I would recommend AntiVir (http://www.free-av.com/). Active Virus Shield is better but not Vista compatible yet.

:)

I did mean AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Free, sorry I posted in the wrong thread.

Why do you recommend Anti-Vir over AVG 7.5?

[YeOldeStonecat]

Why do you recommend Anti-Vir over AVG 7.5?

Superior detection, lighter in weight.

[Qui-Gon John]

Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!

Would you recommend it for XP as well?

[mnosteele52]

Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!

Would you recommend it for XP as well?


No, for XP Active Virus Shield is the best, powered by Kaspersky. Active Virus Shield will soon be Vista compatible as well.

:)

[Qui-Gon John]

So after Active Virus Shield becomes Vista compatible, would you recommend it or still ANTI-VIR?

[mnosteele52]

I would recommend Active Virus Shield over all other freebies, AntiVir is very good but AVS is basically Kaspersky minus some features.

:)

[Qui-Gon John]

Do you have a good link for Active Virus Shield?

[mnosteele52]

Active Virus Shield (http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?), just don't install the security toolbar, that's AOL's contribution and it's junk.

:thumb:

[Qui-Gon John]

Where'd you see the info about Vista? I don't see anything when I click that link that talks about when they will be Vista compatible. Will it just be an update that makes it compatible or a completely new version.

[Qui-Gon John]

Is Active Virus Shield now compatible with Vista?

The reason I ask is I was poking around on the link you posted and saw "General Requirements" listed, and Vista was listed.

[mnosteele52]

Where did you find that information? All I can find is XP compatability.

:)

[YeOldeStonecat]

Is Active Virus Shield now compatible with Vista?

The reason I ask is I was poking around on the link you posted and saw "General Requirements" listed, and Vista was listed.

They are supposed to release the updated version which will be Vista compatible this month...I haven't seen the release notice yet...hopefully within a couple of weeks.

[Qui-Gon John]

Where did you find that information? All I can find is XP compatability.

:)


I went to 'Already Have Active Virus Shield? - Click Here" at the bottom.

Then on the next page, "Information About Active Virus Shield".

Scroll Down and you will see a list of General Requirements, Vista is listed.

[mnosteele52]

I guess it is compatible now, I just downloaded it the other day and the size of the file had changed so I guess they updated it. I say go for it, KAV has been compatible with Vista for a while now so you should be ok.

:)

[YeOldeStonecat]

:thumb:

Not that I worry about Vista til this Sept/Oct....I refuse to support it until then. But good deal for home users.

[Qui-Gon John]

Well I bought a laptop at the end of April and it came with Vista Home Premium. It hasn't been too bad, once I cleaned off all the Acer programs that were pre-loaded and bogging it down.

[Qui-Gon John]

Has anyone tried the latest version of Active Virus Shield with Vista. I would like to know before I go thru the hassle of uninstalling Anti-VIR, then trying to install Acive Virus Shield.

[Qui-Gon John]

Just downloaded AVS, will try in the next few days.

MNOSTEELE52, I was still surprised to see you recommend this, since it says brought to you by AOL. Most techies I know swear off anything AOL. Maybe they are distributing it though, but not the creators of it.

[mnosteele52]

AVS is Kaspersky minus some important features, it only gives you the file and email scanning. AOL basically just distributes it since they purchased the rights to use Kaspersky, so it's not really an AOL product at all.

:)

[Qui-Gon John]

Thanks, figured it was something like that. :)

[Qui-Gon John]

BTW, finally got around to downloading and installing Active Virus Shield on my Vista PC, it DID NOT work. Driver incompatibility then I had to do a System Restore to the manual restore point I made prior to uninstalling Anti-Vir, which even Anti-Vir wasn't working and I had to let it's repair run.

This is the AVS I downloaded back on 7/5/07.

[mnosteele52]

Qui-Gon John I have had an issue lately trying to install AVS in Vista, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't so I like you have been using Anti-Vir for my clients who want a free program. You can try and download the right version of AVS from HERE (http://download.nullsoft.com/avs/AVS_v25.exe)(direct download) and try it if you like.

:D

[Qui-Gon John]

I have AVS on 2 of my 3 XP machines, so far. My impressions is it seems to make the computer run a bit slower than AVG, at times. But, if it is giving me better protection, I can live with the little bit slower. It also seems to take quite a bit longer to do a full scan, than AVG.

[Qui-Gon John]

Qui-Gon John I have had an issue lately trying to install AVS in Vista, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't so I like you have been using Anti-Vir for my clients who want a free program. You can try and download the right version of AVS from HERE (http://download.nullsoft.com/avs/AVS_v25.exe)(direct download) and try it if you like.

:D

mno, have u successfully loaded that version on Vista and gotten it working?

Thx,
John

[Qui-Gon John]

How do I incorporate a manual download so AVG AS sees it?

I downloaded the latest .bin file, (u7aspydb2855u2246a3.bin) but now how do I make AVG AS see it. I looked in Program Files\Grisoft\AVG AntiSpyware\Signatures and it seems the files there are several smaller files for each date.

[YARDofSTUF]

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/updates/

[Qui-Gon John]

I ran that but my Status page still shows old update - 2/7/08.

[YARDofSTUF]

Is this PC not conencted to the net or something? Why cant you just click update?

[Qui-Gon John]

Keeps coming up invalid license. Then I reenter and it says OK. But when I run update, same error comes up.