AVG Goes Back to Basics with AVG 9.0
50 percent faster speed, improved performance, and ease of use, with industry’s only free identity theft protection.
Amsterdam, October 5, 2009 - AVG Technologies, developers of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, today announced that its family of free and paid internet security products, AVG 9.0, would be generally available to the market in October 2009. Boosted by significant enhancements in speed and levels of protection, AVG 9.0 is also easier to use and improves end user experience. Additionally, all AVG users in the U.S. will benefit from a groundbreaking identity theft offering, powered by a partnership with Intersections Inc., North America’s leading and most innovative provider of consumer identity theft prevention solutions which has served more than 25 million consumers. AVG’s new technology products ensure that users are safe in whatever online or offline activities they undertake.
“AVG 9.0 will provide home computer users with a more powerful and more streamlined solution that adds protection without impacting user experience, taking us back to our core strength of low impact, high performance security,” said J.R. Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies. “We’ve always believed that everyone has the right to a safe online experience. With AVG 9.0, we are providing first-class assistance to our users in their development of tools and measures for their safety from all of the threats posed by cybercriminals and identity thieves, whether they’re working, playing, banking or shopping on the web.”
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7 (32 and 64-bit)
http://www.avg.com/ca-en/products-avg-anti-virus
AVG Free 9.0 will be available mid-October and will be able to be downloaded at http://www.free.avg.com.
Press Release
http://www.avg.com/ca-en/press-releases-news.ndi-224899
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