Ultimate AVG Anti-Virus Guide

 

Firstly AVG Is a free and grate anti virus for new and old computers. Anti-Virus Software is a must have to protect your

 

passwords and other information you have on your computer. This guide is going to tell you how to download and use AVG

 

Anti-Virus

 

 

 

1. Downloading The Software.

 

 

 

2. Installing The Software.

 

 

 

3. Scaning your computer and downloads.

 

 

 

4. Updates.

 

 

 

5. Congrats you now know how to use avg and your computer is protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start.

 

 

 

Step 1. You must download AVG Anti-Virus Via This Link: Avg Link

 

 

 

Step 2 How to install the software.

 

 

 

After You downloaded avg from the link above you will have the avg

 

installer in the file you saved it too go to there and open it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you opend the link click run this will start the install.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go thro the installer fill in and do what it asks then avg will be fully

 

installed after this prosses.

 

 

 

step 3. How to scan your computer and downloads for virus

 

 

 

Go to the avg icon and click it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click "Control Centre"

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the main bit to scan your computer click scan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do get any virus it will be automaticly moved to the virus volt

 

and locked away so its not in your computer.

 

 

 

Thats how you scan your computer I suggest do this once a week to be safe.

 

 

 

When you download somthing of the web e.g Pking Video after its hit

 

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dont click Open click cancel.

 

 

 

Then go to were the file would of saved right click it scan

 

it to see if it has any virus

 

 

 

 

 

 

step 4. How to keep updated.

 

 

 

To update AVG, once you have it installed, is very easy. Look at the system tray (next to the Clock) and you will see the AVG icon which is either Gray or in Colour. A gray AVG icon means AVG has not been updated for a while and is really in need of an update, whereas a colour AVG icon normally means AVG is either up-to-date as of now or has not been updated within the last couple of days or so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right click on the AVG icon and a menu will appear With the mouse pointer highlight the Check For Updates menu-item and then select it by clicking the Left Mouse Button. This will take you to the Update window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-click on the AVG icon and a menu will appear

 

 

 

Highlight the Check For Updates menu-item and then select it with a Left-click

 

 

 

The Update window - Click on the INTERNET button.

 

 

 

With the Update window displayed simply left click on the INTERNET button. If your main internet connection is on AVG will make an extended internet connection to its computer, from your computer, in order to download any updated Virus Definition Files it may have available.

 

 

 

A Virus Definition File is a file (database) that tells an Anti-Virus program (such as AVG) how to identify and cure known viruses, as well as how to identify and hopefully cure newly written viruses based on history cases. AVG also has Update files that contain instructions for AVG itself as well as instructions on how to better protect your files (Emails, Data Files and so on) in general. If you do not make regular checks for updated Virus Definition Files (and Update files) your Anti-Virus program will not be aware of future virus dangers and therefore will not be able to protect your files.

 

 

 

The INTERNET button means you want AVG to check for updated Virus Definition Files (and Update files) using an Extended Internet Connection to its computer. And the FOLDER button means you already have a Virus Definition File, and/or Update file(s), stored inside a folder that you want AVG to check.....to see if it is up-to-date or too old. The FOLDER option is for advanced users who download their Virus Definition Files, and/or Update file(s), from an Internet Cafe for example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVG is making an Extended Internet Connection to its computer

 

 

 

AVG has connected to its computer and found an Update (Virus Definition) File

 

 

 

If AVG was able to connect to its AVG Computer. AVG then searches its AVG Computer for any newly created Virus Definition Files and Update files (put there by the AVG programmers). If it finds any it notifies you by listing each update in the AVG update window (Fig 1.5 above). You then have a choice. Click on the UPDATE button to start downloading the selected update file. Click on the More Information button to find out more about the selected update. Or click on the CLOSE button because you do not want to download any update files. In this example I will click on the UPDATE button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVG is now downloading, onto my computer, the Priority Update file.

 

 

 

Download Complete. AVG is now updating itself with new Virus Information/Instructions.

 

 

 

Update Complete. Click on the OK button.

 

 

 

After clicking on the UPDATE button and letting the selected update file download and install itself you then click on the OK button ignoring the timer, to finish the update procedure. You must repeat the above update procedure for each update file listed in AVG's updates window.

 

 

 

Now that AVG knows about the current virus threats it will know how to stop certain viruses from getting onto the computer and how to deal with those viruses that got past the old Virus Definition Files.....but hopefully not past any newly updated Virus Definition File(s).

 

 

 

Protection software that needs an update file can only deal with past threats and guess how to deal with new threats (based upon patterns of behaviour and so on), but they cannot actually prevent every type of future threat. Hence why, in order to reduce the risk of infection, it is important to be up-to-date with Definition Files.

 

 

 

Step 5. Congratz Your Computer Is Now Protected.

 

 

 

Thank You For Reading

 

 

 

Written By "Feared Gear"

1-Post user wanting us to download stuff. Somebody check link please?

1-Post user wanting us to download stuff. Somebody check link please?

 

 

 

AVG is a well known company, though if you really don't trust it, follow the instructions from this link.

 

 

 

AVG Free Anti-Virus

Nice guide.

 

The site is 100% legitimate.

 

I use AVG Free and believe it to be a great AV.

Good guide, but, this is going to be locked/deleted. Please check the rules, as it clearly states here:

 

This forum is for RuneScape game guide submissions and evaluation ONLY! All other topics/posts will be removed without notice.

 

 

 

Possibly put this guide in the "Tech and Computers" Area.

Already have and use. Very good guide layout though.

I use it, it works good. It mainly(for me) finds trojan horses..

avg is very gud i have that aswel as mcafee nsecurity center very gud software

Thanks, I'm downloading it right now :D

the link are 100% safe

 

but for the ppl that dont trust them google "avg free", and you will get a link to there website

Ty for telling the link is safe i redirected to avg site because people wont trust donloading from a link if i made :)

Caught 27 viruses in 2 days. Took almost 2 years for my other anti-virus not to find them. :lol:

 

 

 

Thanks so much! My computer's running a lot faster now.

AVG is completely legitimate, yes. I've been using it for quite a while. AVG free is more than enough, it still has a bunch of functions very useful to an average PC user...

 

 

 

10/10

How does it rate compared to AVs that you have to pay for? Am I better off getting Nortans with internet security with the firewall and all the other stuff, or will this be just as good?

How does it rate compared to AVs that you have to pay for? Am I better off getting Nortans with internet security with the firewall and all the other stuff, or will this be just as good?

 

AVG Free is the one the best, if not the best free AV. Its hard to compare to a paid for AV.

 

However if you are looking for a free Security Suite you can combine;

 

*AVG Free, its what this guide is about and as people will tell you its very good.

 

*Ad-Aware, this will catch any spy/ad/mal ware which AVG Free may miss.

 

*Zone Alarm Basic, very effective and easy to use.

 

 

 

All are free and compete with most paid for products.

 

As for choosing a free product over a paid for one, its your choice.

Cheers man, I may look into some paid ones, will read up and see which ones fair the best.

I have AVG Antivirus myself. Works pretty well.

Yup, AVG is the best one I've had.

 

 

 

So simple a 15 year old can use it.