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Description

The good:
 AVG Internet Security 8.0 includes Linkscanner technology to block malicious Web sites 

The bad:
 AVG Internet Security 8.0 is resource heavy; flags some legitimate programs as potentially harmful; doesn't provide additional information on malicious software beyond identification; doesn't provide adequate antiphishing protection; installs the Yahoo search engine

The bottom line:
 AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives. 

Specifications:
 License type: Complete package ; Min processor type: 2 GHz Intel Pentium , 1 GHz Intel Pentium ; Version: 8 ; See full specs 

CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Robert Vamosi 
Reviewed on: 03/05/2008 
Released on: 02/28/2008 
AVG Internet Security 8.0 has many new features including Linkscanner technology, which AVG Technologies acquired with its recent acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs. Overall, the product falls flat as an Internet security suite. Missing from the suite is adequate antiphishing protection beyond e-mail blocking. AVG Internet Security 8.0 flags malicious Web sites, however, unlike the standalone version of Linkscanner there is no additional information provided about the threat. We also found the AVG suite to be resource heavy and produced false positives. AVG also installs the Yahoo as default search engine in up to two locations within your Internet browser, depending upon your installation choices. 

Installation
We were able to download and install AVG Internet Security 8.0 on a Dell XPS machine running Windows XP SP2 with no difficulty and without rebooting. If you are upgrading from a previous version of AVG, you must uninstall that version first before installing version 8.0. AVG provides a fully functional 30-day trial. 

While installing, AVG asks one critical question: do you want to install the security toolbar? Since it's hard to say whether you want that, we recommend saying no. Although AVG recommends the security toolbar installation, we found that it installs a prominent search box with Yahoo as the default search engine with little else at this time. Even without the toolbar, we were still able to use the Linkscanner technology. 

After installation, AVG walks you through a seven-step process: 


Screen one merely describes the wizard 
Screen two asks how often AVG should update itself 
Screen three asks if you want to report compromised Web sites to AVG 
Screen four asks if you want to use the Yahoo search as your Internet browser default (this is the second time you are asked to adopt the Yahoo search engine; if you installed the security toolbar, you'll already have Yahoo on your browser via the toolbar) 
Screens five and six lets you to download updates 
The seventh step tells you that the seven-step process you've completed is just the first part. 

AVG strongly urges that you to proceed with the Firewall Wizard once the first setup process is finished. First, AVG asks if you have a standalone computer or a network computer. Next, it asks you to select which directories have your common applications that need to access the Internet. The next few screens walk you through configuring the firewall. Afterward, you will see several messages warning you that something is trying to access the Internet. We think there were more of these with AVG than with similar products. 

We do not like the interface in AVG Internet Security 8.0. Although it is an improvement over the previous design, the right windowpane is too crowded with large icons for Antivirus, Antispyware, Rootkit, and Update. There are 12 icons in all. Below each is a statement telling you if that feature is active. Clicking an icon will either access additional information about that tool or run that specific scan. 

The left windowpane includes only three options, Overview (the icon view in the right-hand window), Computer Scanner, and Update Now. Computer Scanner has but one option, scan all. Update Now is equally opaque, mysteriously searching and downloading something onto your PC. 

A toolbar above these windows contains the advanced feature options. 

Features
The biggest addition to AVG Internet Security 8.0 is Linkscanner, but the integration is less than optimal. Also, the apparent lack of antiphishing protection within AVG Internet Security is curious. Linkscanner is known for two things: its capability to block malicious code and its lack of antiphishing protection. AVG considers its antispam technology as its antiphishing protection, but e-mail phishing is just one part of the threat. 

We tested AVG Internet Security 8.0 by visiting five current phishing Web sites listed on Phish Track. AVG reported none to be suspicious, although the default antiphishing protection in Firefox 2.0 did flag several sites. 

		

Contents of download:

AVG_Internet_Security_8.0_Incl._Keygen

• avg_iswt_stf_all_8_169a1359.exe (64 MB)
• keygen.exe (0.1 MB)
• Notes.txt (4.8 KB)
• Torrent downloaded from Demonoid.com.txt (0 KB)

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