AVG AntiVirus is a commercial version of an antivirus program manufactured in the Czech Republic. It is equipped with a resident scanner checking every file opened, working with Outlook and Outlook Express, an e-mail scanning module and a master scanner. It also provides protection against spyware.
Compared to the free edition, it has additional modules against rootkits, it also offers security when using instant messengers, search engines and downloads. AVG AntiVirus has a user-friendly and simple interface, many options, including periodic scanning of the entire drive, automatic updating of virus databases - even several times a day, while free editing users receive updates once a day. The scanner itself, thanks to heuristic analysis, is quite effective in searching for and neutralizing also unknown viruses.