Special - Axiom heavily reduces price on AVG Internet Security 3-Pack!
3 March 2010 - Buy the AVG Internet Security 3-Pack for just $124.00 (2 year license) until 31 March 2010. Complete protection for up to 3 computers. The 3-Pack special is available for purchase from our website.
New Release - AVG 9.0 Business Security suite
28 October 2009 - AVG Internet Security Business Edition 9.0 and
AVG Anti-Virus Business Edition 9.0 are now available for
purchase and download from our website. This release also comes with substantial price reductions. AVG has simplified its business software line-up, plus reduced prices. The strengthening Australian dollar has enabled reduced local pricing. The combination means massive savings for AVG business customers.
New Release - New Faster AVG 9.0 Internet Security
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October 2009 - Responding to customer feedback, AVG have put special focus on improving the user experience and ease of use. As a result, AVG 9.0 is up to 50 percent faster than AVG 8.5, thanks to more sophisticated caching techniques and memory use. Boot times have also been reduced by around 10 to 15 percent and overall the installation process on the AVG Internet Security have been shortened from 22 screens to 11.In addition, AVG firewall enhancements include a complete redesign and a new cloud-based white listing database to reduce the amount of user input required to secure a PC.
Both AVG Internet Security 9 and AVG Anti-Virus 9 are available for purchase and download for a two-year license of $109.00 and $69.00, respectively. The main difference between the two is that AVG Anti-Virus lacks the firewall, identity protection, anti-spam, and system tools that come in AVG Internet Security.
Conficker/Downadup/Kido worm infects over 9 Million PCs
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March 2009 - AVG
Anti-Virus and
Internet Security
products protect
your Windows PC from
all known variants
of the recent
Conficker/Downadup/Kido
worm that has been
infecting numerous
PCs worldwide. On
Windows PCs already
infected with the
Conficker/Downadup/Kido
worm, AVG products
also detect and
remove all known
variants.
The AVG Technologies
Labs has been
actively tracking
the spread of the
Conficker/Downadup/Kido
worm since the end
of November 2008.
Unpatched PCs are
most at risk, as
well as networks
with weak or no
passwords. This
worm, alternatively
known as I-Worm.Generic,
is able to spread
very quickly because
it uses three
effective ways to
propagate:
- Exploits a Windows vulnerability, see MS Security Bulletin MS08-067. The Microsoft patch was released released on 23 October 2008, but it seems there are still a lot of unpatched computers.
- Exploiting network shares with weak or no passwords. The worm contains a list of common passwords - a good reason to use strong passwords.
- Copies itself to removable media, usually USB sticks. Using the AutoRun function (creates autorun.inf file)
The first versions
of Conficker/Downadup/Kido
were seen at the end
of November /
beginning of
December, 2008. By
late January 2009
the AVG Technologies
Labs had observed
more than 300
different variants.
All known variants
are detected and
healed by AVG
products. Besides
spreading, the worm
can also download
other malware and
can redirect
legitimate URLs
access to various
other malicious web
pages.
How to protect
against the
Conficker worm:
It is necessary to
install the
mentioned Windows
update and make sure
your AVG product is
fully up-to-date.
Microsoft have also
released a special
KB article:
Microsoft Virus
alert about the
Win32/Conficker.B
worm.
Download the latest
AVG update for
maximum protection.
In case your
computer is infected
by Conficker:
If your PC is
already infected by
the Conficker/Downadup/Kido
worm, it may not be
possible to update
your AVG product
correctly. In order
to allow correct AVG
updates, please
proceed as follows:
Open Start -> Run.
Type 'cmd'.
In the opened
command line windows
type the following
command and press
Enter:
net stop dnscache
It will be possible
to update your AVG
product now. Once
updated, run an AVG
scan to remove the
infection:
AVG -> Computer
Scanner -> Scan
whole computer
When the scan is
finished, please
restart your
computer.
