Does AVG free 8.0 have an Active Scanner?

Question

I really want to know =p because I really dont want to pay for somthing like this. lol I cant afford it right now, so anything like this free works fro me. AVG has been awesome!! I have had it since 7.5, and I have had no problems what so ever. But I have heard that it has NO Active Scanner. So..can someone please clear this up foe me?

thanks all!!

Answer 1

It has real-time protection that detects any viruses from things you download or any flash drive you put in your computer. That's all that really matters. You can test AVG to see if it protects your computer from dangerous downloads form this site. The download contains a harmless test virus. It passes the test if it alerts you about a virus.

http://www.rexswain.com/eicar.html

Answer 2

Hi

AVG free has real-time protection from viruses and malware/spyware. Though it lacks scanning for unknown rootkits, Linkscanner Pro, and some advanced real-time protection which is not really necessary.