Does AVG just detect viruses or does it also get rid of them?

Question

Does AVG just detect viruses or does it also get rid of them?

Answer 1

The free version detects and deltes but it doesn't detect very much.

Answer 2

Avg works great with Spybot. I feel AVG just won't be enough protection for anti virus and other culprit spyware. lol :0 )

Download Spybot , download Windows Defender, restart computer, then run Spybot. See what the scan comes up with.

Virus Protection--  2 programs of virus protection will conflict with each other and will actually cancel out the protection.

Running Spybot and Defender, with EITHER Avast or Avg (great Free virus protection programs ) will keep a computer in good working condition.

Windows Defender and Spybot are  2 really good Spyware Programs.

Links Below are Programs that WILL Help.

I have Both AVG and Spybot on my computer.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.519

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5.2

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-De...

Avast

http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registrati...

Ccleaner

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4.html?q...

Hope this helps.

Good Luck

Answer 3

It will quarantine or delete certain infections but also is known for its false positive detections.

I personally don't like it and tend to recommend the following protection for computers:-

Avast Home Edition http://avast.com

Run a full scan once a month. I find this the best free anti-virus software

SUPERantispyware http://superantispyware.com

Update and run a full scan once a week.

Spybot Search and Destroy http://safer-networking.org

Update, Immunize and scan once a week.

ccleaner http://ccleaner.com

Run the Cleaner scan and remove all it finds

Run the Registry scan and fix all issues but repeat this until nothing is detected.

Run this daily.

Comodo Firewall  http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Some people just prefer the Windows one but this is better.

Check that you don't need to defragment monthly and also run a Disk Cleanup monthly too.

Answer 4

the free version does both and lies to you ..get threatfire ,windows defender, and windows firewall..ive tried them all and this is the best free combo ive found..you can do what you want ..this is worry free and doesnt bug you to death..research it ...