AVG 8.5 is a software program developed by AVG Technologies. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start. AVG Antivirus continues to gain the popularity of being one of the most popular free antivirus software on the net; thanks to the great combination of an easy. Mar 25, 2015 Windows XP x64. AVG Free Edition 8.5.285. 25 March, 2009 (9 years ago) 60.13 MB. Windows 2000, XP, XP x64.

I've been using AVG free for many years. They threatened to stop updates for v. 7.5 about a year ago to encourage people to upgrade to v.8. However the updates continued until just recently. I read some bad reviews about v.

Pocketnes Rom S. 8 last year and kept from upgrading as long as possible. In fact I installed Avast on my desktop which I am happy with. But on my laptop (where I still had AVG 7.5) I just installed AVG 8.5 build 3.something. Has anybody else used this AV recently? I'm wondering if there are any shortcomings.

I find that AVG is not something I would recommend. First off is the history of bungled updates and false positives. Some of these could result in a non bootable system. What I really dislike about version 8 is the new stuff like the link scanner which really bog things down and do not allow for simple uninstall or disabling. Many of the new 'features' wind up requiring you to do a complete uninstall and then custom install being very careful what you let it install if you do not want it running and bogging things down. And the poor performance at catching and blocking malware and removing infections, as well as the false positives continue. Monster Hunter Tri Usa For Pc Dolphin Emulator Cheats on this page. Change Sizing Software Engineering.