AVG free anti-virus for Linux

Grisoft, the makers of award-winning product AVG Free Antivirus has released it for GNU/Linux. I used to use AVG antivirus for windows and found it to be effective against numerous viruses. It was also providing maximum protection with little resources.

AVG for Linux is going to be the first commercial-grade antivirus product developed for home linux users.

AVG for linux has the following features:

  • Rapid virus database updates for the lifetime of the product
  • Small update files that do not drain system resources
  • Automatic update functionality
  • AVG On-Demand Scanner, which allows users to perform scheduled and manual tests
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