AVG 8.5 Beta incl Identity Protection

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From Beta testing site:

-{ Quote: "Beta testing of AVG 8.5 incl. ID-Theft protection has been started!

New beta version of AVG 8.5 with ID-Theft protection system from recently acquired Sana Technologies has been released." }-

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To download the beta version a AVG Beta Account is needed, more informations:
http://www.grisoft.cz/ww.79461

Cheers

[vijayind]

WoW, That was quick !!

[deanmartin]

Going to give it a try on one of my xps.

[Legendkiller]

wow,that will be great.........avg is getting ahead of avast and probably in ther upper tier of AV's....
however,i think it will be part of its internet suite...

[Someone]

Is the identity protection basically PRSC?

[RejZoR]

Is it just me or this thing looks very similar to Norton Anti-Bot ?
I mean look at the GUI structure and placement (not including detailed design and colors).

[progress]

-{ Quote: "Is it just me or this thing looks very similar to Norton Anti-Bot ?
" }-

Yes, it is "Norton Anti-Bot" ;)

[Kees1958]

Well,

I have a PRSC lisence on Vista64. The advantage of PRSC is that it never pops-up. The downside is that you wonder why you are paying for it.

[Firecat]

-{ Quote: "wow,that will be great.........avg is getting ahead of avast and probably in ther upper tier of AV's....
however,i think it will be part of its internet suite..." }-
Currently it appears they are still deciding whether to include it on AVG 8 Pro edition or not. Most likely it will make it into the professional edition in some form or the other.

[m00nbl00d]

-{ Quote: "Yes, it is "Norton Anti-Bot" ;)" }-

And Norton Anti-Bot is a copy of PRSC. :D

Why change a UI that works great, and that will be familiar to long users of SANA's product? :)

[RejZoR]

If this will be also included in free version of AVG, we're looking at very interesting antivirus. If not, it will be the biggest fail...

[raven211]

-{ Quote: "If this will be also included in free version of AVG, we're looking at very interesting antivirus. If not, it will be the biggest fail..." }-

I think not, but I really hope I'm wrong. ;)

[gery]

Will this be a part of AVG Antivirus or of the suite? At their site it says it is thesuite

[firzen771]

-{ Quote: "Will this be a part of AVG Antivirus or of the suite? At their site it says it is thesuite" }-

im guessing it would only be in the suite, at least for now.

[Firecat]

-{ Quote: "im guessing it would only be in the suite, at least for now." }-
I think it will be included in AVG Pro at least. I looked up the news on a number of website and found some interesting comments:

-{ Quote: "Sana's software only uses one percent of the user's CPU power, Smith added, suggesting that this would help in providing optimum system performance." }-

http://www.crn.com/security/212900313

Very interesting statement. It remains to be seen what is the end result of it though. Maybe he means 1 percent of the latest Quad Core Intel processors ;D

Also from the same article:

-{ Quote: "Smith said that Sana's technologies will appear in two of its security suites -- its AV suite, and its full Internet suite -- by the end of the second quarter this year. Executives are also evaluating whether to market the technology as a standalone product. " }-

We might yet see a standalone application based on this......The statement about the technology making it into the AV only product appeared on some other websites as well.

-{ Quote: "In terms of availability, Smith outlined that Sana Security’s technologies will be applied to AVG’s anti-virus suite and also its comprehensive Internet suite by the end of Q2, 2009. A standalone version of the technologies could also be released at some point in the future." }-

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200903/2785/AVG-bulks-up-with-Sana-Security-acquisition

It does appear that at least AVG Pro will be getting the Sana Security technology.

About AVG free, well this is what they had to say:

-{ Quote: "AVG were still unsure about whether the new technology would be offered in its free software offering.

Smith said: “We try and differentiate between the pay and the paid, so that’s always the dilemma for us when it comes to new technology.

“We’re evaluating, so we’re not certain whether we are going to put it in the free software or not.”" }-

http://www.itpro.co.uk/609509/avg-buys-sana-to-avoid-cloud-based-security

[gery]

Any reports for this Beta from anyone using it

[aigle]

If they add it to the free version, AVG will become the best free AV, good AV, Link Scanner and PRSC. That,s too good.

[TechOutsider]

So it's Sana's technologies .. + AVG in-house heru.?

[RejZoR]

Current free AVG is rather crippled. Crappy popup for payable version and onle 1 update check per 24 hours...

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "Current free AVG is rather crippled. Crappy popup for payable version and onle 1 update check per 24 hours..." }-

Both easily rectified, and there's not many who beat it in terms of detection and speed of adding updates.

[Someone]

I think putting PRSC into AVG free wouldn't be viable economically, because then many people might not buy the Pro and Suite version.

[progress]

-{ Quote: "1 update check per 24 hours..." }-
-{ Quote: "easily rectified" }-

How can I disable this in AVG Free? :P

-{ Quote: "I think putting PRSC into AVG free wouldn't be viable economically, because then many people might not buy the Pro and Suite version." }-

I also think so ... ::)

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "How can I disable this in AVG Free? :P" }-
For the nag screen: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20471075-AVG-8-Free-Better-Than-75-After-Tweaking

For more frequent updates, just use the Scheduled Tasks applet in the Control Panel to schedule avgupd.exe to run as often as you want.

[progress]

Thank you Eice :thumb:

[Eice]

You're welcome. :)