AVG has upgraded itssecurity protection software for SMEsand consumers with the release of AVG Internet Security
8.0.
The product protects users against a broad spectrum of security
threats including web exploits, malware, rootkits, system intrusion
and spam.
AVG 8.0 delivers a significant number of new benefits to users
designed to deliver enhanced protection against the latest
web-borne threats, without sacrificing the product's signature
efficiency and unobtrusiveness, said AVG.
Karel Obluk, CTO at AVG Technologies, said, "AVG 8.0 expands
upon our traditional strengths in anti-virus and anti-spyware with
the integration of the LinkScanner real-time safe searching and
surfing technologies, obtained through our acquisition of Exploit
Prevention Labs last December."
In addition to the LinkScanner web exploit protection, other new
benefits include faster scanning performance through a
multi-threaded scanning engine that leverages the latest multi-core
hardware, protection against rootkits and system intrusion,
security for MSN and ICQ instant messaging, and detection of
infected file downloads.