AVG Anti virus is indeed one of the mainstays commonly used by computer or laptop users to protect their computers or laptops from viruses. The existence of AVG has been eagerly awaited by the public because AVG software is considered as one of the effective anti-virus in overcoming one of the complicated problems in the computer world caused by a virus.
Viruses on your computer or laptop are very annoying because the presence of this virus can reduce the performance of your computer or laptop and can even eliminate some important files.
History of AVG Anti Virus
AVG software has been eagerly awaited by the public for computer or laptop users. It was evident at the time of the release of AVG that it received high appreciation and was shown by the number of uses of AVG on most computers or laptops.
AVG anti virus was created by AVG Technologies developer who is already well known among antivirus lovers as one of the developers who are always consistent in creating features that are always new and updated. So that it can make it easier for AVG users in warding off various kinds of viruses that might infect your computer or laptop.
This AVG software is always updated to fix deficiencies in the previous AVG version. Since the 10th version of AVG, this software has not received a change in the name of the version which was originally number-based like version 10.000. Now the change in the name of the version is changed based on the year of the update, as in the 10th AVG version which was given the name AVG anti virus 2011.
The change in the name base of the version is indeed very useful for people who already have this AVG software because with the change in name the users AVG will find it easier to memorize and recognize the name of the latest AVG version.
How to Install and Use AVG Anti Virus
To install AVG software is fairly easy because you only need to follow each step so that you can get the functions of this software.
The first step to install this AVG software is to first download the installer and the serial number which will be used in the installation of this software. If the installation has been downloaded, you can open the file and wait for the language selection dialog box to appear as a guide to install this software.
Choose a language that you master so that you understand and understand each of the rules and steps contained in the installer.
If you have already determined the language to be used in this installer, click next and follow the next instructions. The next step in installing AVG software is to fill in the agreement in the agreement dialog box by selecting the accept option on the options provided.
After that, a dialog box will appear asking you to select an option to install AVG anti-virus. The options contained in the dialog box are express install for the recommended one and custom install for installation by adjusting the settings contained in the AVG software.
Choose one and what most people usually choose is the first option, namely the express install option which is recommended by the AVG software developer.
If you have selected the option, click next. The next step is to check all the options in the Security Toolbar dialog box and then click next.
Then you just need to wait for the installation process to complete and if the installation process has gone well, the congratulations window will appear. But you need to know that the AVG software is still a trial which is valid only for 30 days.
In order for the newly installed AVG software to be valid forever, you must enter the serial number that was downloaded in the first step.
The first step to using this serial number is to open the AVG software you just installed then select the options menu and click activate. After that a dialog box will appear where you have to enter the serial number in the activation code box.
Enter the serial number into the field and click activate. If you have done all the steps correctly, the AVG software will be active and you just need to update the existing database. Using this AVG software is very easy.
If you want to detect a virus on your computer or laptop. The first step you can take to do this is to open AVG antivirus and select the system scan option. This option will help you detect the presence of a virus on your computer or laptop.
If you want to detect or scan in its entirety, you can tick all the available options and you can also select only certain documents to be scanned and then tick the document.
In this scan also given several scan options that can be done slowly, quickly or automatically. The difference between the three options in AVG antivirus lies in the use of resources used during the scanning process.
Slow scanning does not require large resources so you can scan while opening several other applications (multitasking) while for fast scanning you have to close other applications that are running during the scanning process because this scanning process requires large resources.
As for the automatic option, the scanning process is carried out by adjusting the number of resources available during this process so that this process can run fast or slow which is influenced by the number of resources available during the process.
In addition to scanning files or documents on your computer or laptop. Like to scan emails and files you just downloaded. This scan aims to prevent viruses that may enter when you get an email or when you download certain files.
To get this scan of emails and downloaded files you must choose to use this feature during AVG software installation so that the scan can run automatically.
Scanning of emails and downloaded files is very important to do because at this time a lot of virus spreads are carried out through this way so that with this feature, your computer or laptop will be more protected from the virus.
The other most important thing you need to know about this software besides how to install and use it is about software updates.
This AVG software must be updated frequently so that the virus database contained in this AVG anti virus can be updated so that the effectiveness of the AVG software in warding off viruses becomes more effective.