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AVG AntiVirus Wins Top Rated Security Product 2014

“Does exactly what it says on the tin” was an advertising slogan that appeared in the UK in the 90s. It resonated well with consumers due to its simplicity. Today, it’s a common term referring to something that is straightforward and does the job.

I am reminded of this phrase when I read the recent independent test results for the AVG AntiVirus products. The results show that AVG products are delivering our promise to protect our users from malware. Lets take a moment to review the recent results…

 

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Virus Bulletin (VB) tested 39 Anti-malware solutions running on Windows 7 Professional and AVG AntiVirus received the top RAP result with 91.6%. The test measures a products detection rates on the newest samples available as well as an unknown sample to see how quickly and accurately they detect it. Click here to see the full test results.

But it’s not just about An important part of providing the best protection is that the detection engine doesn’t slow down the performance of the machine. VB tested the performance impact slowdown vs detection and there was nothing to worry about here either, as you can see here.

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Detecting malware is of course extremely important but its also critical that malware is removed once detected and AV-Comparatives conducts a test that measures the quality of removal and AVG AntiVirus achieved ‘Gold’ status in this test along with ‘Top Rated Security Product 2014’.

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In summary the above tests show that the AVG AntiVirus products really do ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ for detection, performance and in the removal of malware.

It should give you the confidence to use the Internet without worry as AVG has you covered.

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AVG CloudCare wins VB100 antivirus award

AVG CloudCare™ is a platform that simplifies IT management for the small and medium-sized business. It protects devices, data and people with a set of flexible services that you can manage remotely from any web browser. Activate or deactivate services, roll out policies, install software, and simply take care of issues, all in a single platform.

The importance of independent reviews on products designed for the SMB’s is that these businesses do not have the time and resource, nor the inclination in many cases, to research which solution will give them the security and reliability that their business requires.

In large enterprises teams of IT professionals evaluate multiple products and select based on criteria that their business demands. In small organisations the requirement to have a solution that answers the business needs does not change but the ability to research a market does differ.

Most SMB organizations trust their IT security to a partner, a reseller or consulting company that provides them the services and selection of products that an enterprise IT department would. The fact that the purchaser can easily validate the proposal from their IT partner by looking to see what accolades and awards the solution being offered has achieved makes the decision process much simpler.

VB100 is a comparative review conducted by Virus Bulletin, who put antivirus solutions through their paces with rigorous testing. In this case the testing was for servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

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