Seperti diberitakan di www.grisoft.com, AVG 8.0 telah dirilis pada tanggal 28 Februari 2008 kemarin.

Produknya meliputi AVG Internet Security ( mencakup semua produk) , Anti Virus dan Anti Virus plus Firewall. Tambahan feature utamanya adalah fasilitas LinkScanner web exploit protection (realtime safe searching and surfing technologies). Perbaikan/tambahan di versi ini adalah sebagai berikut : Fitur ini untuk produk lengkap AVG 8.0 ( Internet Seciruty -Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Spam, LinkScanner & Firewall- )

New Anti-Exploit Technology AVG 8.0s patent-pending safe surfing and safe searching technology is designed to protect users of Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers against drive-by downloads from poisoned web pages and to flag dangerous search results in Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines. New Web Shield Complementing the safe surfing and searching technology, the new Web Shield module scans files during download or exchange over ICQ or MSN instant messaging to ensure they are safe and free of malicious content. New High Performance Scanning Engine AVG has reengineered the scanning engine from the ground up to tackle viruses and spyware in a single pass, delivering improved performance and speed through support for multi-core computers, reduced system resource requirements, and streamlined maintenance. New User Interface Enables more intuitive and efficient operation for novice and advanced users alike. New Anti-Rootkit This new component removes and protects against rootkits, an especially pernicious form of malware that can give cybercriminals high-level control over infected computers. New Firewall The all-new AVG firewall is designed to protect computers against unauthorized access from internal and external networks as well as direct hacker attacks. Improved Anti-Virus Provides improved detection of hidden viruses, faster scanning, and more intuitive scheduling of scans. Improved Resident Shield Provides enhanced on-access scanning with the ability to scan multiple file-open requests simultaneously. Anti-Spam

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AVG 8.0 Free Edition ? Sampai saat ini AVG 8.0 hanya tersedia untuk versi komersial ( AVG Anti Virus = USD 34.99, AVG Anti virus plus Firewall = USD 44.99 dan AVG Internet Security seharga USD 54.99 ). Untuk AVG Free Edition masih versi 7.5 (AVG 7.5.516.pri2). Semoga saja AVG 8.0 Free Edition juga segera tersedia, dan tidak dilupakan. Mengingat salah satu faktor suksesnya dan populernya AVG ini karena adanya AVG Free Edition. Download AVG 8.0 AVG versi 8.0 menyediakan download trial version yang bisa dicoba semua fasilitasnya selama 30 hari. Saya sendiri sudah mencoba menggunakan AVG 8.0 Anti Virus ini, tetapi sedikit kecewa dengan penggunaan CPU yang cukup berat dibanding sebelumnya. Mungkin karena integrasi dengan anti spyware dan tambahan fasilitas lainnnya. Jika ingin mencobanya silahkan download dari alamat : http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download atau jika anda ingin melihat beberapa antivirus ngetop di dunia dari alamat berikut: http://update-anti.blogspot.com/