Is AVG Anti-Virus still free?

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Hi,

In the past, I've used Norton Anti-Virus (usually gotten as part of Systemworks or the previous equivalents). For various reasons, I decided when I did my new system installation, I would find an alternative. I had pretty much settled on AVG.

Realizing that the latest version I had was already several months old, I went to their site to download the latest version, only to find that the word 'Free' is no longer mentioned. Instead, it is now called a 30-day trial, so I am in bit of a quandry.

Can someone tell me if AVG is still basically free, in spite of mention of a 30-day trial, or does it really inactivate after 30 days (or not allow you to download virus sigs, etc.)?

If AVG is no longer really free, what alternatives are there? A few months ago I read a computer mag column on viruses in one my local libraries, and they slammed most of the best-known commercial A-V programs for various reasons. AVG got one of their highest recommendations; I think they mentioned some other ones, but I didn't note the names since I was already leaning towards AVG.

Heh, I don't remember what mag it was or which library it was at, so don't know if I could even refind the article.

Any comments would be appreciated, thanks.

Regards,

Dako-ta
"The true test of a man's intelligence is how much he agrees with you."
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