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AVG Free 8.0 now available in Brazilian Portuguese
For the first time, the Brazilian users can fight the silent threat of drive-by downloads in real time with a free, Brazilian Portuguese language program
Rio de Janeiro - November, 2008– AVG Technologies, the first software developer to provide free real-time protection against the stealthiest threats to today’s Internet users, today announces the availability of the first Brazilian Portuguese language version of its popular AVG Free 8.0 security software, already used by more than 6 million persons in Brazil in English.
“This is a timely announcement for Brazilian computer users,” said AVG Technologies’ chief executive officer JR Smith. “Research from our Exploit Prevention Labs division indicates that users in Brazil were more likely to encounter poisoned websites than the global average. The just-in-time protection afforded users of AVG Free 8.0 is the most effective defense against these stealthy threats available today.”
AVG Free 8.0 goes beyond the protection provided by other free security products to deliver just-in-time protection against drive-by downloads - invisible threats that can download malware onto a user’s computer without the user taking any action at all. This invisible infection process is the fastest-growing threat on the Internet today, and is widely used by organized criminals for identity theft and other commercial gain. These threats can be hidden in any type of website, and may remain on any given site for an hour, a day, or a week; the length of time a site remains infective often depends on how many visitors the site gets, as the criminals distributing the malware frequently have a target quota of information to steal.
The transient nature of these threats means they are impossible to track down using conventional anti-virus or anti-spyware products or, for that matter, most “safe-surfing” products. AVG’s unique Safe-Search protection is different because it protects users at the most important time – when they click on a url in a search results page. Users of Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines will see a ‘danger – do not go here’ message when they try to access one of these poisoned pages. To make it even easier for users to protect themselves against these new threats, Safe-Search is incorporated into the new AVG Security Toolbar, so it’s always at hand.
AVG also provides a separate Active Safe-Surf capability in the commercial versions of its products, which adds real-time scanning to detect infected and potentially-infected content as users browse the web, outside of search engines. LinkScanner technology works with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
The launch of this new Brazilian Portuguese language version is part of a concerted effort made by the company to make its free product more accessible to computer users across the globe. AVG’s commercial products have been available in Brazilian Portuguese for several years, but this is the first time the company has released a localized version of the free product.
“We strongly believe that all users, regardless of how they use their computers, have the right to a safe and worry-free online experience,” said Karel Obluk, chief technology officer at AVG Technologies. “We’re pleased to make that experience more accessible for users in Brazil by providing our free protection software in Brazilian Portuguese.”
AVG Free 8.0 is intended for personal and non-commercial use on single computers running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. While AVG Technologies does not provide support for AVG Free 8.0, the company hosts a free website and forum for user-driven support at free.avg.com/br-pt.
The Brazilian Portuguese free version of AVG 8.0 will be available for download on November, 1st from the website www.superdownloads.com.br and on November 4th from www.baixaki.com.br and free.avg.com/br-pt.
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AVG is a global security solutions leader protecting more than 80 million consumers and small business computer users in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. Headquartered in Amsterdam, AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free online, downloadable software model allows entry-level users to gain basic anti-virus protection and then to easily and inexpensively upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense in both single and multi-user environments. Nearly 6,000 resellers, partners and distributors team with AVG globally including Amazon.com, CNET, Cisco, Ingram Micro, Play.com, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo!.
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