AVG LinkScanner – Free and Easy

AVG launched its AVG LinkScanner as a free, standalone product on of April 20, 2009. The free version of AVG LinkScanner is compatible with most current consumer anti-virus and security suite products, and is available to home users only.

AVG LinkScanner also includes the AVG Security Toolbar, which provides easy access to LinkScanner capabilities right inside the browser, along with built-in access to Yahoo!'s search engine.

AVG LinkScanner showcases technology that is uniquely relevant to today's Internet users in ways that database-driven products (such as McAfee SiteAdvisor) are not. LinkScanner protects against random, invisible cyber-threats. These threats can steal or damage data simply by users visiting the infected page. Regular anti-virus software alone cannot protect users against this type of threat due to the transient nature of these threats. By the time the antivirus company updates and distributes their new definitions, the threat has already moved. LinkScanner gives users an additional real-time layer of protection alongside their existing security software.

So why give away such a valuable program? AVG Expects that this initiative will generate leads via downloads that will serve as an additional route by which to introduce new customers to the AVG product experience for later up-sell to a paid AVG solution.

The global announcement was made by AVG at the RSA Conference 2009 in San Francisco via a number of launch vehicles including meetings with key press and industry analysts, press release, a microsite and associated electronic marketing vehicles to drive download volume, a brief product demo and other tools designed to build awareness for the product.

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