Download AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 10.0.1170

AVG Technologies has released an update for version 10 of AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This free version of AVG’s antivirus protects just as well against viruses, but has to do without social network protection compared to its paid brother, AVG Anti-Virus Pro. set and receives its updates with a lower priority. In addition, it should of course not be used in commercial environments. In version 10.0.1170 we find the following changes and improvements:

Fixes & Improvements

• Core: Fixed issue with random high CPU load of avgtray.exe.
• Core: Fixed issue with BZIP2 vulnerability (thanks to vulncoord at ficora.fi).
• Core: Fixed issue with endless loop in case of PC is out of memory.
• Core: Fixed reporting of stripped file extensions inside archives.
• Core: Improved polymorphic malware detection methods.
• Email Scanner: Email scanner crash fixed.
• Email Scanner: Fixed removing email attachments without copying them to AVG Virus Vault.
• Email Scanner: Fixed IMAP parsing problem.
• Email Scanner: Fixed issue with big fonts in email messages.
• Email Scanner: Fixed issue with encoding in POP3/SMTP protocols.
• Email Scanner: Fixed POP3 NTLM authentication (also known as SPA).
• Kernel: Fixed issue with installation fail on Kernel configuration upgrade.
• Safe Search: Fixed issue with LinkScanner verdict icons not reappearing after page refresh in Internet Explorer.
• Safe Search: Fixed issue with LinkScanner verdict icons not appearing in Internet Explorer for search results using Ask.com search engine.
• Safe Search: Fixed Safe Search support for Seznam.cz search engine.
• Safe Search: Fixed issue with naver.com and youtube.com upload.
• Safe Search: Fixed issue with AVG crash while accessing Eicar links in Internet Explorer after installation of Trusteer Rapport.
• Safe Search: Removed the extraneous text previously to Facebook notes.
• Safe Surf: Fixed issue with Safe Surf blocking certain types of CAPTCHAs in Internet Explorer and Chrome browsers.
• Safe Surf: Fixed issue with misleading links to AVG ThreatLabs posted on Facebook and MySpace.
• Safe Surf: Fixed issue with several pages not loading correctly.
• Setup: License is checked if suitable for the respective operating system.
• Setup: LoggerPath parameter creates a specific folder (if not existing yet). In case the operation fails, an error notification will be displayed.
• Setup: Fixed issue with uninstallation using newer installer version.
• Setup: Fixed issue with drivers installation requiring hard PC reset.
• Setup: Fixed issue with setup fail in case directory specified by LoggerPath parameter does not exist.
• Update: Fixed problem with blocked update.
• Update: Fixed issue with unnecessary restart request during program update.
• User interface: Added enhanced Resident Shield exceptions editor.

The following downloads are available:
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 10.0.1170 (web installer)
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 10.0.1170 (full, 32bit)
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 10.0.1170 (full, 64bit)

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 10 screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.