According to their forums, this latest version includes the following: Date: March 17, 2009 07:22PM Program update AVG Free 8.5.278 Fixes & Improvements New type of malware definitions, which allows a polymorphic malware detection without creating any specialized algorithm. Faster detection of polymorphic malware. Fixed update on Windows 2000 with system drive formatted by FAT32 file system. Added detection of several other polymorphic malware (Swizzor, Sinowal, Skintrim families). Some of the LinkScanner crashes in Firefox resolved. Tray icon of error status changed. It is possible to start AVGUI in Safe Mode. Even if you're already running a copy of the free 8.0 version, upgrading to this one will require a full downlod of the newer free 8.5 version. Considering some of the newer features, this looks like an easy decision. If you're still running the free 7.x version on any operating system other than Linux, you REALLY need to get your protection up to speed and update to the latest one. For those who prefer to go and get it manually, the main link is below. http://free.avg.com/download Peace, Gman http://www.bornagainamerican.org "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 10:18 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- AVG > The last couple of days I have been having a popup on my screen inviting > me > to update to the latest version of AVG. I am using the free one. Has > anyone upgraded? I would appreciate any comments or advise as to whether > or > not I should do this. > Sandi --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------