AVG Launches Free Protection Against Online Threats

AVG Technologies, developers of the world's leading free anti-virus software, is today launching AVG LinkScanner as a free standalone product to protect users who want to safe surf the internet against random, invisible online threats. On any given day, some two million web pages are poisoned by hidden threats. And every day, 60 percent of those threats shut down or move to a different destination on the web - which makes real-time link scanning crucial.

Any type of site can be affected, from a small business to a government department to a major brand-name company. If a user simply visits one of these poisoned web pages they don't even need to click on anything to get into real trouble, to lose their credit card details, their ID or other valuable information or files. Regular anti-virus software alone cannot protect against this type of threat. It requires a solution that provides safe surf and safe search capabilities.