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AVG Technologies plans to release a revamped version of its popular, free anti-malware scanner on Thursday.
Version 8.0 of the software will add anti-spyware and safe searchfeatures to its core anti-virus engine. Safe surfing features, thatgive users warnings about visiting insecure websites all the time notjust when they search, will remain a paid feature of AVG's full fatproduct.
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Both the safe search and safe surfing features use Linkscannertechnology, acquired by AVG when it bought Exploit Prevention Labs lastDecember
Larry Bidwell, AVG's global security strategist, explained that aswell as keeping a small database of known bad sites Linkscanner looksfor pointers to dodgy content, such as links to encrypted JavaScriptfiles often associated with malware downloads, on analysed sites.
The increasing hacker tactic of planting drive-by-downloads onlegitimate websites makes such real time analysis techniques moreimportant, he added.
AVG 8.0 comes free of charge to consumers and will be available,initially in English only, from Thursday 24 April. Italian, French, andSpanish versions are also in the works. Previously, the free version ofthe scanner was only available in English.