AVG Technologies announced that its family of free and paid internet security products, AVG 9.0, would be generally available to the market in October 2009. Boosted by significant enhancements in speed and levels of protection, AVG 9.0 is also easier to use and improves end user experience.

AVG 9.0 will provide home computer users with a more powerful and more streamlined solution that adds protection without impacting user experience, taking us back to our core strength of low impact, high performance security, said J.R. Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies. Weve always believed that everyone has the right to a safe online experience. With AVG 9.0, we are providing first-class assistance to our users in their development of tools and measures for their safety from all of the threats posed by cybercriminals and identity thieves, whether theyre working, playing, banking or shopping on the web.

AVG 9.0 delivers improved anti-phishing detection through enhancements to its LinkScanner offering, which can now more quickly and accurately determine whether or not a web page is hosting a phishing attack. This is accomplished by allowing the software to apply more than 100 different potential threat indicators to a page. If the result is inconclusive, LinkScanner then makes a call to the cloud to check a multitude of phishing feeds plugged into the AVG research network to make a final determination regarding threat potential.

 The complete AVG 9.0 paid family of consumer products is available now. Pricing for a one-year, one-seat license for AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 starts at Rs 1,001 and a two-year, one-seat license for AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 starts at Rs. 1,488/-. AVG Free 9.0 will be available mid-October.