Upgrade to AVG 8.0
Last week, I upgraded our network from AVG 7.5 to AVG 8.0. It was a mostly painless process. The 8.0 version of the software looks slick and seems to be using less resources than the previous version. I haven’t noticed any slowdowns on machines because of it.
I was able to easily push the software to about half of the workstations through the admin console. It works by first installing an AVG Agent which is the tool that actually does the software installation. This process uninstalls 7.5 and installs 8.0.
For the other half of the workstations, I created an install script and had to run those on each of the machines. I could have scripted it to run on their next log-in, but it was just as easy for me to go around the building and get it done.
I’m not sure why I couldn’t push the install to every station as I had all the appropriate ports open in their firewalls, but for some reason it didn’t work. Unfortunately, the stations that run the install script do not fully appear in the Admin Console either.
Overall, not too bad. We’re all protected from the latest threats, and I like the new edition.
