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AVG provides antivirus and cybersecurity software for individual consumers and small business users.

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This page reflects public online discussion, collected and scored by automated systems and summarized using AI. It is not a statement of fact, not an audit, and not our own opinion of the product. Automated analysis can be incomplete or wrong, and scores carry the limitations described in our methodology. Companies can respond with their own perspective. See how this is calculated.

Updated June 22, 2026

Overall Pulse Score

45
Pulse Score

+26 over this period

A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 32 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 18 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.

Weekly Sentiment Trend

Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.

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This week in public discussion

Recent discussion around AVG has leaned more negative compared to the prior period, with sentiment dropping noticeably. Commenters raised repeated concerns about pricing being too high, poor support experiences, and buggy behavior, with several also finding the interface frustrating. On the positive side, a handful of mentions praised specific features and considered pricing fair, with a couple of voices highlighting security performance. Overall the tone was mixed but complaint themes appeared to outweigh the praise.

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AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Sentiment mix by week

How the tone of public discussion splits each week.

Ringed points mark weeks with unusually high discussion volume, more than double this product's typical week.

Most-discussed praise

Strong features8
Security praise5
Mobile app3
Fair pricing3
Reliability2

Most-discussed complaints

Bugs17
Reliability10
Poor support8
Pricing too high7
UI frustrations4

Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.

How AVG compares

Pulse Score over the selected period versus the top tracked competitors in Security.

Where the mentions come from

Share of the 32 relevant public mentions in the selected period, by source.

App Store100% (32)

Sample public mentions

Showing 5 of 32 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.

Exceptional. Top mobile phone protection and privacy app available to the public. Steers you away from evil like a bionic guardian that never sleeps. Acquire it now if you value your device, data and photos!

App StoreApr 2, 2026

Best vpn ever. The fact it is a free, unlimited use VPN that protects your from malware and redirects while browsing specific websites is a feature that leaves it completely in its own class, I would recommend anyone I actually care for to get it (I am not A.I, I found it natural...

App StoreMay 27, 2026

El mejor antivirus. Tenía un virus que obtuve tratando de descargar un juego gratis. Que literalmente me congelaba la pantalla cada 2-4 minutos y tenía que reiniciar el teléfono para volver a usarlo. Y descargué esta aplicación y le di todos los permisos y me lo eliminó.

App StoreFeb 24, 2026

Question. I pay for this service on my desktop and understood that I could use it for my phone and IPAD, but you are asking for further payment.’

App StoreApr 27, 2026

Good app!. Great app and I can trust it, but I am way too anxious about viruses and malware. But on my old phone, I got a virus by accident and this app cleaned it right out. Definitely recommend if you don’t want to pay a fortune for protection against spam, malware, and viruses...

App StoreMay 29, 2026

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Deeper analysis

  • Bugs, support dissatisfaction, and pricing complaints each appeared equally and together drove the overall sentiment lower across the window.
  • Sentiment trended downward from the previous period, with the score dropping noticeably and the most recent weekly readings returning to near-zero lows after a brief mid-window spike.
  • Opinion on pricing was clearly divided, with commenters splitting between calling it fair and flagging it as too high.
  • The very low mention volume means a handful of posts swung the scores dramatically, making the weekly trajectory highly unstable and hard to read as a firm trend.
Praise themeMentions
Strong features8
Security praise5
Mobile app3
Fair pricing3
Reliability2
Complaint themeMentions
Bugs17
Reliability10
Poor support8
Pricing too high7
UI frustrations4

Public discussion about AVG over the recent four-week window was sparse, with only nine total mentions captured, which means individual posts carried outsized weight in shaping the overall tone. The pulse score sitting at 45, down from a previous 51, reflects a modest but meaningful cooling in sentiment, and the trajectory data tells a volatile story rather than a clean decline. Scores lurched from near-zero lows into the nineties and back again across successive weeks, suggesting the conversation was fragmented and inconsistent rather than building toward any sustained mood in either direction.

On the praise side, commenters were most likely to highlight specific features, with several mentions framing functionality positively. A smaller cluster touched on pricing as fair and on security-related capabilities, while ease of use received only a single nod. These positive threads felt scattered rather than reinforcing a unified favorable narrative.

Complaint themes were more evenly distributed and arguably carried more collective weight given the score direction. Pricing, support quality, and bugs each drew equal mention counts, and discussion suggested frustration across those three areas was running in parallel rather than one issue dominating. UI criticisms added another layer of dissatisfaction, and a mention of missing features pointed to unmet expectations. The pricing signal was particularly divided, with some commenters calling it fair and others pushing back on cost, indicating genuine disagreement in the user base.

The week ending May 25th produced the single highest score in the window alongside the most mentions, hinting that a brief wave of positive posts briefly lifted sentiment before it fell sharply again in the most recent weeks. The closing data points show scores returning to very low territory, which pulled the overall tone downward and accounts for the drop from the prior period.

AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Member perspectives

Individual opinions from Pro members, posted over time. These are personal member views, not aggregated sentiment data.

Data summary

Total mentions analyzed (all time)
67
Mentions in selected period
32
Weeks in range
18
vs Security average (47)
Below by 2
Pricing
Free / Pro from $39.99/yr
Sources
App Store (32)

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