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7.4.2. Link Scanner Interface

The Link Scanner component within AVG 8.5 Free consists of two parts that you

can switch on/off in the Link Scanner component interface:

 Enable AVG Search-Shield - (on by default): advisory notifying icons on

searches performed in Google, Yahoo, MSN, or Baidu having checked ahead

the content of sites returned by the search engine. The browsers supported

are Internet Explorer and Firefox.

 Enable AVG Active Surf-Shield - (on by default; and this option cannot be

switched off!): active (real-time) protection against exploitive sites as they

are accessed. Known malicious site connections and their exploitive content is

blocked as they are accessed by the user via a web browser (or any other

application that uses HTTP).

 Enable reporting of exploited websites to AVG - mark this item to allow

back reporting of exploits and bad sites found by users either via Safe Surf or

Safe Search to feed the database collecting information on malicious activity

on the web.