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Specifically, AVG Advisor monitors the following:
The state of any currently opened web browser. Web browsers may overload the memory,
especially if multiple tabs or windows have been opened for some time, and consume too much of
system resources, i.e. slowing down your computer. In such situation, restarting the web browser
usually helps.
Running Peer-To-Peer connections. After using the P2P protocol for sharing files, the connection
can sometimes remain active, using up certain amount of your bandwidth. As a result, you can see
web browsing slowdown.
Unknown network with a familiar name. This usually only applies to users who connect to various
networks, typically with portable computers: If a new, unknown network has the same name as a
well-known, frequently used network (e.g. Home or MyWifi), confusion can occur, and you can
accidentally connect to a completely unknown and potentially unsafe network. AVG Advisor can
prevent this by warning you that the known name actually represents a new network. Of course, if
you decide that the unknown network is safe, you can save it to an AVG Advisor list of known
networks so that it is not reported again in the future.
In each of these situation, AVG Advisor warns you of the possible problem that might occur, and it provides
the name and icon of the conflicting process, or application. Also, AVG Advisor suggests what steps should
be taken to avoid the possible problem.
Supported web browsers
The feature works with the following web browsers: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari.
5.8. AVG Accelerator
AVG Accelerator allows smoother online video playback and makes additional downloads easier. When the
video-acceleration process is in progress, you will be notified via the system tray pop-up window.