Probably our biggest giveaway for a while, we're offering you the full current AVG Anti-Virus 9 [1-PC, 1-Year], worth £26.99, completely FREE for 24 hours, between midday 31 August and midday 1 September - that's midday central European time. Note that if we run out of codes, the promotion will end early.

AVG Anti-Virus 9, the commercial version, offers additional functionality over the basic Free edition. If you've been using the Free version for a while, or were considering AVG previously, but hadn't taken the plunge, now might be a good time as you can try it for a year with your commercial serial code.

Better still, we're also offering you AVG Identity Protection 9 for only £1.95, which has a regular RRP of £16.99, which will offer you an additional layer of security.

AVG Anti-Virus 9 for free link
AVG Identity Protection for £1.95 link

We hinted at a big 31st of August promotion in July and, we can safely say, this promotion has taken over 8 months to negotiate, arrange and finalise. It's that important. We're proud to be able to announce that, between midday CET (central European time) 31st August to midday CET 1st of September, we're giving you the full current version of AVG Anti-Virus 9 [1-PC, 1-Year], worth £26.99, FREE for everyone to download.

If you're been using the popular AVG Anti-Virus Free for a while and wondered why you should upgrade to the commercial edition, now is your chance. The difference between the Free and the commercial edition, worth £26.99, includes advanced root-kit protection, a game mode so you can remain safe, without affecting your gameplay, phishing protection and more.

This promotion is exclusive to the Incisive Media V3.co.uk Software Store.

We announced our exclusive full promo, yesterday, and today it's gone live. You can now download the full current version of BitDefender Antivirus 2010 [1-PC, 1-Year], worth $24.95, from the V3.co.uk Software Store, completely FREE of charge, for the next 22 hours or so. The offer expires midday CET Saturday 14 of August.

So, hurry! You can download the build we provide and get a serial code an install at any time, but if you miss the promo you won't be able to get the offer again in the future. Let your friends and family know about the promo.

We have some other big exclusive offers coming up. Next week we have a full current system optimisation tool, then on the 31st of August, we have another massive tier-1 security application.

V3.co.uk Software Store link.

We've given you some of the very best full applications in the past and we're back again with four full exclusive promos through August. The first is our exclusive BitDefender Antivirus 2010 [1-PC, 1-Year], worth $24.95/£16.99, available free of charge for everyone, for 24 hours, between miday CEST Friday 13 August to midday CEST Saturday 14 of August.

Where can you download your exclusively free BitDefender Antivirus 2010? From the V3.co.uk Software Store: http://store.v3.co.uk

Promotional information will be available on Friday, so keep checking the store. With this promo, you can download your software build on Friday, grab your serial code, then install or use at any time. Strictly one serial code per user, however.

Better still, with BitDefender 2011 due soon, you'll be able to upgrade from the free 2010 to 2011! BitDefender are also offering you an exclusive upgrade promo to the full security suite, BitDefender Internet Security. More information on Friday.

V3.co.uk Software Store link.

Due to the overwhelming number of users wanting to download Lavasoft Ad-Aware Plus, Lavasoft have given us permission to extend this offer to midnight Sunday, GMT. Be patient when downloading - the servers were overwhelmed for a couple of hours whilst thousands were attempting to obtain their software.

Note that some users have reported an issue where, when they have had the Ad-Aware Free version installed, the Plus does not get activated as a Plus edition. We've made Lavasoft aware of this and they will come back to us with an answer on Monday. The Lavasoft Ad-Aware Plus build you can download from the V3.co.uk Store includes a serial code embedded in to the application, so it doesn't need registering. When you start the application, it should activate automatically and you can confirm your 12 months license in 'Manage License'.

If anyone has problems downloading or registering an account, let us know through the store 'Contact Us' option.

V3.co.uk Software Store link.

We promised this promotion earlier in the week and it's now live. It's also the first of other planned, through April.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware Plus, worth £19, is available for free, for 24-hours only, from midday GMT 26 of March 2010 through to midday GMT 27 of March 2010. You can download and activate during this period and note that the serial code is embedded within the application.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware Plus is tried-and-tested security software that's been around a long time. It's a step up from the Free version of the same software and ships with anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit.

Note that the file is 104MB and the servers are very busy delivering data. Be patient.

V3 Software Store link.

It's important we use tried-and-tested software to keep our PCs secure. Install freeware security software on your machine and can you ever be 100% sure that your computer is secure? Just how much time and effort can freeware developer's spend on updating their security tools. There are some exceptions to the rule, but we'd also err on the side of caution when most of us use our computers on an 'always on' broadband connection, using a poorly configured firewall.

The step up from freeware security tools are the commercial editions made available for home users, which provided you with automatic updates. No need to schedule an update or manually check for new virus definitions as these commercial security tools will always update with the latest definitions.

From midday GMT, Friday 26th of March 2010 through to midday GMT, Saturday 27th of March 2010, we're giving you the chance to download the full current version of Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Plus v8.2, along with a years worth of updates. This commercial anti-spyware and anti-virus tool would normally cost $26.95, but it's yours, for free. Just make sure you re-visit the V3 Downloads between Friday and Saturday to download.

V3 Downloads link.

Although it might appear that an 8.2 is only minor upgrade, do not be deceived my the revision as Lavasoft's Ad-Aware has received quite a major upgrade with three key new features. These include an scanner which will enable you to check for malicious software attached to your email, a rootkit analyser which will scan your computer and check whether you have had rootkit installed on your system. Lastly you get a much-improved scanning engine, so your system scan takes a few minutes, rather than hours.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware 8.2 ships in three formats, Free, Plus and Pro. The Free basic version gives you anti-spyware and anti-malware support. Plus contains anti-virus, a scheduler and real-time protection. Pro contains network protection and more.

You can purchase Ad-Aware 8.2 Plus and Pro from the V3 Software Store and save from the RRP.

As part of our Christmas and New Year promotion, we're giving you a full version of the commercial AVG AntiVirus 9, which has a 1-Year, 1-PC license and a value of $34.99 or £27.99. If you've ever considered downloading and using the AVG AntiVirus Free, there's no need. You can now get the commercial version, along with the added protection, completely free with every eligible order through the V3.co.uk Software Store.

Of course, there's a catch, but it's only a small condition. You get your free commercial AVG AntiVirus when you add Extended Download Insurance to your order. This enables you to go to your store, download your software, retrieve serial codes and print your original invoice, for two years after ordering, rather than the usual 30 days. Ideal if you plan to use your software on other computers, want to safeguard your purchase and more. You can read these terms online.

V3.co.uk Software Store link.

If you understand how potential Internet threats could affect your computer, then you could be safe with the minimum of security software. We recently installed a well-known security suite and found our system slowed every time we tried to open, move, copy or even look for a file on our computer. If you work with a large number of files, this constant one or two second delay (whilst the file is examined for malicious content) can take it's toll after a while. Once you've downloaded a file to your computer, why do these anti-spyware security tools insist on checking them again?

AVG Anti-Virus Free v9 has been released and it's a major release. In addition to the regular anti-virus and anti-spyware support, you also receive basic support for finding rootkit installed on your computer, an email scanner as well as the new LinkScanner, so you will be warned if potential links or websites are a potential threat. Of course, AVG Free 9 has always been a relatively lightweight application, so it uses the minimum of system resources.

AVG Anti-Virus Free v9 link.