AVG Rescue CD
A powerful toolset for rescue & repair of infected machines.

The AVG Rescue CD is a powerful must-have toolkit for the rescue and repair of infected machines. It provides essential utilities for system administrators and other IT professionals and includes the following features:

  • Comprehensive administration toolkit
  • System recovery from virus and spyware infections
  • Suitable for recovering MS Windows and Linux operating systems (FAT32 and NTFS file systems)
  • Ability to perform a clean boot from CD or USB stick
  • Free support and service for paid license holders of any AVG product
  • FAQ and Free Forum self-help support for AVG Free users

Download Rescue CD (for CD creation)

Download Rescue CD (for USB stick)


Key technologies

  • Anti-virus: protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
  • Anti-spyware: protection against spyware, adware and identity theft
  • Administration toolkit: system recovery tools

The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash drive to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection. In short, the AVG Rescue CD enables you to fully remove infections from an otherwise inoperable PC and render the system bootable again.

Apart from the usual AVG functions (malware detection and removal, updates from internet or external device, etc.), the AVG Rescue CD also contains the following set of administration tools:

  • Midnight Commander - a two-panel file manager
  • Windows Registry Editor– simple registry editor for more experienced users
  • TestDisk - powerful hard drive recovery tool
  • Ping - to test the availability of network resources (servers, domains, IP addresses)
  • Common Linux programs and services– vi text editor, OpenSSH daemon, ntfsprogs etc.

Free of charge

The AVG Rescue CD is a free-to-use product that anyone can download. This also covers any new program versions and virus database updates. If you have any other paid AVG license, you are also entitled to receive our full technical support.

Computer Hardware

Minimum system requirements

ProcessorIntel Pentium 300 MHz
RAM256 MB
Disk Space0 MB

Recommended system requirements

ProcessorIntel Pentium 600 MHz
RAM512 MB
Disk Space0 MB

Operating systems

AVG Rescue CD is compatible with:

Operating SystemAVG Rescue CD 9.0
MS Windows 98 
MS Windows Me 
MS Windows NT 
MS Windows 2000Yes
MS Windows XPYes
MS Windows XP Pro x64 EditionYes
MS Windows VistaYes
MS Windows Vista x64 EditionYes
MS Windows 7Yes
MS Windows 7 x64 EditionYes
MS Windows NT Server 4.0 
MS Windows 2000 ServerYes
MS Windows 2003 ServerYes
MS Windows 2003 Server x64 EditionYes
MS Windows 2008 ServerYes
MS Windows 2008 Server x64 EditionYes
Linux 
FreeBSD 
ApplicationsAVG Rescue CD 9.0
MS SharePoint
MS Exchange Server 5.x
MS Exchange Server 2000/2003
MS Exchange Server 2007
Kerio MailServer 5/6 (MS Windows)
Kerio MailServer 5/6 (Linux i386)
Lotus Domino (MS Windows)
Lotus Domino (Linux i386)
PostFix
QMail
SendMail
Exim

Languages

AVG Rescue CD is available in the following languages:

LanguageAVG Rescue CD 9.0
Bahasa (Indonesia)
Brasilian Portuguese
Chinese Traditional
Chinese Simplified
Czech
Danish
Dutch
EnglishYes
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malay
Polish
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Turkish

Other language versions may become available in future. Please contact Customer Service for more information.

All AVG customers using our paid products have 24-hour access to expert support at no additional charge.

All AVG customers also receive free updates and upgrades automatically.

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