When it comes to security, there is no stronger component than community.

Take your neighborhood watch. When something seems out of place, the community takes note. If crime begins to occur, everyone in the community knows to be on guard. But community also does so much to ward off potential threats in the first place. It’s the strength of togetherness, of collective watchfulness, that helps keep individual community members safe.

The new AVG 2012 was built on this very same premise of trust and unity.

Not only does our 100 million-strong community of customers whose combined use of AVG 2012 identifies and blocks threats in real time before they reach you, these 100 million users also provided feedback that helped us improve our product to meet their needs better than ever before.

That’s why our mantra is “We Protect Us.” It’s not just AVG that’s working to protect you. It’s the combined power of AVG’s entire community—a community that continues to grow because of the trust we’ve all built together after 20 years of protecting each other online.

So what kind of improvements does AVG 2012 bring to the table? Our users were loud and clear in wanting a faster and lighter product without making any compromises on threat protection. That’s why with AVG 2012 we expanded protection to combat new emerging threats but packaged it in a lightweight technology that doesn’t strain system resources or frustrate the user.

How light? At a lean 65 MB, the file size of AVG Internet Security 2012 comes in well below that of our three closest competitors despite adding 127 new features. AVG 2012 also improves upon our last edition by speeding up full disk scans by up to 50 percent and browser launches by up to 10 percent. AVG 2012 is lighter, faster and smaller than any previous AVG product.

AVG 2012 also continuously looks for performance improvements based on how you use your machine. If your PC seems sluggish, the new AVG Advisor feature will tell you where the problem is. There’s also the new AVG Accelerator, which optimizes computer connectivity to deliver content faster than you’ve ever seen. You’ll spend less time waiting for videos and other content-rich files to download and more time enjoying them.

But AVG 2012 is also about the power of choice. AVG has built a range of free and premium products that allow you to choose the product that’s right for you, your family, and your digital life. If you’re a heavy computer user, PC Tuneup will restore your computer to peak performance. If your digital data is scattered between your PC or mobile devices, AVG LiveKive™ provides automatic back-up and instant access to all of your data across the devices you own. If you have kids and want to make sure they’re not alone in exploring the web, AVG Family Safety™ is there to help.

Altogether, this is what makes AVG so dependable and why our customers keep coming back. AVG isn’t just about protecting your devices. Our people-powered protection is about protecting you: In short, We Protect Us.™

For pain-free protection, check out AVG 2012.