The digital threat terminators at AVG Technologies have today proudly announced the release of their latest internet security solution, AVG 9.0. AVG 9.0 comes with a faster anti-virus/anti-spyware scanner, lower boot time and memory usage, as well as the integration between the Resident Shield, firewall, and identity protection modules. This enables the modules to share malware information with each other, increasing the software's ability to detect and remove most malicious types of malware, rootkits, and ID Theft threats.

Resident Shield features a new design that makes it "quieter and less intrusive" than its predecessors, while LinkScanner boasts improvements that enable even better anti-phishing detection.

"AVG 9.0 will provide home computer users with a more powerful and more streamlined solution that adds protection without impacting user experience, taking us back to our core strength of low impact, high performance security," said J.R. Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies. "We've always believed that everyone has the right to a safe online experience. With AVG 9.0, we are providing first-class assistance to our users in their development of tools and measures for their safety from all of the threats posed by cybercriminals and identity thieves, whether they're working, playing, banking or shopping on the web."

Currently you can get the AVG 9.0 paid line-up of products via this page but AVG Free 9.0 is also coming and will make its debut at the middle of the month.