AVG Identity Protection is software that was developed by AVG Technologies which aims to give its users security against identity thieves who are known as stealers of credit card details, passwords, bank account details, as well as other personal numerical valuables. An anti-virus protection should be installed as well when using this software. It offers protection to its users from various kinds of malware and at the same time protecting the computer from malicious activities of programs. It works with various Operating Systems including Android, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD and Linux. AVG Identity Protection perceives different kinds of threats in the user’s computer by means of monitoring the behaviour of the computer where it is installed; some of its examples are when a certain program being used attempts to observe the different key presses being done by the user, or when the program itself tries to install another type of program.