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Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2008AVG Virus Protection, ver 8.0
After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing nuisance when surfing or downloading, I removed it this morning. What a pity, for I think many AUE members have found it to be a reassuring aid, but I recommend you don't spend good money on the recent incarnation of the product quite yet.  SignatureChuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland To unbung the following, take the mirror image of 31sggirkcuhc, then append what sounds like, but is not, geemale dott calm, a service name you are probably familiar with by now > After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly > free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing > nuisance when surfing or downloading, I removed it this morning. > What a pity, for I think many AUE members have found it to be a > reassuring aid, but I recommend you don't spend good money on the > recent incarnation of the product quite yet. Do a custom install and choose not to install the 'safe browsing' feature: it's not compulsory. The new interface is much better. >After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly >free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing >nuisance when surfing or downloading, I removed it this morning. >What a pity, for I think many AUE members have found it to be a >reassuring aid, but I recommend you don't spend good money on the >recent incarnation of the product quite yet. Chuck, you have made a leap by going from the free version of AVG to the latest of the paid-for versions. On this PC I have AVG Anti-Virus Pro 7.5 (paid-for). This causes none of the annoyance you are reporting. The most recent release of this is AVG Anti-Virus 8.0. Did you perhaps buy AVG Internet Security 8.0? This has additional features: Firewall, Anti-spam and System Tools. If that is the product you have bought I suspect that it is the Firewall and perhaps the Anti-Spam features that are causing you grief. I'm wondering whether it is possible to install the software without those features, or to disable them after installation? SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly >>free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >I'm wondering whether it is possible to install the software >without those features, or to disable them after installation? Follow Derek Turner's advice. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > Follow Derek Turner's advice. No it's the new paid-for version of the antivirus that's causing the problems - if a default install is done. What Chuck is complaining of is a tool that checks out web-sites for malware before you visit them, A google search page takes ages as it checks out each link. Good idea in theory... In firefox it's installed as an add-on which can simply be disabled if you've already installed it. No idea how it's implemented in Gates' PoS. >> Follow Derek Turner's advice. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >as an add-on which can simply be disabled if you've already installed >it. No idea how it's implemented in Gates' PoS. I have no experience of AVG 8.0 yet. I requires MS Win2000 or higher. This PC has Win98. I have two other PCs that could run it if they were not broken. Even the one bought recently is faulty. On this PC I have AVG 7.5, Lavasoft Ad-Watch, and Lavasoft Firewall giving continuous protection, and I do malware scans with Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, and PCTools Spyware Doctor. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) On 24 Apr, 14:36, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:00:28 +0000, Derek Turner > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Firewall giving continuous protection, and I do malware scans > with Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, and PCTools Spyware Doctor. On this PC I have AVG 7.5 (free) and ZoneAlarm Pro (not free). So far, so good. The only thing is that the the wretched machine is clobbered at the first boot of the day. Have used BleepingComputer to try to find what's running at startup but gave up in the end as there were no obvious candidates for execution. Will. >After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly >free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing >nuisance when surfing or downloading, I removed it this morning. >What a pity, for I think many AUE members have found it to be a >reassuring aid, but I recommend you don't spend good money on the >recent incarnation of the product quite yet. I recently had occasion to buy a new box (running XP) and had a devil of a time finding the download link for the free version of AVG, they (grisoft) go out of their way to hide it and inveigle you into going with a paid version. But I found it and it works great (version 7.5) Jitze > I recently had occasion to buy a new box (running XP) and > had a devil of a time finding the download link for the free > version of AVG, they (grisoft) go out of their way to hide it and > inveigle you into going with a paid version. But I found it > and it works great (version 7.5) For anyone who has a problem with AVG (and I'm not sure why they would), the other free antivirus worth looking at is Avast! (the exclamation is part of the trademark, I think). They are both good. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au >> I recently had occasion to buy a new box (running XP) and >> had a devil of a time finding the download link for the free [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would), the other free antivirus worth looking at is Avast! (the > exclamation is part of the trademark, I think). They are both good. I am running Avira AntiVir (the free version) and it doing fine. http://www.free-av.de/ SignatureSkitt Wer kann das bezahlen, wer hat das bestellt ... >>> I recently had occasion to buy a new box (running XP) and >>> had a devil of a time finding the download link for the free [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I am running Avira AntiVir (the free version) and it doing fine. It doing fine -- me, not so much. > http://www.free-av.de/ SignatureSkitt (AmE) jes' fine [...] > I recently had occasion to buy a new box (running XP) and > had a devil of a time finding the download link for the free > version of AVG, they (grisoft) go out of their way to hide it and > inveigle you into going with a paid version. But I found it > and it works great (version 7.5) Any chance you could give us a URL? > Jitze said: > [...] > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Any chance you could give us a URL? Try http://free.grisoft.com/ The free 8.0 version is supposed to be released today. SignatureSkitt (AmE) > > Jitze said: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > The free 8.0 version is supposed to be released today. >> Jitze said: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >The free 8.0 version is supposed to be released today. Yes, that is what I just downloaded. SignatureChuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland To unbung the following, take the mirror image of 31sggirkcuhc, then append what sounds like, but is not, geemale dott calm, a service name you are probably familiar with by now >>After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly >>free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jitze Good man. Like you, I found navigating their site difficult, to say the least. I may well try their software again, this time getting ver 7.5. I erased the version I paid for. I am glad I read your post. SignatureChuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland To unbung the following, take the mirror image of 31sggirkcuhc, then append what sounds like, but is not, geemale dott calm, a service name you are probably familiar with by now >>After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly >>free virus protection program, I found it to be such an overbearing [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jitze An hour or two after reading the above...done. Thank you very much for the information, Jitze. I hope this free 8.0 version is less intrusive than the paid one. SignatureChuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland To unbung the following, take the mirror image of 31sggirkcuhc, then append what sounds like, but is not, geemale dott calm, a service name you are probably familiar with by now > After installing and paying for the latest version of AVG's formerly > free virus protection program, Still free. |
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