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Location: brizvegas, Australia
hi all!
so i've been getting a few popups from avg lately telling me that i need to update (duh) & also that they won't be having the free updates after this month?!
does anyone know anything about this??if it's true
can anyone recommend a good virus software that i can go buy?thanks all!
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Ucof to the rescue!
AVG 7.5 (the version you have) will no longer get free updates. This is because they (Grisoft) are phasing out 7.5 in favour of 8.0 which is available here:
https://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...cdlPid=10834624 (for free
)Install that, and Bob is your mother's brother.
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I would love to keep the old(er) version of AVG...
The new one is a little bit pain in the neck because they have a resident shield and a browser access shield built in.
One can deflag these options (as I pretty much know that my computer dos not have a virus as of right now and I don't surf porn sites) but then the icon goes red all the time.
Prob is that these businesses live from paranoia... certainly they spread it.
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Location: Bethnal Green, London, England (UK)
You could try the Home Edition of Avast!
Its free and seems to consume a lot less processor overhead than most other antivirus stuff I've tried....
https://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Regarding that browser shield thing - you can tell it not to install it when you are installing the overall program.
The only reason the icon turns red is because the program detects that something is not working properly, wether you have disabled it or not.
Stupid I know.
Regarding the resident shield.... surely you would want real time protection on an anti virus program?
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
awwww...thanks ucof!!
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do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
6,650 posts
UCOF - I scam ny computer every day and before inserting strange things I check for viruses
I know it's 'clean' :o)
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Cheers Gita
Tomboy - Good habit to get into, but there's always the chance that something could get in that would otherwise be caught by the virus guard.
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
yay for new avg-ness!
now...how do i get rid of the stupid toolbar?! i right-clicked but nothing happened...yarr... do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Toolbar?
Which one again?
in Firefox?
you should be able to goto "view" -> "toolbars" then declick "AVG toolbar" I think.....
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Or simply upgrade to FireFox 3.0 after installing AVG
But then the website checker is also gone...
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enthusiast
378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Googlesync also doesn't work with FF3.
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
it will do
give them time to update it.
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
i think avg heard me complaining...that toolbar mysteriously disappeared the next time i turned the computer on...
*insert eerie music here* do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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... and apparently FF3 still got bugs
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journeyman
52 posts
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
just get the newest AVG version.
and FF3 is no good not unless you spend about an hour getting it basically back to FF2.
i just use IE7 now no dramas this way.
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IE7? Twist my arm...
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Nice one Nifelium.
Love that IE7 joke!
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