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Offline daveeb

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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2008, 14:24 »
The jury  is still out for me  :P Some people describe it as Norton in disguise ie a resource hog. My avg 7.5 "seems" ok but sooner or later i'm sure the kids will download it by accident so i'll leave it in the lap of the gods  ;D
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2008, 15:21 »
Quote from: mistybear on April 27, 2008, 13:14
Sorry to break in here, but I have tried a couple of times to download AVG 8 and the last time it came up with that "can't save this file as it can't read the exe file" or something to that effect. I'm re-trying again, and I'm downloading from File Hippo as I couldn't find it, well the free version, at the AVG site.

If you really want it  http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2008, 15:50 »
Thanks gmax, but I finally finished downloading it, not sure why it kept failing?  :dunno:
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2008, 22:42 »
So long as 7.5 keeps updating the definitions I'll stick with it.  I have other programs to check for spyware, I don't want or need another. 
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2008, 19:49 »
I have read on other forums that AVG 8 is picking up a lot off warnings, if you have AVG8 installed..have a look in the scan area  :o
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2008, 21:07 »
Is that good or bad, Terry?  :dunno:
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2008, 22:17 »
I've managed to stop the scheduled daily scan!  Yay!   ;D
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #37 on: April 29, 2008, 09:02 »
After trying numerous times to download the damned thing and finally succeeding, it lasted one day. I deleted it and went back to AVG 7.5, my system is slow enough with out this.  :(
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #38 on: April 29, 2008, 09:51 »
I guess the new version requires more resources to run, as it now seems to incorporate anti-spyware.
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #39 on: April 29, 2008, 14:35 »
Quote from: Michelle on April 26, 2008, 13:53
Do u use the previous one Cammy ? And if so do you find that one better?


I just tried to install 8 but it said I have ewido and I'd have to delete that before it will install?  Why can't i just have both?  >:(

I got the same message, Michelle.  I have windows defender and I don't want to disable it.
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #40 on: April 29, 2008, 21:26 »
It seems like the anti spyware in avg 8 conflicts with amongst others spyware blaster so i think i'll stick with v 7.5 for the time being  :arsed:
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #41 on: April 29, 2008, 22:56 »
There is a newer version of Spywareblaster (4.0) which appears to work fine with AVG 8.
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2008, 20:15 »
Ref AVG 8.0 free is there anyway that you can turn off the anti spyware function?
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2008, 20:41 »
Someone who actually uses it will hopefully confirm / deny this, JK, but having picked up some bits from Googling, it seems you cannot disable the anti-spyware component of the free version, but you can disable the 'link scanner', which I'm guessing is web traffic scanning.
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Re: AVG 8.0
« Reply #44 on: June 06, 2008, 21:46 »
Well, after almost a decade of AVG, I have dumped it and have installed Avira Antivir Personal Edition.  As I posted previously, I have other programs to keep me free from spyware - I don't want another one.

Why can't things that work brilliantly be left alone? 
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