-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG HELP PLEASE
- From: "Patricia" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:57:22 -0400
I have Avast installed now but want to DROP AVG It just wont LET ME
----- Original Message -----
From: Gman
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG HELP PLEASE
Pat,
At this point, I no longer recommend AVG for anyone's use. They are (or
already have by now) turning off all support for 7.5 to force people to move
to 8.x, but the new version is extremely buggy. Across all of the groups to
which I belong, all I'm seeing are complaints. While some issues are
similar to the one you're describing here, there are many others that I'm
glad to see are not affecting your friend, at least not yet.
His best bet is to drop AVG and look for another AV solution that serves
his needs without all the bugs. If AVG ever gets their act together and
fixes these issues, it may be enough to return them to the "Recommended"
list. Until then, they are officially on the "Avoid" list. :0(
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 7:33 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- AVG HELP PLEASE
>I have a friend who bought a laptop at a flea market....we installed Free
>AVG 7.5 on it
> then we updated to the newest version when it came out.
>
> He kept getting the windows update notice but could not update because his
> XP could not be validated....go figure!
>
> Anyway he decided to go ahead and order the XP with microsoft so he could
> be legit and update his laptop...........
>
> Now AVG 8 wont recognize the validated XP .......I cant use the uninstall
> from the program menu......I cannot go to add/remove to uninstall Avg
> ........I get an error............I even tried to uninstall in Safe
> Mode...NO GO.
>
> I tried to reinstall over it to see if that fixed the error...still have
> the problem...I dont have the exact error as I am on my pc now but can get
> it later today.
>
> I went and did a search for uninstalling avg...and got a forum and printed
> out what they suggested..........which was this:
>
> please download the latest AVG installation installation file from the
> Download section of our website
>
> this page brings you to Free AVG set up exe....but I did find a file there
>
> but have NO IDEA what to do with it...its an f8all138vd.bin file
>
> any suggestion PLEASE!
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Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.3/1564 - Release Date: 7/21/2008 6:42
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