-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG HELP PLEASE
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:02:04 -0400
Hi Gman,
My sister is still using the older free version of AVG, does this mean she
should go out and buy one now? She does not use the computer alot but has
not said she was having problems.
thanks,
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
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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