Disappopinted - AVG let me down

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[pzz76077]

Must say that the new AVG 9 is not so good as previous versions.

Installed it last week on one of my laptops and all day today it has been popping up and asking to do a reboot after installing an emergency patch.

PZZ

[Platypus]

Top tip - use Virtual PC to visit dodgy sites.

Ha ha the irony is that AVG's "web shield" or whatever it's called didn't flag the site as dodgy !

[Platypus]

Must say that the new AVG 9 is not so good as previous versions.

That's not good news at all

[cojak]

Top tip - use Virtual PC to visit dodgy sites.

When the website wrecks your OS (which it will everytime), delete the image and go back to a fresh one.

Is that a particular piece of software DP?

I just perform a system check-point every morning and roll back to that...

[DimPrawn]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[AtW]

I don't run any anti-virus and have never had a virus on any of my computers ever.

What about yourself?

AVG 7.5 was good, it turned to tulip from v8.

[northernladuk]

It's the paid-for version of AVG I use, so it did let me down.

Ouchies! Is it now throwing up one particular virus/issue or a whole host of them now? Which one/s?

[Platypus]

Ouchies! Is it now throwing up one particular virus/issue or a whole host of them now? Which one/s?

It's deleting swathes of my (virus-free) cygwin installation, by virtue of it's heuristic analysis.

It didn't find a couple of nasties and says it's getting rid of them, but I feel it's "back to backup" time here. What a waste of a day

[BolshieBastard]

Why oh why do people trust that piece of tulip that is AVG? It is ******* crap! It consistently comes bottom of the free anti virus software.

Use it at your peril.

If you want free use Avira or Avast.

I personally use the Avira Premium Security. OK it costs £39 for 3 pc's for a year but that's a small price to pay.

I really cant believe people take such risks with their AV as far as AVG is concerned.