Avast and AVG for Windows

[Guest Dan]

I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The last

I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is not

compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my computer

on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible

because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to

SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed the

protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged a

legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.

 

I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP Pro.

side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Avast and AVG for Windows

 

> ...I tried version 8 on my computer

> on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible

> because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to

> SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed

> the

> protection for 197 items.

 

This is a known-behavior and (to Grisoft's way of thinking) an

incomptibility with AVG v8.0; cf. http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1319.

There are several workarounds to avoid this.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

 

Dan wrote:

> I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The

> last I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is

> not

> compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my

> computer

> on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible

> because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to

> SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed

> the

> protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged

> a

> legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.

>

> I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP

> Pro.

> side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.

[Guest Dan]

Re: Avast and AVG for Windows

 

Thank you for your response, Robear. AVG 7.5 worked fine for me and since

AVG 8 is flawed, imo and will not work with Windows 98 Second Edition then I

am glad to have an alternative with Avast for Windows 98 SE and Windows XP

Pro.

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> > ...I tried version 8 on my computer

> > on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible

> > because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to

> > SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed

> > the

> > protection for 197 items.

>

> This is a known-behavior and (to Grisoft's way of thinking) an

> incomptibility with AVG v8.0; cf. http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1319.

> There are several workarounds to avoid this.

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>

>

> Dan wrote:

> > I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The

> > last I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is

> > not

> > compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my

> > computer

> > on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible

> > because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to

> > SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed

> > the

> > protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged

> > a

> > legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.

> >

> > I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP

> > Pro.

> > side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.

>

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