AVG 7/8 - general story

[Guest Richard Fangnail]

I first bought AVG 7.0 (not free) in Feb 2007 and it worked okay. I

also upgraded to 7.5 a few months ago and it was okay.

 

Last night I upgraded to 8.0 and I hated it so I uninstalled it. I

didn't like the idea of its having its own firewall and it often asked

me if I should allow/disallow something.

 

The only AVG big exe file was the one from Feb 2007 so I installed

that. Sometime along the way, it said my AVG was too old to get

updates so there was a "repair" file which I used. I am not clear

what it did.

 

It now says 7.5 and not 7.0 all over the program and it's acting

quirky. If I click on Test Center it will crash completely. I'm not

sure if it's going to keep updating viruses. The AVG firewall keeps

coming on, although I thought 7.0/7.5 never had one. A scan seems to

work okay. the system tray icon is always black and white.

 

Some elements of 8 must have remained although I uninstalled it, eh?

[Guest Richard Fangnail]

I want to add: I have a backup CD from AVG when I got 7.5. I wonder

if I should try to install that.

[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Contact AVG support.

 

"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message

news:756f0b5b-1393-4cd0-82d1-228b10d334d0@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

:I first bought AVG 7.0 (not free) in Feb 2007 and it worked okay. I

: also upgraded to 7.5 a few months ago and it was okay.

:

: Last night I upgraded to 8.0 and I hated it so I uninstalled it. I

: didn't like the idea of its having its own firewall and it often asked

: me if I should allow/disallow something.

:

: The only AVG big exe file was the one from Feb 2007 so I installed

: that. Sometime along the way, it said my AVG was too old to get

: updates so there was a "repair" file which I used. I am not clear

: what it did.

:

: It now says 7.5 and not 7.0 all over the program and it's acting

: quirky. If I click on Test Center it will crash completely. I'm not

: sure if it's going to keep updating viruses. The AVG firewall keeps

: coming on, although I thought 7.0/7.5 never had one. A scan seems to

: work okay. the system tray icon is always black and white.

:

: Some elements of 8 must have remained although I uninstalled it, eh?

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

AVG offers free support for AVG Pro versions, Richard. You paid for it,

too!

 

Richard Fangnail wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> I first bought AVG 7.0 (not free) in Feb 2007 and it worked okay. I

> also upgraded to 7.5 a few months ago and it was okay.

>

> Last night I upgraded to 8.0 and I hated it so I uninstalled it. I

> didn't like the idea of its having its own firewall and it often asked

> me if I should allow/disallow something.

>

> The only AVG big exe file was the one from Feb 2007 so I installed

> that. Sometime along the way, it said my AVG was too old to get

> updates so there was a "repair" file which I used. I am not clear

> what it did.

>

> It now says 7.5 and not 7.0 all over the program and it's acting

> quirky. If I click on Test Center it will crash completely. I'm not

> sure if it's going to keep updating viruses. The AVG firewall keeps

> coming on, although I thought 7.0/7.5 never had one. A scan seems to

> work okay. the system tray icon is always black and white.

>

> Some elements of 8 must have remained although I uninstalled it, eh? </span>

[Guest Richard Fangnail]

The problem is, they will probably just tell me to load AVG 8, won't

they? If not, it will probably be something long and complicated to

fix what I have!

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Don't put the cart before the horse.

 

Richard Fangnail wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> The problem is, they will probably just tell me to load AVG 8, won't

> they? If not, it will probably be something long and complicated to

> fix what I have!</span>

[Guest Robinb]

as long as you have the pro they will help you

robin

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uhgFOtjpIHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Don't put the cart before the horse.

>

> Richard Fangnail wrote:<span style="color:green">

>> The problem is, they will probably just tell me to load AVG 8, won't

>> they? If not, it will probably be something long and complicated to

>> fix what I have! </span></span>