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AVG 8.0
by jpmull - 5/19/08 5:12 PM In reply to: AVG 8.0 by DianeL59Glad to here all is working well with AVG 8.0 but doesn't the email protection end after 30 days? I love AVG 7.5 but what good does it do to upgrade to 8.0 if it doesn't protect my email? Have I heard incorrectly or is the email protection only good for 30 days?
Any clarification will help. thanks
JP III
AVG - if its free its for me!
by Surprisechupka - 5/19/08 5:19 PM In reply to: AVG 8.0 by jpmullI have had AVG running on my machines for years - and recently installed 8.0. LOVE IT. Good stuff. Runs quietly in the background and does not irritate the heck outta me! My business runs the paid versions - same good stuff. Oh and tweaking --- everyone should do it or we turn into a bunch of automatronics ... what? You want the machine to feed you too? That's coming next buddy --- Don't get lazy -- there is no such thing as one size fits all...not in jeans and not in Apps. Props to all the good people sharing their tweaks and twitches... We shall overcome the Robotic Nation. I,(not)Robot.
<grin>
RUE THE RUMOR
by Surprisechupka - 5/19/08 6:18 PM In reply to: AVG 8.0 by jpmullThis is right from Grisoft website:
"Contrary to rumors circulating on the Internet, AVG Free 8.0 does not include any "trial" or "time-out" functionality. Every option provided in the program is fully functional for the life of the product."
You can read it for yourself at: http://free1.grisoft.com/ww.news.ndi-93837
Howz that for service with a smile? : D
30 day 'time limit' re: the Email Scanner is incorrect...
by Marianna Schmudlach
- 5/19/08 7:38 PM
In reply to: AVG 8.0 by jpmull
as per the following AVG official website. The Email Scanner is for the life of the product
Click on the link 'Important information about e-mail scanning' located under News, just over half way down the page: -
http://free.grisoft.com/
AVG 8.0
by jpmull - 5/20/08 6:07 PM In reply to: 30 day 'time limit' re: the Email Scanner is incorrect... by Marianna Schmudlach
Thank you all for the links and help in understand the "Email Scanner" misinformation I had. Thanks again for the clarification
JP III
Not sure where you are coming from...
by glenn30 - 5/29/08 5:50 AM In reply to: E-mail scanner runs out in Anti-Spyware version by ChewyNet1My AVG AntiSpyware 7.5.1.43 is my on demand anti-spyware tool and has no e-mail scanner. As far as I know this is the one that runs out soon.
AVG AntiVirus 7.5.534 does the e-mail scan and and is continued with definition updates through Dec 31, 2008.
This is the way I understand it.
Glenn
AVG 8
by tompro97 - 5/19/08 8:39 PM In reply to: AVG 8.0 by jpmullI have been using AVG Free since it first came out and was pleased with its performance. However, AVG 8 is a memory and resource hog big-time. My free memory has dropped 50-100 Megs since I installed it. It's still a good program but I am looking for some other free anti-virus program that doesn't use such much memory.
Does any one have any recommendations??
Tom
AVG 8
by ranman54 - 5/20/08 2:47 PM In reply to: AVG 8 by tompro97Sure Tom: AVG 8 You really won't find a better "free" security package with such a small footprint (75MB). I'v had great luck with it for a few years now and recommend it to my following. Happy hunting Tom, and the best to the rest of you fine folks.
AVG8.0
by balisue - 5/19/08 4:10 PM In reply to: Avg 8.0 by FishI downloaded AVG8.0 last week and so far, no problems. The one thing I don't like is the popup on the bottom right of the screen when downloading email cannot be moved around. Sometimes I need to see that area of the screen, and I used to be able to move it around in AVG7.5.
AVG 8 Free
by Tallstack - 5/19/08 4:49 PM In reply to: AVG8.0 by balisueI at first did not like the way it ran and even went so far to uninstall after 10 years of using AVG products. I tried out both Avast and Avira and was not happy with either one (something about old dogs and new tricks :)me being the dog). I went back to avg 8 but did some changing (see this link http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20471075-AVG-8-Free-Better-Than-75-After-Tweaking). After I did these I am very happy with the program. You have to remember that it is doing a whole lot more than 7.5 did. One more thing my 8 year old computer 900 Thunderbird with 512 megs of pc133 xp pro sp3 had no trouble and neither did the wifes, a Gateway that is only a year old with a intel processor and 1g ram. Again overall very pleased.
Disable Email Scan Notification pop-up
by Surprisechupka - 5/20/08 4:18 AM In reply to: AVG8.0 by balisueIf you don't like the email scanning pop-up -- disable it!
1. Open AVG8 to the User Interface --
2. Select Email Scanner.
3. When that window opens, go to the bottom where it is labeled
"Email Scanner Settings"
4. Uncheck the box "Display notification icon while email is being
scanned"
5. Click "Save Changes".
<cheering>
No problems
by Bob Richmond - 5/19/08 4:44 PM In reply to: Avg 8.0 by FishI have had 8.0 for a few weeks now and have had no problems with it at all. Real nice to have the anti-spyware bundled in.
You may want to check out this discussion
by Doctor Entropy - 5/19/08 4:54 PM In reply to: Avg 8.0 by Fishhttp://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=263854&start=0
<br> "So long AVG"
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At least one long-time fan of AVG is finding version 8 to be a resource hog.
AVG for 8+ years & still goiing strong
by JiMiZnHB - 5/19/08 5:05 PM In reply to: Avg 8.0 by FishI have been using AVG free for over 8 years, I have had some issues but never as bad as trying to switch to another Anti-Virus.
When I first tried to upgrade from 7.5 to 8.0, the installation hosed my system. I had to uninstall 8.0, reinstall 7.5, then uninstall 7.5 and then install 8.0 and everything works!
Now I uninstall 7.5 and then install 8.0 and have had NO problems on 10 different systems, they ALL update and work Flawlessly.
My recommendation... Download 8.0, Uninstall 7.5, reboot, and then install 8.0 (and if your paranoid that a virus might get through, just unplug your internet until 8.0 is installed).
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