Spyware, viruses, & security forum: Avg 8.0

Thank's for the reply but I sure thought I saw somewhere that may 31st was the end of 7.5. If I see that again I will print it.Thank's again.

both Roddy and Marianna, don't know if it's the one you were looking for.

http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?1,123812,backpage=,sv=

Larry

This was posted by Roddy but I have also seen that date mentioned and coming from the "horse's mouth".

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=293387&messageID=2766035#2766035

Just information... hope this helps.

Glenn

Ok,dec.31 is good for me.I'll keep an eye out for the next"rumor".lol
Thank's Glen & Larry.

you may want to watch out for AVG 8.0,i have been having nothing but problems and a nightmare with it,i bought the subscription this time for the added extras that they dont give you with the AVG free.well i got the download from the company that does AVG's online transactions element5,they sent a download that was so corrupt that i had to factory reinstall my computer and do all the things with a new computer that you have too.I couldnt contact AVG about it,element5 was supposed to send a license number,which i also didnt get,which you need to contact AVG with,ive always used AVG,but companies go sour and i see that for this company.maybe if you have a license number you can tell them to read this.i had to go with AVAST which is better than AVG as i speak for now.Oh well maybe they are headed the same way Norton is downward spiral.i bought into the program on 5-10-08 and have been contacting both everyday to no avail.AVG customer service rating out of 100 a 2.

I updated my AVG Free to the newest version last week, and, so far so good. I've got no problems, no complaints. I've used AVG Free exclusively for the past 8-9 years now. Its never let me down so I figure, why mess with a good thing? Right?

I pay for AVG and upgraded to the 8.0 and I have no problem with it what so ever... everything runs and updates smoothly.

I 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.
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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/

The topic says it all

I 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

I 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.

If 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".

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http://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.