[BC] AVG 7.5

[Gary Glaenzer]

hmmm..................strange indeed

I've upgraded 4 units on my home network and had no problems with 7.5

units are IBM 300 PL's (yeah, I know, they are 'old tech' but they're built
like a tank) running W2K Pro with all updatesand fixes


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Ray Boyer" <drboyer at centralcom.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: [BC] AVG 7.5


>
> Here are my comments regarding AVG 7.5.
>
>
> I have been running AVG (and the "next to last" Version 7.1) in many
> machines for several years.  This, along with Adaware and Spybot S&D,
> I felt, kept us in good shape.
>
> In the last months, in most of our machines, I upgraded AVG from
> Version 7.1 to 7.5.  In the machines that I have upgraded, I have not
> seen any problems.
>
>
> However, a couple of weeks ago, I recently re-formatted the hard
> drives on two Panasonic Toughbook laptops and installed Windows 2000
> SP4 (with all Win 2000 upgrades and patches) on each machine.
>
> The only other things that I installed on those two laptops were AVG
> 7.1, Word 2000, Excel 2000, Diskeeper 9.5, and the latest versions of
> Adaware and Spybot S&D.
>
>
> In checking out each machine - both worked great!  I ran Adaware,
> Spybot S&D and ran AVG 7.1 several times on each machine to make sure
> that each laptop worked correctly.
>
> Before passing out the laptops to our new users, I decided to
> download AVG 7.5 and use it to upgrade AVG 7.1.  After I did that, I
> rebooted the laptops.
>
> Unfortunately - neither would boot in the Normal Mode!  Crud!!!!
>
>
> I tried several times.  However, each machine WOULD let me boot into
> Safe Mode.  A modern miracle........
>
> I removed Spybot S&D in each machine and rebooted into Normal Mode -
> Still no dice.   I removed Adware and rebooted into Normal Mode -
> Still no dice.
>
> Finally I removed AVG 7.5 and rebooted into Normal Mode - Success!
>
> I reinstalled Spybot S&D & Adaware and rebooted - Still Successful!
>
> I sent them out until after Christmas without virus protection - by
> then, I was tired of messing with them......
>
> The AVG soap opera continues - the next edition follows.......
>
> Danny Ray Boyer
>
>
> I've been running the free version of AVG but it ends soon to be
> replaced by 7.5. I've heard some horror stories about AVG 7.5. I've been
> told to look at AntiVir and some other, but some of the alternatives
> don't offer automatic updates or automatic scanning.
> Pray tell, what are the alternatives to Uncle Norton??
>
> -- 
> I'm Douglas B. Pritchett
> Fort Wayne, IN
>
>
>
>
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