| Subject: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/9/2008 1:54:03 PM |
| From: kplumm [Email Address Protection] |
Today I downloaded the new free AVG. I have this and Spyware blaster and Super antispyware installed. I ran a scan with te AVG and it found Trojan's, adware, etc, or so it seemed. When the summary came up at the end a result of 0 (as in nothing found) came up in each categry, with about 214 in the warnings category, potential threats. Did the AVG somehow mistake the protection files for the The software on both mine and my dad's laptops is pretty identical, and the same result showed up on both. I wasn't sure what to do at the end. I haven't changed any settings and as I understand it all the threats were removed. At any rate I ran the scan again and nothing was found. |
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| Subject: Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/9/2008 2:14:03 PM |
| From: kplumm [Email Address Protection] |
The supposed adware etc often is listed under 'File' in AVG as HKLM \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibl... if that helps anyone identify what's happening any better. I just considered then that maybe running 7.5 with these Vista laptops might be why these got through. From what I read compatibility with Vista machines seem to vary? On May 9, 9:54=A0pm, kplumm <kpl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Today I downloaded the new free AVG. =A0I have this and Spyware blaster > and Super antispyware installed. =A0I ran a scan with te AVG and it > found Trojan's, adware, etc, or so it seemed. =A0When the summary came > up at the end a result of 0 (as in nothing found) came up in each > categry, with about 214 in the warnings category, potential threats. > > Did the AVG somehow mistake the protection files for the > > The software on both mine and my dad's laptops is pretty identical, > and the same result showed up on both. > > I wasn't sure what to do at the end. =A0I haven't changed any settings > and as I understand it all the threats were removed. =A0At any rate I > ran the scan again and nothing was found. |
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| Subject: Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/9/2008 7:47:48 PM |
| From: "C.B." [Email Address Protection] |
The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I would uninstall it and use something else. C.B. -- It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged and unfortunate among us. "kplumm" <kplumm@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8dc64df6-c492-4ab7-ad24-03b5d92ce270@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > The supposed adware etc often is listed under 'File' in AVG as HKLM > \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibl... if that > helps anyone identify what's happening any better. I just considered > then that maybe running 7.5 with these Vista laptops might be why > these got through. From what I read compatibility with Vista machines > seem to vary? > > > On May 9, 9:54 pm, kplumm <kpl...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Today I downloaded the new free AVG. I have this and Spyware blaster >> and Super antispyware installed. I ran a scan with te AVG and it >> found Trojan's, adware, etc, or so it seemed. When the summary came >> up at the end a result of 0 (as in nothing found) came up in each >> categry, with about 214 in the warnings category, potential threats. >> >> Did the AVG somehow mistake the protection files for the >> >> The software on both mine and my dad's laptops is pretty identical, >> and the same result showed up on both. >> >> I wasn't sure what to do at the end. I haven't changed any settings >> and as I understand it all the threats were removed. At any rate I >> ran the scan again and nothing was found. > |
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| Subject: Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/10/2008 10:23:45 AM |
| From: "msnews.microsoft.com" [Email Address Protection] |
C.B. wrote: > The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I > would uninstall it and use something else. > > C.B. > > The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster. |
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| Subject: Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/10/2008 10:50:37 AM |
| From: Mark Veldhuis [Email Address Protection] |
msnews.microsoft.com presented the following explanation : > The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster. What conflict? I run AVG Free 8, SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D. I haven't run into any problems yet. -- Kind regards, Mark Veldhuis. |
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| Subject: Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 5/11/2008 6:17:46 PM |
| From: "C.B." [Email Address Protection] |
"msnews.microsoft.com" <jrusso2@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O2huaKssIHA.552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > C.B. wrote: >> The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I >> would uninstall it and use something else. >> >> C.B. >> >> > The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster. There are additional problems that AVG is currently working on. I upgraded to the paid version and uninstalled it due to these problems. These additional problems have been discussed previously in these discussion groups. C.B. |
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