AVG free Version 7 - Page 5

15-11-2004, 22:15

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Originally Posted by Scott

Well it's been 3 months and I havn't had any weird activity

apart from your sound card 'skipping' ??? , presumably?

15-11-2004, 22:22

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Originally Posted by homealone

apart from your sound card 'skipping' ??? , presumably?

That's a hardware capability issue, sorted it by removing the dreaded thing. Just using my SoundMAX now

Grampy · 20-11-2004, 19:01

Installed 7.0 two days ago and I have Zone alarm free and so far no problems.

aliferste · 21-11-2004, 10:46

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Originally Posted by Scott

I watch what I do, I don't go to websites that I don't know about, I don't accept files that I havn't been told about (like in emails), I don't accept files off messenger unless I know the person is trust worthly (which can take me up to a year).

What a boring internet experiance you must have :p

paulyoung666 · 22-11-2004, 19:18

ok , why has my virus scanner for pop e-mail suddenly died

, xp pro sp2 if that makes any difference

22-11-2004, 19:34

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Originally Posted by aliferste

What a boring internet experiance you must have :p

Huh?

swoop101 · 22-11-2004, 19:42

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

ok , why has my virus scanner for pop e-mail suddenly died

, xp pro sp2 if that makes any difference

Mine is working fine, it has just sucked netsky straight from an e-mail into the virus vault. I didn't even know until I just checked it was working.

Juan · 28-12-2004, 18:31

Any1 know how to turn off the Boot scan in AVG 7 when Windows is loading?

aliferste · 28-12-2004, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Scott

Huh?

You said

"I don't go to websites that I don't know about, I don't accept files that I havn't been told about (like in emails), I don't accept files off messenger unless I know the person is trust worthly (which can take me up to a year"

That must be a very boring interent experiance. Not surfing the web for new sites.....going to a site that may actually have questionable content but still finding one of those little gems that make the net worthwhile. Talking to someone over MSN and them giving you a funny vid or picture....I take it you vet people with some kind of questionaire after the year is up

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring

Maybe you should just read magazines....no risk in that

swoop101 · 28-12-2004, 19:52

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Originally Posted by Juan

Any1 know how to turn off the Boot scan in AVG 7 when Windows is loading?

Why do you want to do that???
it only takes a few seconds and it is an added security measure to help protect you.

Anyway I cannot find a setting for that but if I find one I will let you know.

Juan · 28-12-2004, 20:15

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Originally Posted by swoop101

Why do you want to do that???
it only takes a few seconds and it is an added security measure to help protect you.

Anyway I cannot find a setting for that but if I find one I will let you know.

The PC I want to disable it on is K6-233MHz, so it adds to an already very slow boot-up time. Therefore anything that doesn't need to be on during boot-up, I'd prefer to turn off.

Also in AVG 6 it could be turned off so why isn't there an option in the 'improved' version to do it? Surely the user should be in control of the level of protection!

swoop101 · 29-12-2004, 07:07

I understand your point about the speed of the system, but they have tried to address the situation that a very high percentage of users set up and forget the AV software.
One of the major problems with internet users is that they get some AV software and promptly think that they are protected 'for life' with what is installed, so the AV companies are starting to take users out of the loop with updates and scans. This hopefully will start to impact on the volume of virus that are still in the 'wild' after many months or years, when they should have been killed of in a few weeks.
I agree that there should be some way for 'advanced' users to configure the setup to their own requirements, but with free stuff you take what you get.

budwieser · 06-06-2005, 21:34

Anyone having a problem with Avg Free 7.0 E mail Scanner?

Mine just hangs.

So to speak and does`nt really do anything.!
Never had a problem of any sort with Avg until about a week or so ago.

Any ideas anyone?
Many thanks.

Neil.

Paul K · 06-06-2005, 21:36

I always recommend uninstalling, reboot, download newest version and reinstall into a brand new location when things like this happens. You can spend all night trying to resolve the problem or you can try a clean install that will take 5 mins and may resolve the problem as well as giving you the most up to date files.

swoop101 · 06-06-2005, 22:23

You will find that it is because NTL are having probs with e-mail again (surprise surprise) AVG seems to keep on looking for files that are not delivered before the time-out.
I just ignore it.