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| Robert Member  My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 |  Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 11:02AMIf you are considering installing the new AVG version 9 you should read these two threads from the [ invalid url ] You will understand, as I now do, why after installing this new version, my E: hard drive has been scanned (constantly) for about 16 hours and counting. [o\|]  [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 11:41AM It's a fucking nightmare. I uninstalled my PAID version -- with about seven months remaining. Read about it in the other, linked to, thread. Robert, I am aware that you know about the other ADT thread. I just want others to be aware of it, as well. Edited by - BigBobxxx on 11/30/2009 12:09:08 PM  [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 12:19PM Anyway, I performed a lobotomy and moved avgchsvx .exe from the AVG9 sub-directory to a Save sub-directory (in case AVG issues a 'fix' and I'll need that file back in the AVG9 sub-directory). After moving it, I went down the Task List and found two copies that were currently running and Ended those processes. If you don't move that file before you do that, it will just start up again and you'll never get it stopped. Happiness is getting your PC back and putting an end to the constant scanning.  [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 12:26PM I will still use Windows, but only for business apps at the office and I've got an IT guy there that makes AV issues HIS problem. [Link] |
| cubesnake Senior Member 3858 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 12:34PM although i have only Version 8 installed on one pc (never had an older one) i often wonder why people think they always need to upgrade to higher versions. One of the first things i do (with any software) is to find it´s "phone home" and "autoupdate" features. I simply don´t wanna be "incapacitated" (i hope its spelled right) by the producer of the software. After a period of further "inspection" i usually turn on autoupdate to "inform" me about an update But i often wonder also if a new verion is tested at all if it turns out the way like AVG V9 Cube Edited by - cubesnake on 11/30/2009 12:34:26 PM [Link] |
Hardware  All-Star Member Your other left 14595 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 12:48PM [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 12:53PM Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware products quickly become useless without current definitions, so you eventually acquiesce and install the newer version. AVG has lost me as a paying customer -- for good! Assholes! [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14595 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 2:26PM [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 3:46PM It's the implementation that is wrong. They've adopted the part of Microsoft's business model that assumes they know best and not even provide an opt out method. All they needed to do was not add the automatic (first time on install) hard drive scan and allow the user to use the select drive scan, which is part of that package, when desired. There is an End Scan button when using this option. Also write the routine so it could be interrupted before completion and resumed at a later time, rather than the simplistic "you have to start over" approach. My autoscan was taking hours and it was working on a 150 Gb hard drive. Next was a 300 Gb drive. I can't imagine what it would take for a 1 Tb drive! What were they thinking. This would have given the user control, something that Windows tries to avoid. I was able to take back control by eliminating that scanner routine (avgchsvx .exe). Now we'll have to wait and see if AVG steps up and corrects the problem. I'm betting they won't. They have known about it since Sept. [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 4:49PM Don't forget my paid version's Anti-Rootkit crashing my computer with the BSOD. Also, I continued using AVG 9 for a good month, updating and running normal scans (i.e. left Anti-Rootkit alone), disabled link-scanner, and it just got worse and worse. And, did you read the "customer service" e-mail I posted in the other thread? AVG has "jumped the shark." Good riddance. [Link] |
| the unknown pervert Deactivated User I'd like to stay but I've got a plane to catch. 3243 Posts 5/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 7:18PM [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 9:36PM They sure seem to be trying.I know I'm in the minority (5%) of those who still have dial-up but I really don't need a high speed connection nor very much protection. I average less than 1 hour a day connected and I turn my systems off at night. I don't need nor do I use most of the 'features' in Windows XP, Firefox, AVG, PC Tools Firewall, Flash, Quicktime, Adobe (use Foxit), etc. All the programs that assume you are high speed connected and want the latest versions and all the 'bells and whistles' they keep adding to their software. So I don't experience a lot of problems and only up-grade when I am forced to. [Link] |
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