AVG free V8

[stonemason]

I installed AVG free version 8 and seem to have suffered a speed hit on the computer. Has anyone else taken the plunge yet, and if so have you noticed any reductions in performance?

Geoff

[Ken Cox]

i DISABLED THE SCHEDULING AND BACKGROUND SCAN -- Resident Shield

and have been managing exceptions as they come up

R Mouse feature and everthing else appears to be working

from the avg help file

Resident Shield alert

This dialog informs you that a virus infection has been detected by the Resident Shield component while accessing a file. The dialog gives a name and full path to the file, name of the detected virus, and details about the process (running application) during which the threat was detected (display by pressing Show details).

The buttons in the bottom part of the dialog allow you to decide what to do with the infected file:

· Heal will remove the infection from the file, and restore the file to exactly the same state as before infection. Please note that if the file itself is a virus, healing will delete the file, that is, remove it to the Virus Vault.

· Move to Vault or Remove threat will remove the infected file to the Virus Vault, AVG virus quarantine where you can safely store the file until further decision.

· Ignore will leave the file on the disk where it is now, however, the Resident Shield will not allow you to access it.

If unsure about what to do with the detected threat, we recommend to use the Heal button.

If healing is not available, then it is best to use the Move to Vault option. In the Virus Vault, the file can be safely stored until you find a cure (you can send the file for analysis, too) and are able to restore the file, or until you decide to delete it.

Remove threat as Power User – check the box if you suppose that you might not have sufficient rights to remove the threat as a common user. Power Users have extensive access rights, and if the threat is located in a certain system folder, you might need to use this checkbox to successfully remove it.

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When i first heard of this program years ago i was warned that virus checkers quite often see it as a virus

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

AVG 7.5 did not see it as such but 8 does -- i put it in the exception list

If you have your restore point setup and there is something in there it will see it --

this is a note i sent anohter person

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fyi only

ken

things to watch for if and when you install ver 8 --

the way i read this

· Ignore will leave the file on the disk where it is now, however, the Resident Shield will not allow you to access it.

you are screwed if it dont like something

you might stop the alarms but you cant use -- i have lost the altavista toolbar and MY MAQUEST TOOLBAR -

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/malware/?Adware...apQuest+Toolbar

http://www.file.net/process/mqtbar2.dll.html

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=MQ...earch&meta=

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&pwst...are&spell=1

- SAYS THEY ARE ADWARE

so far tho they still work with browser tho' i do not generally have the 2 enabled

i went to the resident shield section and "managed exceptions" then found the path and enered same for each

ken

[JRR]

Geoff:

You might want to look at the May 5, 2008 post here to get another person's view on AVG v8

You'll find he has a 27 page tutorial for it.

(I do not use AVG, but I am thinking of moving to it)

[billybuggy]

Geoff:

You might want to look at the May 5, 2008 post here to get another person's view on AVG v8

You'll find he has a 27 page tutorial for it.

(I do not use AVG, but I am thinking of moving to it)

Here is the direct link to that post: AVG 8.0 - which version do you need?

The guide that I downloaded from that site was very helpful too.

Billy

[Flying Scotsman]

I installed AVG free version 8 and seem to have suffered a speed hit on the computer. Has anyone else taken the plunge yet, and if so have you noticed any reductions in performance?

Geoff

Hi Geoff,

I agree with Ken Cox`s points. I too installed AVG8.0 and suffered the same problems. Disabling as Ken suggests seems to fix it. Funny thing is, a pal of mine had the same problem with Norton 360 and eventually resorted to the same action.

Hope this helps.

Toot Toot for now!

Flying Scotsman