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posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:02 from: Martin Wynne
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If you use AVG anti-virus, since yesterday you may have been seeing a warning that the main Templot web site contains a virus. (Along with another 39,530 web sites on the same hosting provider!) This was caused by an AVG fault. It has now been corrected -- please make sure you obtain the latest AVG update. Here are the details: 2011 Network Status AlertsMartin. |
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posted: 16 Apr 2011 22:07 from: Judi R
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AVG have a history of false positives and I found, from personal experience, that their software was becoming more and more demanding on my 5-year-old PC. I changed to Avast! and everything now runs a lot smoother. Judi |
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posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:12 from: gsmorris click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
I have given up with AVG as well just too much hassel. many others are better and cause less fuss. At work I have instructed all copies to be removed and that is a job and a bit. only one worse programme to remove absolutly and that is coneted to what was a film company. Sugget that nether are used or much else does not work | ||
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posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:57 from: Martin Wynne
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For several years now I have used Eset NOD32 anti-virus: http://www.eset.co.uk/Home/NOD32-Antivirus I've no idea how it compares with others as I've not tried them all. But it has always worked seamlessly with no problems or slow-running. The only time I'm aware of any slow-down effect on the computer is for 30 seconds or so after it has updated, when it does a quick scan using the new data. It updates a few times every day. Not the cheapest though, and supports only Intel or AMD processors. For a typical home user on a fully-updated Windows 7 system, Microsoft Security Essentials is reckoned to be as good as any, and it's free: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security_essentials/default.aspx (That's another one of those web sites with small pale grey text on a slightly paler grey background. Who on earth writes these sites? I always do CTRL-A to make them readable.) Martin. |
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posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:03 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Been using AVG for a long time, first the free version, then the 3-system full version package. Apart from a brief period just before I switched from version 8 to 9, I've never had any problems with it. I do, however, switch off the automatic system check, and just run it when I think it needs it, which takes care of performance issues. Nigel |
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posted: 17 Apr 2011 15:43 from: Paul Boyd
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It might go against the grain to suggest a Micro$oft product, but so long as your PC is used regularly I reckon Security Essentials is pretty good, especially from a machine loading point of view. It just sits there quietly and doesn't seem to have the processor-hogging properties of many other AV products. I switched to this from Kasperksy because they, along with many others, seemed to think that the purpose of owning a reasonably powerful PC was solely to run their product! MSE is also free  The caveat with Security Essentials is that if your PC is off for any length of time, say a week or so, then it does slow the machine at startup as it does lots of updates all at once. I use AVG Free on my infrequently used laptop for that reason and I don't find that it slows it down. I wonder if it's the power-hungry full suite that people are finding too much on older PCs? I won't even go into what McAfee does to my PC at work  |
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posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:49 from: gsmorris click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi AVG is power hungry and on older computers this is a problem. Howevre, the main problem is compatability and shutting down functionality. Getting things working again can be very time hungry! and to my mind leaves vunerabilities. And Removal - just dont go there my guys hate it almost as much as AOL. I have to say Micr$ offering is not bad given the previous post caviat. G |
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posted: 21 Apr 2011 15:12 from: Jim Guthrie
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gsmorris wrote: HiAVG do a removal tool which seems to do the business - top of the list on this page http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools Jim. |
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posted: 21 Apr 2011 17:39 from: gsmorris click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Yep but not all functionality returns and not much with some versions of windows particularly with windows7. You still need to play around with quite a few things to remove it totally in most if not all cases in our experence. Good protection though- too good. George |
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