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24th Apr 2008, 13:01
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Basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. Limited features, no support, for private and non-commercial use only.
Download Page The computer I was trying to install this on kept getting an error that it couldn't create a Registry key. I tried twice and that was enough. The machine now is running Avast! Home Free. My recommendation is if you have AVG antivirus and are thinking of upgrading to the new 8.0 version save yourself the time and install Avast! Home Free instead. Besides the bad decision by AVG to include the Yahoo! "Security Toolbar" the makers of AVG are in my opinion heading down the same road as Symantec and steadily creating a bloated product that will eventually slow many computers down to a crawl. Thanks for the years of protection Griftsoft, but I am now using and recommending only Avast!.
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25th Apr 2008, 07:11
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Which you already did!
Trouble is, Avast keeps stopping me from sending emails, so I am now with AVG!
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25th Apr 2008, 07:26
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Computers and software are like men and women. Some get along very well while others don't...
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25th Apr 2008, 07:28
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25th Apr 2008, 08:21
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Hehe, she's a doll.
I have seen where AVG 7.5 likely won't be supported any longer by the end of the year. I think around August (or sooner) is when they will drop it in favor of the new 8.0.
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25th Apr 2008, 09:24
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Quote:
 I get it "free" but it isn't worth the hassle! Every time I try Avast it eventually stops me sending emails.
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25th Apr 2008, 10:12
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Yes I saw on the AVG free forums where 7.5 will be discontinued in the near future. Don't know how true or exactly when but it makes since. They won't want to maintain two free AV's.
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25th Apr 2008, 11:09
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Well, that was simple enough! Downloaded the updater, ran it and the laptop froze. Eventually discovered that ZoneAlarm was stopping it.
Stopped ZA, ran installer again with no hitch but at some stage it needed to reboot. Told it to reboot and nothing happened. Started Task Manager and shut down every process I could and then told it to reboot again. This time, bingo, and got all the way to "The computer is shutting down". Eventually just had to knock it on the head by holding the power button for 5 seconds. Restarted and it is fine! Piece of p*ss!
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25th Apr 2008, 11:32
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Oops! Not quite right! All dialogues have the text blacked out!
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25th Apr 2008, 13:33
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Is this with AVG or Avast?
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