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daglesj
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Have to say I'm not impressed with 8's update system.
5/6/7 had a very simple set and forget and load update at startup.
8 now has to be coaxed into updates and now has updates that require a restart.
Updates that require restart? What is this 1999?
Big step backwards. |
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impar
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Greetings!
Not sure, but I think that can be configured in Options. |
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powerarmour
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Big step backwards. |
I agree, in fact I'm really beginning to dislike AVG 8, everything that worked so smooth and efficient in AVG 7 is now a bloated clunky mess.
I've now switched most of my other Windoze rigs over to ClamWin, hugely lighter (albeit less functional), super fast upates, and incredibly basic, just the way I like it...  |
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Seawolf
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Can't argue with 8 myself. It's much better than 7 was, especially when scanning, and catches a lot more (what with the antispyware and antirootkit stuff.)
I don't know how the free one is, but my ver automagically checks for updates.
The Linkscanner/Safesearch stuff I could do without, but it doesn't support Opera so I haven't had any complaints.
Still, I don't know why the hell I paid for AVG when I never get a virus anyway. I might just let my subscription lapse at the end of it, but that's next year.
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impar
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Greetings!
Could try this:
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daglesj
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yep enabled that and its bad that that is not the default option. However, it does update when I start it up in the morning for the next update but then it needs to restart to get the update to work.
That is supremely retarded. AVG7 never needed a restart in all the years I used it.
AVG7 used to just fire up forst thing and notify you it was updating then would pop up a window to say it was done.
Irritating but reassuring none the less.
I guess they are just making the free version more of a pain to use so we switch to the paid version. Maybe 7 was just too good as a free product, in that it just did the job with very little hassle. |
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Seawolf
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That is kinda wierd.
I admit I have had more trouble than I should've with some of the updates...especially 8s firewall. But thats been MOSTLY cleared up.
I don't know why they had such a godawful launch though. The launch had too many glaring issues...should've been another beta.
Probably x64 users had it worse off.
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daglesj
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Seawolf wrote: |
That is kinda wierd.
I admit I have had more trouble than I should've with some of the updates...especially 8s firewall. But thats been MOSTLY cleared up.
I don't know why they had such a godawful launch though. The launch had too many glaring issues...should've been another beta.
Probably x64 users had it worse off. |
Yeah it is kind of wierd but as you say, maybe its a 64bit thing.
Might settle down over a few more client updates. |
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Seawolf
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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/07/07/avg-fixes-antivirus-software-skewing-web-site-statistics
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| Security company AVG is upgrading a component of its antivirus software so as not to place an undue traffic load on the Web sites it scans. The company has already released a patch for LinkScanner, part of its Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0, and will release a patch for the paid versions of the software on Tuesday, said Lloyd Borrett, marketing manager for AVG in Australia and New Zealand. |
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Seawolf
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I don't know when this launched, but AVG Free got SP1 also
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Program update AVG 8.0.135 - SP1
Improvements & fixes
* Remake of internal communication to eliminate undesired program status appearance (hibernation, sleep mode, cold restart, ...).
* Display of the system tray icon representing running scan (that can be paused or stopped from the context menu).
* Added option to ignore the status of a component via context menu in the AVG main interface: the system tray icon then reports OK status even if a component is in error status.
* System restore point is created before launching a program update.
* Improved EML file processing including scanning of user mailboxes.
* RAM requirements optimization.
* New design of the system tray pop-up window, and more information provided.
* Improved statistics of detected objects in Email Scanner and resident Shield.
* To eliminate AVG collisions with OS, only minimum drivers are installed in safe mode; then it is possible to launch on-demand scanning from the command line only, and a new GUI dialog has been added to ease the scan configuration.
* Added option of restoring a file from the Virus Vault to the original folder even if the folder has been removed.
* Added option of deleting the Resident Shield and Email Scanner history.
* Improved stability and design of GUI.
* Improved detection of former Lotus Notes/MS Exchange plugins installations during AVG setup.
* Fixed crash during the update process.
* Fixed problems with detection of some external USB DVD/CD drives.
* Fixed problem with inactive components after update.
* Fixed possible corruption of transferred data when the Web Shield is enabled.
* Fixed a possible crash caused by the Web Shield.
* Fixed problem with switching to small font size in Microsoft Internet Explorer after closing AVG User Interface.
* Fixed repetitive backup of scanned files by Vista incremental backup service.
* Improved parsing of Google advertising URLs. |
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