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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 2:40 pm
Thanks, Retired. I uninstalled AVG and reinstalled it, but am still having the same problems...see: ETA: Hope the computer geek in the family knows what to do...just have to be patient until Sunday.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 2:47 pm
Keep us posted.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 5:25 pm
Wound up having to do a system restore and then a bunch of reinstalling then uninstalling with error messages flashing all over the place, but finally, thanks to some nice cyber computer geeks, all is well now. Thanks again, Retired! Oh, I got rid of AVG completely and that CA thing. I was told that AVAST is a very good antivirus program so that's what I am running now.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 6:11 pm
Vee, I downloaded the new free AVG a couple weeks ago. I agree (with a friend of mine) that it is kind of difficult to discern at first blush that there is still a free AVG, but it is sort like Where's Waldo. It is right there on the page if you really look for it. My personal opinion and nobody else's is that the page is artfully designed to lead one to believe that only pay AVG is now available, and a lot of people will buy it because it has always worked well, and we do sort of owe AVG for all the years of trouble-free FREE antivirus help that they gave us. But I still went for the freebie, LOL.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 6:22 pm
Juju, I would've happily stayed with the AVG 7.5 if it had worked well, but it just wasn't doing a good job. If I had to buy one, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase AVG, though.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 1:08 pm
Just one last word...I am really liking this AVAST program. I had not realized how obtrusive AVG was until it was gone. No more 45 minutes of grinding away with updates upon start up in the morning...just a nice man's voice saying "your computer has been updated." No long messages at the end of every email. It's been so pleasant. I must have had a glitch in the system even with the old AVG because I always had trouble signing in to my email and MSN messenger, but just thought that it was normal. Now there are no problems. In case anyone else wants to give it a try once AVG 7.1 goes out on 1/15/07 and doesn't offer a virus protection on its 7.5 version, here is the link for the *AVAST download*. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see the download highlighted. I believe it's a one year free trial.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:33 pm
Vee, glad you got everything fixed. Thankfully, I never had the kinds of problems with AVG you are describing.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 7:13 pm
Gosh, me neither. Glad you have the new one that works for you, Vee.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 8:03 pm
But AVG DOES offer a free virus protection with 7.5
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 8:16 pm
AVG Free 7.5 <--Documentation avg75free_430a848.exe (17.1MB direct download)
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 5:27 am
I am using AVAST for free virus protection. My computer salesperson recommended it and I love it.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 11:57 am
i have a question, is it easy to switch from mcafee to AVG? how do i go about doing this?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 12:20 pm
Sorry if I have given false information, but there is something in 7.5 that is NOT offered and they tell what it is and provide a list of other programs to cover it. A switch from McAfee to anything is a good thing, landi. 
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 12:55 pm
landi, I recently downloaded and installed the free AVG. I kept McAfee installed....just in case, and that didn't cause any problems. Now that I'm thinking about it, I guess I had better uninstall the McAfee now.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 7:33 pm
Yes, Landi, it is easy. Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs. Find McAfee. Uninstall it. Restart your computer. Go to the free AVG download, download it, install it, set your preferred times for downloading updates and for scanning computer. Do this all in the same session. Don't go days or weeks with your McAfee uninstalled and your AVG not yet downloaded or installed.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 10:15 pm
I am getting downloading updates every day on the free AVG. Is anyone else getting updates every day? Seems like a lot of updates. Thanks in advance.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 2:01 am
Questions ~ I have installed the latest IE and I'm really not liking it. It works fine but I like having the last several websites I've visited in the drop down list of the address window. Does anyone know how to make that happen or is it a gone feature? Also, everytime I turn off my computer it dumps all of my website usernames and passwords even though I've told it to save them. Any clues?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 3:46 am
Suz...My Avast virus protection is updating every other day as well. I just don't mind getting updates because to me, it means the company is doing its job. We have another computer that still has AVG on it and we only turn it on 1-2 times per week and it is downloading updates each time we turn it on too. Chiliwilli...I have IE 7 and I just love it. I just went to the address bar in the top of the page and hit the arrow down and it showed me a number of websites I just visited. You can also hit the star and then hit history and that will give you the websites you have recently visited as well. Hope this helps
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 9:31 am
Suz, yes, my AVG updates itself every day. They are usually small updates that don't take long to download.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 11:44 am
Skootz, I mean when I start my computer and go into IE the websites I visited yesterday should be in my address bar drop down and they are not. Every time I restart my computer everything has gone bye bye. Thanks for the response though.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 1:39 pm
Chiliwilli, check your settings...under tools (at the top of your screen), then internet options, how many days are you asking your computer to store information? Maybe that's it...I keep mine on zero, which means no information is stored from day to day, but if you would like, you can change that setting. (This might not have anything to do with what you are describing, though.)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 4:00 pm
Vee, I think you are onto something. She might have her history set on zero days. And thanks for reminding me. I just went and changed mine to 14 days.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 6:03 pm
Thank you for the response Skootz and Juju. I was just wondering if any one else got the updates every day. Have a nice evening everyone. (Such good people on this board. I love it.)
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 8:53 pm
Thanks, Vee. That was one of the first things I thought of. With the previous version I kept it set at 1 day so I thought maybe that was the answer. I changed it to 7 days but it didn't make any difference. I think I've gone through just about every setting that might be it. Maybe it's a feature they thought the new version didn't need but I use it a lot. I hate having to type it in all the time and the same with my usernames and passwords for sites that don't need any security. It keeps dumping those too even though when it asks me if I want them saved I say yes. Which makes me think there is something somewhere that is telling it to clear everything on a reboot.
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 3:01 pm
Hey Drah, I know your a busy man.. but I need some help. My hard drive on my laptop is toast. Dell is sending a new one... but I need to try and back up some programs, pictures and documents and have been working on it all day with no luck. The computer needs to be rebooted after about 10 minutes which doesn't give me time to save anything. If when I get the new hard drive, could I send the old one to you and see if you could save anything for me? I mostly want to get my Photoshop programs, Microsoft Word/Publisher, and my photos off of it. The rest I guess can go to heaven. Or could you walk me through it somehow? ACK!!
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