- Re: [Update] AVG Free - Major Update - Wish I Knew Why They Do This On A Friday Afternoon!
- Posted by Kenny on July 22nd, 2005
What happened last weekend?
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Kenny Cargill
"Mel" <MJ@nospam.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Daze N. Knights on July 22nd, 2005
Mel wrote:
But this only happened to certain computers running 98se or ME. I was,
unfortunately, one of them, and it was a major headache for me: BSODs
and freezes all over the place. However, it did not happen to two other
computers that I know of that are running 98se. And although I've
installed AVG on quite a number of clients also running 98se or ME, I
have yet to hear from any of them regarding any problems at all. So it
was OS dependent and seemed to effect only certain machines with an
unknown something in common.
Daze
- Posted by Kenny on July 22nd, 2005
Found this interesting re: AV programs, both free and paid for.
http://www.suggestafix.com/index.php...7531bdc8207d1c
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Kenny Cargill
"Daze N. Knights" <daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Daze N. Knights on July 22nd, 2005
Mel wrote:
For those experiencing problems, Grisoft recommends downloading the
latest version of AVG Free, going into Safe Mode to uninstall the
current installation, then installing the new download in Normal Mode
and updating it.
Daze
- Posted by Daze N. Knights on July 23rd, 2005
Mel wrote:
No. If you would have checked out the relevant thread at the AVG forum,
you would have learned that the problem was caused by their database
update released last Friday. After examining the problem as reported by
a number of users, they issued an update the following day that
corrected the problem. Uninstalling AVG gets rid of the problem update,
and a fresh installation of AVG allows one to download subsequent good
updates.
You are reading things into Grisoft's response to the situation that
simply aren't there. Actually, they pounced on the problem as soon as
they learned of it, analyzed it, and fixed it the next day. Pretty
responsive for the makers of a free product, I'd say. Is the maker of
your operating system that responsive to problems as they develop?
You apparently have an anti-Grisoft bias, which is perfectly okay. You
don't have to like AVG. But you should be up front about it, and not
unfairly accuse Grisoft of blaming "the Users Computer" when they have
done no such thing.
Daze
