AVG issues
Does anyone use AVG free version 8.0?
I have been using AVG for years and it works great. Well It has stopped updating correctly. I have rebooted, uninstalled reinstalled blah blah blah. I have looked on the AVG website and they say they are having server issues.
The weird thing is that I have a bunch of machines and only some of them are having this "unable" to connect to update server issue.
I am posting this message from the same machine that his having issues so obviously i-net connectivity is not the problem. And I am having no other issues with my home network.
So does anyone know a work around or, an equally equivalent free anti virus program?
Thanks gents (and ladies).
I have been using AVG for years and it works great. Well It has stopped updating correctly. I have rebooted, uninstalled reinstalled blah blah blah. I have looked on the AVG website and they say they are having server issues.
The weird thing is that I have a bunch of machines and only some of them are having this "unable" to connect to update server issue.
I am posting this message from the same machine that his having issues so obviously i-net connectivity is not the problem. And I am having no other issues with my home network.
So does anyone know a work around or, an equally equivalent free anti virus program?
Thanks gents (and ladies).
encrypt the encryption, never mind my brain hurts.
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I use Avast Home Edition now. Works great.
Yes I am switching as we speak....
Thanks
-Bender
Looks like a few here have gone for Avast as an option - it is a great one. AntiVir is another good free one and there are also a few others. If you do some researc you will find that there are certain scan engines that power those that finish high on the comparison charts.
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But seriously, most freeware AV programs are pretty much okay, but I have seen a bunch of problems lately with AVG. I use it on one of my machines and it periodically does the 'no connectivity' thing when I know I have connectivity, and I've had a missing file error among some others.
I kinda like Avast - I use that on at least two of my other PCs and it does its job well at a nice cost of zip. The only thing I hate about Avast is that, if I forget to turn down my speakers, it screams "VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED!!!!!" and scares the bejebus out of me!!
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I've really come to like ESET NOD32. I don't mind paying for it at all. Kaspersky comes behind it as a close second.
lol, I've been using avast for a couple of days now and the first time that happened to me it scared the bejebus out of me too. I can only imagine how awesome it would be to be having a phone interview and have it go off like that.
-Bender
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Both NOD and Kaspersky did pretty well but I always preferred NOD since it is lighter and I don't demand all the bells and whistles that Kaspersky has.
I haven't been able to find one bit of information supporting this statement. Can someone please verify this for me?
I would if it were true.