AVG Releases Fix for Machines Bricked by Update

[FoShizzleDizzle]

I've been using no anti-virus for at least 3 years now with no issues. Maybe once or twice a year it gets infected (and one can tell it's infected usually from the computer's performance alone), and I manually remove it with some research with very little sweat. The task manager is practically a virus detection, that is, if you know what processes *should* be running.

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]thrust2night[/nom]There is no reason for debate. Free antivirus products perform just as well, if not better, than paid for ones. Although, I'd prefer my computer not to be bricked, paid antivirus scanners can also sometimes have issues if the updates don't go through proper QA. Remember the issues with McAfee not so long ago?[/citation]

Most of the "Free" Antivirus software is supported financially by the same company's paid version.

Which McAfee issues are you referring to? The software has been plagued by "issues" since day 1....

 

[digiex]

bootable thumb drive is the better way to go, some notebooks don't have optical drive.

 

[beayn]

AVG recently told my wife that the WoW patch she recently downloaded was infected. Obviously it wasn't... Things like that combined with constant restarts for updates are why I use MSE now. Plus it's 64 bit and AVG is 32 bit.

 

[plattyaj]

Luckily Vista System Restore worked for me ... it would be nice if they would provide more feedback in that program so you knew it was actually doing something. Then re-installed. It didn't prompt to update again (because they had pulled it).

That wasn't the free version.

 

[aaron88_7]

Any software company that produces products designed to be incompatible with competing software is a company that cannot be trusted. I learned of AVG's disingenuous policy when I upgraded to a newer version and while my PC wasn't bricked, it became unresponsive after about a minute into startup. AVG's only "fix" is to remove all competing anti-virus/spyware software. That's certainly not a fix for the user!!

Relying on a single companies products for anti-virus/anti-spam is ridiculous, and not at all a good idea to follow. Running 2 anti-virus programs with both actively searching for viruses on the fly is one thing, but it seems a lot of companies like AVG are starting to use this as an excuse to tell their customers they need to remove all competing software completely.

I can't believe I thought about buying AVG, thank god I didn't make that mistake! If a company can't write their programs to work nicely with your other software programs then don't give them a dime of your money!

 

[thechief73]

Wow, I cannot believe that AVG dropped the ball on something that big. I have been using AVG here and there just for spot checks, while I never had a virus before it was just in case, but never had a problem with the program itself. Makes me think twice a little before I load up AVG again.

 

[verbalizer]

this is why i use comodo internet security...
http://download.cnet.com/Comodo-Internet-Security/3000-2239_4-10460704.html
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com

 

[Guest]

Bricked is a grossly misused term here.

 

[teflon2287]

I have been using AVG on both of my PCs, but I somehow avoided this problem? Maybe because I never turned either PC off?

 

[chick0n]

[citation][nom]thrust2night[/nom]There is no reason for debate. Free antivirus products perform just as well, if not better, than paid for ones. Although, I'd prefer my computer not to be bricked, paid antivirus scanners can also sometimes have issues if the updates don't go through proper QA. Remember the issues with McAfee not so long ago?[/citation]

Free Antivirus is good for ... well free loaders.

That's how AVG (and any other FREE AV vendors) got their huge userbase.

Not saying Paid versions not getting fuxk ups. but chances are much smaller cuz they have more paid customers = more resources = more testing.

McAfee? Thats probably the worst of the worst "paid" vendors. Hell, I wouldn't use it even if its free.

 

[ibticktock]

Reading these comments is fascinating. In the "real world" this thread would be filled with people screaming and demanding punishment for their lives being interrupted. Plus, we would see a barrage of ads from shyster lawyers looking to create instant millionaires, of themselves, with lawsuits. Kudos to the readers here who are dealing with the issue and also supporting AVG. Most of us have used the free version of AVG at one time or another and appreciate the willingness of the company to offer its services to all users. S**t happens and it is great to see both the community and the company working together to solve a problem.

 

[Nightsilver]

L O L. Oh man, even more reason not to use AVG. A little common sense will go a lot farther than any antivirus solution in terms of keeping your computer clean people.


Especially if we're talking about AVG, which is synonymous with "terrible", "useless" and "crap".

 

[Lantzvillian]

Well AVG is getting to be rather bloated - perhaps an architecture rewrite will help solve some of these implementation issues. Although I don't use AVG anymore due to a bunch of false positives (I write some interesting code for development) I do use Panda Cloud.

 

[husker]

[citation][nom]FoShizzleDizzle[/nom]I've been using no anti-virus for at least 3 years now with no issues. Maybe once or twice a year it gets infected (and one can tell it's infected usually from the computer's performance alone), and I manually remove it with some research with very little sweat. The task manager is practically a virus detection, that is, if you know what processes *should* be running.[/citation]
I suggest you research Botnet on wikipedia. That is, if it will even come up on your computer.

 

[Guest]

And yet my Linux, SOlaris, mac OS X and even my NeXT are unaffected.

You use wheezer products like Windows, you deserve what you get.

That said, I had to repair two Win7x64 machines at my home after this. I couldn't bear to lose my game and HTPC machines. Real work, of course, gets done on UNIX.