AVG Free 8.0

[mr.clean]

I've had this for a couple of weeks..  All of a suddan when doing a Virus scan one night.

It found 3 Virus's In My Pogo DX games and put them all into the Virus Velt thing

None of the shortcuts will open the programs now.

I removed them from there and it does the samething..

There's nothing done with these programs in months and now they have Virus's.

Please help!

thanks all..

[Homer]

I don't think your programs sudennly developed viruses. The likely culprit here is AVG producing false positives.

The problem with these "FREE" AV programs is anything they aren't sure about they classify as a "virus" Because the programs are free they don't dedicate the resources necessary to correctly identify the files and so they wind up classifying them as viruses etc.

Personally I would never trust my pc to these free programs but I understand some people can't afford proper AV software so something is better than nothing.

My advice is to get a more reliable program. I personally recommend products from Trend Micro. See the link below for more info.

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/personal/?WT.mc_id=2008HP_Home_ProductsOverview

[gator8_24]

Yep that happened to me too and got rid of AVG. No more problems

[mr.clean]

I removed  and rebooted my puter and the 3 dx games still don'nt launch the game .  I've tryed doing 2 Systems Restores and it says after it does everything that it can'nt be restored back . Nothing was changed ..

Do i have too uninstall these 3 games?   Will i lose all ranks and everything in them.

Will i have too use the Re Keys again?

thanks everyone for your help!

[Homer]

If you remove the games you will need to re-enter the keys and I'm pretty sure you lose your ranks and stuff

[mr.clean]

what else is there too do? :=

[Homer]

what else is there too do? :=

Sorry, don't have an answer there.

[mr.clean]

whats the point of having a Windows Restore  when it allways says It can not restore too that date?  Nothing has been changed !

[Homer]

whats the point of having a Windows Restore  when it allways says It can not restore too that date?  Nothing has been changed !

I've had that happen. I usually try again or pick another date and it works.

[disneyland lady]

Every once in a while when you are happy about where your computer is with things - Pick your own RESTORE point. I have been doing this since I discovered that Vista does not give you as many points to pick from. You get to name it so you can give a hint of what you did ("BEFORE ADDING AV") or something besides the date. The Restore Wizard is your lifesaver and stress reliever.  You may never need that restore but it is really reassuring when you do need it.

Disneyland lady insane diego

[mr.clean]

I've tryed many different dates and it does the samething every time... Goes through the hole thing of restore and reboots and then says it can not restore too that date. Nothing is changed. := :=

Tryed doing dates before av was on it. dates before it found the games.

[mr.clean]

I don't think your programs sudennly developed viruses. The likely culprit here is AVG producing false positives.

The problem with these "FREE" AV programs is anything they aren't sure about they classify as a "virus" Because the programs are free they don't dedicate the resources necessary to correctly identify the files and so they wind up classifying them as viruses etc.

Personally I would never trust my pc to these free programs but I understand some people can't afford proper AV software so something is better than nothing.

My advice is to get a more reliable program. I personally recommend products from Trend Micro. See the link below for more info.

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/personal/?WT.mc_id=2008HP_Home_ProductsOverview

Wow i can'nt afford that! 

[harley89]

Mr Clean i tried many free programs and always had problems. My feeling is you pay good money for a computer so it is worth the expense of protecting it with good programs.  Paying $50 dollars plus is a small price to pay to protect something you have several hundred dollars or a few thousand invested in. I have close to $4000 invested in computers. It pays to keep them in shape

[Stinkerbell]

Mr Clean i tried many free programs and always had problems. My feeling is you pay good money for a computer so it is worth the expense of protecting it with good programs.  Paying $50 dollars plus is a small price to pay to protect something you have several hundred dollars or a few thousand invested in. I have close to $4000 invested in computers. It pays to keep them in shape

And last I heard, you could download Trend Micro onto 3 computers for that 1 fee of $50.00

[mr.clean]

Mr Clean i tried many free programs and always had problems. My feeling is you pay good money for a computer so it is worth the expense of protecting it with good programs.  Paying $50 dollars plus is a small price to pay to protect something you have several hundred dollars or a few thousand invested in. I have close to $4000 invested in computers. It pays to keep them in shape

Yeah back in 2005 i Payed good money for a good Virus protection then it was avast.   I paided 90.00 for 3 years of service.

[FreecellFanny]

Plainly put, AVG sucks.

My hubby tried it and it kept disabling legitimate programs in spite of the fact that he marked certain folders to be ignored. This of course required that the legit programs be reinstalled time after time.

$50 a year for Trend Micro is a bargain and like was said previously, it is good for 3 computers.

[mr.clean]

In a related note I run Spyware Termatior   It said that 5 of my auto's at worms in them!!!

Shake in Bake,Texas Round up,  can not remember the others but i did'nt remove them yet.

[arniebear]

Just something I read on AVG 8

AVG update accidentally cripples Windows XP

12 November 2008
AVG update accidentally cripples Windows XP A recent update to AVG 8 has caused massive headaches for its owner and for many users who ended up with a crippled Windows XP operating system
. At the core of the problem is a false positive of user32.dll, a vital Windows Operating System file, which the updated AVG 8 reported as a trojan horse. Upon the false detection, the AVG update prompted the user to delete the file to fix the problem, which in turn could result in Windows XP endlessly rebooting.

The problem affected the Windows XP operating system with SP2 or SP3 installed. It didn't affect systems using Windows XP in the English language, but affected Windows installations using the Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages
. Upon noticing the problem, an update to fix it was immediately pushed out.

"AVG is actively working to remedy the problem some users are experiencing related to the most recent update to commercial and free versions of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8.0 in some languages. A number of users who installed the update mistakenly received a warning that the Windows system file user32.dll product version 5.1.2600.3099 was infected with a Trojan virus and were prompted to delete a file essential to the operation of Windows XP." a company representative said.

The Czech anti-virus company has posted a fix tool and further details on its website. For users who are unable to boot Windows after updating to the latest version, they have been told to, "contact their AVG reseller or ask a friend to download the information and fix tool for them." This latest problem comes after a recent update identified elements of the ZoneAlarm security software as a threat.