more avast rubbish... [modified]
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
l a u r e n wrote:
and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it
:laugh:
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
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l a u r e n wrote:
and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it
:laugh:
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
Somebody spilt red wine all over their post [EDIT] Magic, It is gone [/EDIT]
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Somebody spilt red wine all over their post [EDIT] Magic, It is gone [/EDIT]
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
Format is faster, especially on Fridays.
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth Edition -
what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
Well when you see big companies like Adobe not being able to write good installers/uninstallers then you can understand why the little guys screw up too. I love Adobe installers. "Please exit all other applications then wait for 2 hours while we spin some wheels and use the last 5 minutes to actually install. Then reboot, 5 times, then reinstall some browser plugins, then maybe you have to uninstall and start again or maybe not. Then launch the app and spend 30 minutes registering it, which may not work the first few times. If you had previous versions of our software installed, then you are very screwed but you can run this semi-manual uninstaller tool. But you have to do that BEFORE you attempt this install, even though we've only told you AFTER this install. If you have a case-sensitive file-system then switch it to case-insensitive and install then switch back and hope it doesn't blow up, some of our coders used uppercase while others used lowercase for filenames. Sorry. Also, when you install Photoshop, you will also get 5 other free and bloody useless applications that you'll never ever use. If you don't want them installed then spend 30 minutes unticking boxes in our 500 deep node-tree. Have a nise day. Excuse our typos, we couldn't be arsed. Thanks for your thousands of Euros."
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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Format is faster, especially on Fridays.
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth EditionFormat Friday. I like it. You could even automate it with a ghost/clone tool. Come rain or shine, deadlines or hail, your box formats itself at 8am on a Friday.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
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Well when you see big companies like Adobe not being able to write good installers/uninstallers then you can understand why the little guys screw up too. I love Adobe installers. "Please exit all other applications then wait for 2 hours while we spin some wheels and use the last 5 minutes to actually install. Then reboot, 5 times, then reinstall some browser plugins, then maybe you have to uninstall and start again or maybe not. Then launch the app and spend 30 minutes registering it, which may not work the first few times. If you had previous versions of our software installed, then you are very screwed but you can run this semi-manual uninstaller tool. But you have to do that BEFORE you attempt this install, even though we've only told you AFTER this install. If you have a case-sensitive file-system then switch it to case-insensitive and install then switch back and hope it doesn't blow up, some of our coders used uppercase while others used lowercase for filenames. Sorry. Also, when you install Photoshop, you will also get 5 other free and bloody useless applications that you'll never ever use. If you don't want them installed then spend 30 minutes unticking boxes in our 500 deep node-tree. Have a nise day. Excuse our typos, we couldn't be arsed. Thanks for your thousands of Euros."
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Paul Watson wrote:
I love Adobe installers. "Please exit all other applications then wait for 2 hours while we spin some wheels and use the last 5 minutes to actually install. Then reboot, 5 times, then reinstall some browser plugins, then maybe you have to uninstall and start again or maybe not. Then launch the app and spend 30 minutes registering it, which may not work the first few times. If you had previous versions of our software installed, then you are very screwed but you can run this semi-manual uninstaller tool. But you have to do that BEFORE you attempt this install, even though we've only told you AFTER this install. If you have a case-sensitive file-system then switch it to case-insensitive and install then switch back and hope it doesn't blow up, some of our coders used uppercase while others used lowercase for filenames. Sorry. Also, when you install Photoshop, you will also get 5 other free and bloody useless applications that you'll never ever use. If you don't want them installed then spend 30 minutes unticking boxes in our 500 deep node-tree. Have a nise day. Excuse our typos, we couldn't be arsed. Thanks for your thousands of Euros."
So true :laugh:
Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control [v2.0] OpenGL game tutorial in C++ -
what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
Just curious, have your tried MS Security Essentials yet? http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/[^] I know you are having a problem with Avast at the moment, but thought perhaps you had tried it prior to Avast. I have used MS SE on several machines now and they seem to be working fine.
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: Coca-Cola In Israel..
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
Hmmm been using Avast for YEARS and NEVER Had any issues. Perhaps it is something because of the new Windows 7 that they have not quite gotten right yet? My only peeve with them right now is that I paid for a version of their Windows mobile 6 and they apparently do not yet support devices with a 320x200 screen size... UGH!
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Format Friday. I like it. You could even automate it with a ghost/clone tool. Come rain or shine, deadlines or hail, your box formats itself at 8am on a Friday.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
I believe some software houses, gives the user a brand new image every morning. Obviously, you just pull the code and start devving. Forget to commit changes, tough cookies. That way everyone is forced to commit code, not a bad way of inspiring frequent checkins (unlike some cow-orker I have).
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth Edition -
what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
Since it's a clean install from windows wouldn't it have been faster to just format and reinstall? :) I'v been thinking about ditching avast as well (it slows down my pc to a hold every time it scans) but considering your troubles I'll just back reinstall (needed to do it soon anyway). Might even try that new windows 7 thingy now ;P
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what kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it??? in safe mode!! and this is supposed to be malware protection? these guys should write malware - they are really quite good at it X| so now they are asking me to: 1. uninstall MSE 2. re-install their (cr)app 3. disable some feature in their app 4. boot into safe mode and run an uninstaller app 5. reboot into windows and see if that worked 6. if not, then we will try something else or 6. re-install MSE and move on with my life all this on a new clean install of win7 ultimate on a new hard drive these guys are a joke X|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, December 4, 2009 5:29 AM
l a u r e nwhat kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it???in safe mode!!
The kind that can't be f***ked about by scripting on web pages you visit, or by e-mail attachments run by incognoscenti. Or do you really want a virus checker that can be disabled, replaced, and/or fooled by the latest malware?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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l a u r e nwhat kind of app in 2009 requires a seperate app to uninstall it???in safe mode!!
The kind that can't be f***ked about by scripting on web pages you visit, or by e-mail attachments run by incognoscenti. Or do you really want a virus checker that can be disabled, replaced, and/or fooled by the latest malware?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Hey! What did I hit to make the text turn red?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well when you see big companies like Adobe not being able to write good installers/uninstallers then you can understand why the little guys screw up too. I love Adobe installers. "Please exit all other applications then wait for 2 hours while we spin some wheels and use the last 5 minutes to actually install. Then reboot, 5 times, then reinstall some browser plugins, then maybe you have to uninstall and start again or maybe not. Then launch the app and spend 30 minutes registering it, which may not work the first few times. If you had previous versions of our software installed, then you are very screwed but you can run this semi-manual uninstaller tool. But you have to do that BEFORE you attempt this install, even though we've only told you AFTER this install. If you have a case-sensitive file-system then switch it to case-insensitive and install then switch back and hope it doesn't blow up, some of our coders used uppercase while others used lowercase for filenames. Sorry. Also, when you install Photoshop, you will also get 5 other free and bloody useless applications that you'll never ever use. If you don't want them installed then spend 30 minutes unticking boxes in our 500 deep node-tree. Have a nise day. Excuse our typos, we couldn't be arsed. Thanks for your thousands of Euros."
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
I think I'll print that out and put it on the wall.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well when you see big companies like Adobe not being able to write good installers/uninstallers then you can understand why the little guys screw up too. I love Adobe installers. "Please exit all other applications then wait for 2 hours while we spin some wheels and use the last 5 minutes to actually install. Then reboot, 5 times, then reinstall some browser plugins, then maybe you have to uninstall and start again or maybe not. Then launch the app and spend 30 minutes registering it, which may not work the first few times. If you had previous versions of our software installed, then you are very screwed but you can run this semi-manual uninstaller tool. But you have to do that BEFORE you attempt this install, even though we've only told you AFTER this install. If you have a case-sensitive file-system then switch it to case-insensitive and install then switch back and hope it doesn't blow up, some of our coders used uppercase while others used lowercase for filenames. Sorry. Also, when you install Photoshop, you will also get 5 other free and bloody useless applications that you'll never ever use. If you don't want them installed then spend 30 minutes unticking boxes in our 500 deep node-tree. Have a nise day. Excuse our typos, we couldn't be arsed. Thanks for your thousands of Euros."
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
So beautiful... I can't look away... You've taken the entire Adobe install experience and condensed it into a single seething paragraph of hate and viciousness. Which is pretty much all you would get condensing the hours and hours of trying to get reader, photoshop and various other products from them to work.
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Format is faster, especially on Fridays.
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth Editionit's a clean install and i *really* don't want to do that again
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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actually no i didn't but thanks
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Just curious, have your tried MS Security Essentials yet? http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/[^] I know you are having a problem with Avast at the moment, but thought perhaps you had tried it prior to Avast. I have used MS SE on several machines now and they seem to be working fine.
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: Coca-Cola In Israel..
yes see point 1 (or 2) above the bit about "uninstall your current anti-malware solution" :|
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"