AVG sucks
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Same thing happened about 6 months back on my GF's netbook. Installing Ubuntu side-by-side apparently fixed it :)
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Thanks for the Info. I thought of going for the update but seeing this message i won't go for update now.
Regards, Sathesh. The best way to express one's gratitude to the Divine is to feel simply Happy..
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Use Microsoft security essentials instead, It's a good choice.
Regards, Hiren. "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made." - Einstein Microsoft Dynamics CRM
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Kelly Herald wrote:
So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!!
Accumulating the frequent comments about AVG here and there, that's like saying "if you are hammering a nail through your knee, make sure the nail is clean". There's Avira Antivir[^] (free for personal use), and Microsoft Securtiy Essentials[^] (ditto).
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
I dumped AVG last week. I've switched over to MSE and #touch wood# it's working fine.
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Title should read "Why AVG Sucks Today". We have established standards here...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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Title should read "Why AVG Sucks Today". We have established standards here...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001I'm sorry. :sigh: I will take my punishment - of course I would think AVG crashing my system would be punishment enough. I was just so frustrated that I couldn't remember the correct format ("Why [xxxx] Sucks Today") and I didn't want to lose the mood.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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I have been using AVG Free and about a month ago upgraded to 2011. Well, tonight they pushed an update that crashed my system. :mad::mad: Safe-mode didn't even work. I had to use another system to burn a copy of my Win7 x64 MSDN DVD so that I could boot to it so that I could run a System Restore. That was the only thing that worked. After I got my system going again I went out to there support forum and it has quite a few posts with people experiencing the very same thing with XP, Vista and 7 both 32bit and 64bit. So, if anybody is using AVG 2011 -- DON'T LET IT UPDATE THE PROGRAM!!!!! You have been warned.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
