Comments on: AVOID AVG 8.0 AT ALL COSTS!

By: dextaboy

dextaboy — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:21:50 +0000

Used AVG at home and work for years but latest version could not be more different. besides a few conflicts the renewal e mail links did not work – eventually expired, final reminder link crashed machine then even their web pages stopped working, contact by phone is a nightmare – i eventually subscibed that way out of misguided loyalty but things continued to be problematic so i asked for my money back – numerous e mails and phone calls but still waiting. Its got to the point that what ever they say will happen simply does not. I asked them the question – how am i to trust you with my protection when you can’t resolve basics – not had a response.

Some of the stuff was just stupid – auto responses saying they cant respond because they have no contact details – rrrrgh!!

By: alex

alex — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:51:34 +0000

My AVG went tits up when i got it (3rd Jan 09) I ended up using Windows Defender for it. I now think AVG is a bunch of rubbish.

By: poltergeist

poltergeist — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:40:51 +0000

I like using AVG. But the problem is it slows down your PC start-up.

I use AVG licensed which my old company issued on me. It works fine at first. but when I Upgraded it and re-boot my PC, it makes all my processes mem usage go up.

It slowed down my pc.. really granny-slow..

I had to use the cyberlat ramcleaner to boost my pc again..

I hope AVG would find a way to fix this problem…

By: Another disappointed AVG user

Another disappointed AVG user — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:50:31 +0000

I to have been having a problem with AVG antivirus network edition 8.0 paid version where the icon that is usually in the system tray is no longer there and when trying to access it from the start menu or desktop icon it is unresponsive (hour glass icon appears for a few seconds and goes back to the arrow and nothing happens). When I tried to uninstall AVG, the setup program would freeze and “(Not Responding)” would appear in the title bar (blue bar at the very top of the window); this has happened with every setup option as well (install, repair and uninstall). It’s to bad to see a once excellent program go down like this.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:27:40 +0000

I do not like AVG anymore . I can’t see any text at all when I open the user interface.

By: Raymondo

Raymondo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:39:42 +0000

I recent had weird fake virus detection being displayed by AVG about my MP3 player being infected with a Tojan horse PSW. It refused access to my player stating optical drive not accessible. I ran McAfee scan and found nothing. Uninstall AVG 8.0 and my problem was solved. My machine is fine and my MP3 player is accessible. I also saw a major improvement on my machine once I removed AVG 8.0

Sorry AVG, but you’re last virus update file messed up my machine.

Ray

By: clair

clair — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:11:20 +0000

Ive had avg 8 for a while, but one day I did an update which told me to restart my comp.
Since then the AVG tray icon is having difficuties opening and out of date. Also my windows task manager will not work at all. So I am now totally unprotected.

Help!!!!! What can I do?????

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:31:39 +0000

This was obviously done before I did any research on Ver 8. The problem I’m seeing is I can no longer VPN into my office.

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By: Be

Be — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:50:48 +0000

I totally agree with this subject.

I think I will de-install AVG and look for an alternative antivirus. I realy fed up every time my pc needs to restart after restart by AVG update.