Avast and AVG for Windows

[Dan]

I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The last
I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is not
compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my computer
on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible
because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to
SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed the
protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged a
legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.

I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP Pro.
side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

> ...I tried version 8 on my computer
> on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible
> because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to
> SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed
> the
> protection for 197 items.

This is a known-behavior and (to Grisoft's way of thinking) an
incomptibility with AVG v8.0 cf. http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1319.
There are several workarounds to avoid this.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Dan wrote:
> I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The
> last I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is
> not
> compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my
> computer
> on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible
> because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to
> SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed
> the
> protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged
> a
> legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.
>
> I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP
> Pro.
> side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.

 

[Dan]

Thank you for your response, Robear. AVG 7.5 worked fine for me and since
AVG 8 is flawed, imo and will not work with Windows 98 Second Edition then I
am glad to have an alternative with Avast for Windows 98 SE and Windows XP
Pro.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> > ...I tried version 8 on my computer
> > on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible
> > because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to
> > SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed
> > the
> > protection for 197 items.
>
> This is a known-behavior and (to Grisoft's way of thinking) an
> incomptibility with AVG v8.0 cf. http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1319.
> There are several workarounds to avoid this.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Dan wrote:
> > I removed AVG and went with Avast antivirus and it is working well. The
> > last I heard that AVG 7.5 will be ending in a few days and version 8 is
> > not
> > compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition. I tried version 8 on my
> > computer
> > on the Windows XP Pro. side of my multi-boot computer and it was terrible
> > because it flagged things that were not a problem and just related to
> > SpywareBlaster which had protected against the baddies and AVG 8 removed
> > the
> > protection for 197 items. My dad tried it on his computer and it flagged
> > a
> > legitimate file as a trojan. He is also now using Avast.
> >
> > I am also giving Ubantu Linux a try on my computer a try within the XP
> > Pro.
> > side of the Windows environment and so I now have a tri-boot computer.
>
>