Comments on: Grisoft Rolls Out 2008 Version of Free AVG Anti-Virus

By: Antivirus

Antivirus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:05:38 +0000

The benefits I have found from AVG are numerous. It does not slow down my computer’s booting speed, disk speed, or internet speed. It rarely finds false positives in my system. When I had Norton, I was often deceived by hackers sending me pop ups that I thought were from Norton, but which were actually viruses, Trojans, and rootkits meant to search my computer for valuable information. I was deceived by the pop ups because their interfaces looked so similar to the ones used by Norton. AVG has a distinct interface that is likely too laborsome for hackers to copy.

By: צמיגים

צמיגים — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:53:59 +0000

Unbearably slow, ties up system resources, frequently locks up (crashing outlook 2003) when CPU usage reaches 100% (dual core AMD w 2 MB ram), incompatible with numerous programs (Carbonite, Sana Security, Google Desktop, Personal Info keeper, etc.) mediocre tech support (you must fill in a web form and then wait at least 3-4 days for a response, that so far has been worthless). No phone support despite 24/7 tech support claim. This program was not ready for release. I was ripped off and they refuse to fix my problems on a timely basis or refund my money

By: mikeyj

mikeyj — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:36:23 +0000

I also had lockups with AVG’s 8 version, on Windows Vista w/ 1GB of ram, it slowed my pc down so much I had to use ALT Tab DELETE to get my task manager open, and then shut things down one by one, to see if it fixed anything and after closing AVG’s tools down my pc was back to normal. I think they might have a bug which zaps your memory, it had my pc running at like 80% usage.

By: Ellira

Ellira — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:56:07 +0000

Cheezwhiz, it’s actually silly to have more than one AV program on your system, as they compete with each other and get confused. No tech would recommend multiple programs.

I, unfortunately, removed AVG 8 after happily using AVG 7.5 for several years. The program took far too long to update (and my system was virtually unusable while it did this as it was so memory-intensive), and after every update wanted to restart my computer. As the update runs as soon as I start my computer, that’s a ridiculous waste of of my time. No one wants to boot their computer twice just to get started. I’ve since been using Avast, and had no problems with it–it’s much smoother-running on my poor system, makes updates efficiently to both the program and the virus database, and removes things from infected drives very well. All in all, I think AVG shot themselves in the foot with this one. I’m sure it catches viruses fine, but if something makes your system unusable … you’re not going to get viruses, are you?

By: Ann Lee

Ann Lee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:20:14 +0000

I had AVG Free 8.5 now for two days now and every time I turn on my computer and I right click the tray icon everything is grayed out except EXIT. When I use my desktop icon to open AVG all the components are gone. Yesterday I just ran the install file again and a repair option came up and fixed it. Now today the components are all gone again. Has this happened to anyone else? Before this I had Windows Live One Care. (I didn’t like it.)

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:08:23 +0000

Same for me. Maybe it is the age of my laptop but the change to Avast caused a great improvement in my computers performance. Do of course prefer the GUI of AVG.

By: Yvonne Hogg

Yvonne Hogg — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:07:03 +0000

AVG the best and it’s free!

By: Cheezwhiz

Cheezwhiz — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:08:43 +0000

I’ve been using the free version of AVG practically my entire life and I don’t understand why everyone despises it. When I switched from version 7.5 to 8.0, my only problem was that it took so long to uninstall 7.5 and install 8.0. The scans aren’t too fast either, but that’s not important to me. It caught all the crap my sister stuck on what is now my computer and removed it. (Except removing Purityscan, but that required the help of those online tech people. Yay!) I can see multiple users complaining about AVG missing a virus/trojan horse. Go get another antivirus program. Do you really rely on only one? There are PLENTY of free programs actually worth keeping.

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By: sarveswaran r

sarveswaran r — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:50:45 +0000

best antivirus in the world

By: tips photo

tips photo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:40 +0000

Thanks for the post. I am thinking about changing who I use for my anti-virus now after reading this article.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:41:42 +0000

Try this – http://free.avg.com/faq.num-1567?srch=Invalid|update|control|CTF|file#faq_1567

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:56:12 +0000

I’m not sure what this error message means. However I have a contact at AVG and I will email them and ask them. Please be patient and I will get back to you with a response.

By: Mary nettles

Mary nettles — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:08:28 +0000

Several months back I installed the Free 8.0 antivirus and now in just the last tewo weeks I have an icom on the bottom right hand side and when you click on it it says, Invalid update control CTF file. Can you help me with this?

By: Programmeroo

Programmeroo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:33:44 +0000

I used the free version of AVG for a couple years. Recently my PC was attacked by a trojan horse. AVG could not remove it. I spent hours searching for the culprit in my registry and was able to remove it myself. I then decided maybe the full version would provide better protection.
What a nightmare! The firewall hangs my browser, Outlook, and does not update. The AVG does not disable the Windows firewall. The link-scanner hangs Internet Explorer.

The support has been terrible. They sent me some diagnostic programs to run and have gone away for two weeks to try and figure it out. I would expect better support for such a technical product.

By: casey

casey — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:57 +0000

It is not a scam, but rather a known issue…

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:40:13 +0000

I downloaded the free version. It worked for one week and then wouldn’t update. I foolishly bought the 8.0 version. It worked for one week and now won’t update. There is no number to call to get help. The program doesn’t work and is a waste of time and money. Does anybody recommend a good anti virus. I spent $40 for this one for 2 years protection and got one week. There must be a less expensive product out there that offers support also.

By: Dot

Dot — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:04:51 +0000

I have downloaded AVG version 8 (free) to my computer. I keep getting a message from AVP to say that 171 problems have been detected on my computer and that I need to register and pay to get a “key” number to eradicate these potentially harmful problems from my pc?? Do I need to buy the product to clear these problems…even though the download AVG free..is free??

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:33:07 +0000

I’ve downloaded and tried to install the AVG free8 and I get a pop up message that says that it has detected an outdated version of Roxio CD and DVD burner on my laptop and gives a link to update it as the old version has a bug that will interfere with installation. I have no idea how that would have gotten on my computer and when I searched the whole thing I couldn’t find anything called Roxio. I’d rather delete an unknown program than update it. Is this a scam?

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:59:37 +0000

im sitting here reading all these comments about AVG and how “bad” it is,if people would put as much effort into looking for alternative software,and putting that in a post,i think we would have a LOT more time to “get on with our lives” as it was said by one person.
but then i think,if that was the case,we wouldn’t have these little gatherings on a site like this,where we could read about peoples issues with things they get for free,and how they are so disappointed with them,well here’s an idea,MAKE ONE YOURSELF!!!!!,and lets see what you can come up with,then give it to us FOR FREE,and we’ll find something negative about it,and post it for everyone else to see how bad your program really is,you know,the one you spent months and months trying to make work,so you could improve online time for the masses,the one you’re making FOR FREE,in your own time,with no pay,or is that just to much to ask for?.

By: Darcy Hunter

Darcy Hunter — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:08:22 +0000

I bought 2 Licence #’s for avg 8.0.162. One for myself, the other for my wife. I have had endless trouble trying to update; avg keeps giving me an error saying there is not enough memory. I have 182 gb free on my hard drive and 2 gb of ram. I also have 2046 MB of virtual memory. I have been sending countless emails to AVG tech support which are simply ignored. I am warning all my friends about this. If The tech support cannot answer any of my emails for several days I would think it reasonable to assume they are so busy and back logged with countless problems from others, that there are major flaws with this program.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:53:07 +0000

I love AVG free as it does everything i want it too. I only have one problem that i have to turn AVG off to recieve my emails as outlook express won’t let them in for some reason. I also run zone alarm as well but mail safe is turned of on that. Anyone who may know how to solve my email problem please post here . Many Thanks Robert

By: Linnie

Linnie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:11:18 +0000

Where can I go to download the free version of AVG?

By: doruf

doruf — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:27:26 +0000

I was very happy with AVG 7 and I was happier when I got the news about AVG 8. It is nicer in presentation and probably has a lot of features but I cannot use them because each time when it is programmed to make updating the contact with the update server fails. I have seen in FAQ that this is a problem encountered by many and I addopted the advises given there but with no success. I uninstalled and re installed again, it works one or two day and then fails again. I could not get any support from Grisoft since it is the free version and since I am unprotected, I decided to look after another AV.
Can anyone help with this?

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By: mj12

mj12 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:26:27 +0000

I uninstalled v7.x and installed the latest version. My HP laptop ran so slow, it was like molasses in January. I got so disgusted with it, I uninstalled and reinstalled the older version.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:15:56 +0000

I’ve been using AVG 6, 7, & 7.5 for numerous years, on a very wide range
of systems. Each was a noticeable improvement over the previous until –

AVG 8.0 is teh suck… Let me count the ways:

User friendly? When I disable chosen components, system tray icon remains
in permanent error state, UNLIKE AVG 7.5 and earlier. Not an improvement
in the least. zOMG your computer is now AT RISK!! Sheesh.

Installing toolbars EVEN OPTIONALLY by an AV program is inexcusable. Bah.

Anti-phish Linkscanner is bloatware and can only be avoided with a
long command-line installation. Meh.

Shell scanner is no longer quick and unobtrusive. Oy!

New silly message window an improvement? No way!! Feh.

Obviously, when Intel bought into AVG, they wanted to make AVG a more
resource-hungry application so users would want new machines.

That strategy worked so well for Microsoft’s Vista…..NOT!

Goodbye AVG…I’ll miss you. Off to try Avast or Avira.

By: MaxwellT

MaxwellT — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:05:18 +0000

This version did not work well with my dial up connection, Windows XP & Windows IE7. IE7 would no longer open reliably after connecting to the internet – problem assumed to be due to whatever AVG is doing to IE7 as it opens…

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