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Problem:

AVG is causing mass hysteria. After an update the program will not apply any new updates. I noticed this today and found this forum thread about it. Click here to read it.

Fix:

People are claiming (I have not verified) that if you get a manual update from grisoft, that it will fix the problem. I will check this very soon.

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I wanted to install Avira’s AntiVir free edition antivirus and when I ran the installer the file unzipped to a temp directory and then a error comes up on the screen. “Cannot install AntiVir because its already installed on this system”.
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From my last post you all know that AVG 8 is not what it used to be. After uninstalling AVG 8 it left the firefox plugins behind. This wouldn’t let me install or uninstall any other add-ons. I started firefox in safe-mode. You can do this by going to start then to mozilla firefox and clicking on safe mode. I then chose to disable all add-ons before launching firefox 3. I got to the add-ons screen and unistall and disabled the AVG add-ons. Then I restarted firefox and all my plugins started to install correctly. Just a heads up.

I’ve been saying this for a while, if a antivirus company starts to become successful its only a matter of time before it’s effectiveness is depleted or functionality is lost.

In the last week, I’ve either had to use different antivirus programs due to fact that certain aspects of the new AVG 8.0 will not work.

First Computer:
AVG 8.0 will not work if you have an out dated version of Roxio on your computer. I’ve tried to uninstall Roxio and clean up the registry, but the AVG installer reports that Roxio is still installed on the computer. Since I knew Roxio was gone, I installed AVG. After I rebooted the update service that keeps AVG running would not work, and you did not have the ability to do a full system scan. I had to take it off and I put Bitdefender on the system.

Second Computer:

After removing Roxio from another computer and AVG actually acknowledged that it was uninstalled, so I went ahead with the installation. Everything went great till i rebooted and went to do the updates. Now, pay attention to this: AVG installs some type of network service that hosed up the internet connection and there was not way for me to get around it. I justed uninstalled AVG again and put AntiVir on the system.

It’s like I said as soon as a software company starts with the glossy button and the fancy user interface all hope is lost. AVG use to be as simple as install and walk away, but now I fear that Grisoft has fallen in the path that Norton and McAfee chose to take.