AVG Update Cripples Windows

[Bundy]

It's been a long time since a virus caused this much trouble

 

[W1zzard]

Switched to Avast! around a couple of months ago and it's been incredibly well behaved. I suggest it to anyone looking for a new anti-virus.

same here. switched from avg to avast and never looked back

 

[newtekie1]

same here. switched from avg to avast and never looked back

I can't stand Avast's UI. Plus it used to break the 16-bit sub-system on 32-bit machines(not sure if it still does) but that was extremely annoying back when I still had to maintain 16-bit POS systems. The poor UI and breaking parts of Windows was actually what made me switch from Avast to AVG. Now it looks like MSE is the way to go, IMO.

 

[Lionheart]

When i herd that voice i had my sound on full on boot up,
It made me jump out my skin.

Lol yeah thats happened to me plenty of times as well, scares the shit outta ya

 

[HossHuge]

This scared me enough to switch to avast. I've been using avg for years. The one function I like that avg has is the auto shut-down.

 

[tomkaten]

Gigabyte misnamed my board. It's called P55, but it's actually a H55. So what can you expect from a smaller company ? I know that's a bit random, it just goes to show how much they care about us. The general feeling you get from such errors is "let's get this out fast, they'll never know we didn't even check it".

It's the second time in the past couple of years that an AVG update screws up things for some people. I know some habits die hard, but maybe this will help steer people away from a product that's been going downhill for a while.

Avast is still good, so is MSE. Maybe even Avira, if you get rid of that pesky upgrade pop-up.

 

[vanyots]

I've been using COMODO Internet Security for a couple of years now. It's free and if you bear with the false positives(even the older versions of GPU-Z) is generally a great complete security solution.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Avira(scanner only) on Windows.
Nothing on Arch(obviously).

The MSE scanner is slow as slowpoke.

 

[remixedcat]

You'd think they would have tested this stuff before sending it out... Sounds similar to the EVE-O problem a while ago where the patch killed your windows.

when did this happen?

 

[Crap Daddy]

We've been using Avast and it did a great job until one day when it prevented us to play Starcraft 2. It seemed that the authentication from Battle.net writes a file onto your system every time you log in and, after a patch, Avast blocked it considering it to be malicious. Switched to MSE and never looked back.

 

[mdsx1950]

Updated from AVG 9 to ESET NOD and never looked back.

AVG was good but at one point they just started to fail for me. It had false alarms and didn't catch the viruses even. Except the AVG Virut* Tool helped me get rid of one virus which none of the other free antiviruses couldn't get rid of.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Thats hilarious, I go to work and my co-worker who I built a comp for says to me right away, "so my windows doesn't work and I think its AVG that caused it". Guess it wasn't just his, lol.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

Mse

 

[claylomax]

Makes me glad I don't use AVG, stopped using it a long time ago because it felt bloated.

I was gonna say that. I used it in the past but now it's just a big piece of bloatware, a big failure. I use Avira or Avast instead.

 

[cmanning27]

I switched to Norton 360 v4 from AVG.. So glad I did lmao..

(New forum member) Hello all!

 

[Mussels]

I switched to Norton 360 v4 from AVG.. So glad I did lmao..

(New forum member) Hello all!

greetings.

 

[_JP_]

Updated from AVG 9 to ESET NOD and never looked back.

AVG was good but at one point they just started to fail for me. It had false alarms and didn't catch the viruses even. Except the AVG Virut* Tool helped me get rid of one virus which none of the other free antiviruses couldn't get rid of.

Same here, except for me was more like AVG7.5 -> Avast! -> ESET+NOD32. AVG 8 just didn't work for me. Plus, when I get asked what's the best free security suite I always reply MSE or Comodo, but this last one is only if that person has a grudge on Micro$oft...
I can say I'm very happy with my choice. Not going to change it in the near future.

 

[KainXS]

hahahahahaha a friend of mine kept saying AVG is better than AVAST for years and he woke up this morning and got a suprise

but us use MSE now

 

[claylomax]

This is the kind of thing that pisses someone off; I mean, the fact that you cannot even reboot in Safe Mode and have to go through all that procedure to fix it, let alone you cannot use your computer in the meantime. Like my boss says sometimes: "It's an absolute disgrace mate".

 

[MrAlex]

and this is another good reason for why i tell people NOT to use the free AV's. MSE is the only exception, since at least its been tested decently.

avast! Home edition is the best free AV. They get they're money from businesses, not home users. That's why its free for one user. Also, it is the second best AV according to the November 2010 AV tests.

 

[CounterZeus]

Glad I use MSE. Although it's slowing my pc down sometimes, it's probably my outdated hardware ^^ will buy a new one this summer I think

 

[jpierce55]

normally I don't use an av, but I had downloaded the new AVG when it came out and it would not let my wireless printer work...... plus a couple years back I had to spend a couple of hours cleaning up somebodies computer when an AVG update included a virus. It is unfortunate it went downhill, but it seems all virus software does once it gets established.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Mine didn't brick my system. It just bricked itself. I booted the system up after the update and it told me AVG was not working. I then got a windows warning about not having an active virus scanner and that I should address this issue.

I ran the install fill, clicked repair and the issue went away.

 

[Mescalamba]

Yea thats what you get when you use crappy antivirus software. Get Avast! ..

Both are "Czech made" (along with NOD I think), and only Avast! is decent.. rest is pure crap.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Yea thats what you get when you use crappy antivirus software. Get Avast! ..

Both are "Czech made" (along with NOD I think), and only Avast! is decent.. rest is pure crap.

Czech made! That explains way too much. Glad I switched from that mess.