Bad AVG BAD!!!!!!

CGR

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• Jul 3, 2008

• #1

Problem:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/avg_disguises_fake_traffic_as_ie6/

Fix:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/linkscanner_fake_traffic_temporary_fix/

 

repilce

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• Jul 6, 2008

• #2

That's why i use avast

 

z0n3

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• Jul 6, 2008

• #3

I got a free year of AVG from them a while ago. Now I'm revo-uninstalling cause of that. No wonder the Internet got fussy when I installed AVG 8.

 

hi-yield

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• Jul 6, 2008

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I just turned off 'Link Scanner"
Faster than it was.

 

jiggamanjb

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• Jul 6, 2008

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hi-yield said:

I just turned off 'Link Scanner"
Faster than it was.

Click to expand...

Ditto

 

dark bishop

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• Jul 6, 2008

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so avg is the source of all my trouble! glad i saw this thread.

 

hafa

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• Jul 6, 2008

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While I agree that this may be considered bad practice, it poses no threat to the individual PC that AVG is installed on. The fact of the matter is that AVG is the only AV that provides real-time protection against "poisoned" websites both in searches and directly. While this may construe an inconvenience to webmasters, it is actually SUPERIOR PROTECTION for the end user.

 

Mr.Guvernment

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• Jul 6, 2008

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as i always say, you get what you pay for

 

Mortis03

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• Jul 7, 2008

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So, this only applies if you have AVG 8? I haven't upgraded to the new avg (I keep hitting the remind me later button), so I guess I'm in the clear.

 

Hitbox

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• Jul 7, 2008

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repilce said:

That's why i use avast

Click to expand...

 

SteveLord

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• Jul 7, 2008

• #11

I tried AVG 8 once and went right back to 7.5

I'm a NOD32 guy though. Install it and forget it.

 

Immortal_Hero

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• Jul 7, 2008

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Check out scandoo.com. It provides the same type of scanning of google searches that AVG does but at the server side.

 

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vlaszlo

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• Jul 7, 2008

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I uninstalled avg last week after heavy undetected trojan infection on TWO machines . I am now using avira, i will see how long ...