[CTPhil]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

So what are you doing for anti-rootkit protection now?

Peace...

Avira has built in anti-rootkit features.

[LouCopits]

Yesterday I again got a pop-up that support for AVG Free 7.5 would end May 31.

[Yvsa]

I have AVG Home 8.0 paid version that I updated from the 7.5 Home paid version from the AVG Website with no problems at all.
It's running somewhat happily on a four year old Compaq with XP SP3 with AdAware, Spybot S&D, SpywareGuard, Comodo Firewall, Comodo BOClean, Comodo Memory Guardian, WinPatrol, and CounterSpy with no conflicts.

And as Hughv asked, I was one of the guilty that installed the AVG toolbar by accident.

My main complaint is AVG loading up my CPU to the point that my PC slows to a very slow crawl. The biggest culprit seems to be avgrsx.exe although there are a couple more avg***.exe files that are almost as bad.

I got fed up with the condition and uninstalled AVG yesterday afternoon and installed Avast that I found utterly intolerable and soon uninstalled it and then installed Avira, which was considerably better, almost as good as the AVG, although being spoiled by having AVG so long I soon realized that I had rather put up with the slowdowns than change AV's. I kept the Avira while trying to reinstall AVG and I kept running into trouble with incomplete installations.
I contacted AVG's tech dept. and explained my problem and I soon received an email with Tech FAQ's that answered my question. I then uninstalled Avira and shut down all my security programs and went to the Tech AVG Site where I downloaded the latest version of AVG 8.0 without the AVG Toolbar, and with absolutely no problems.
I then went offline and ran CCleaner and Registry Mechanic, turned off System Restore, ran IObit smart defrag and rebooted.
Since doing all that AVG still loads up my CPU at times but not nearly as often nor nearly as long. AVG is supposed to have a patch some time in June so I've heard.

Here is where you can find both the free and paid version downloads for reinstalling. If it doesn't have the direct links because the page is out of date like it was for me when I brought the page up a bit ago click the refresh button and then click on the word, "download" and it should bring the link page back up. At least that's what I think I did, sorry for any confusion if it happens.

[Hughv]

:My main complaint is AVG loading up my CPU to the point that my PC slows to a very slow crawl. The biggest culprit seems to be avgrsx.exe although there are a couple more avg***.exe files that are almost as bad."

How much RAM do you have?
It's pretty cheap in most cases, and may solve this problem.

[Yvsa]

Originally Posted by Hughv

:My main complaint is AVG loading up my CPU to the point that my PC slows to a very slow crawl. The biggest culprit seems to be avgrsx.exe although there are a couple more avg***.exe files that are almost as bad."

How much RAM do you have?
It's pretty cheap in most cases, and may solve this problem.

Hugh I have 512 megs, which isn't nearly enough in today's PC world but was still a lot when I got this PC.
Thankfully since uninstalling and reinstalling *without* the AVG toolbar AVG doesn't load up my CPU nearly as bad as it was, it's actually livable now although you're spot on about more RAM helping and being cheap enough, just haven't done anything about it yet.

Originally Posted by Yvsa

"Since doing all that AVG still loads up my CPU at times but not nearly as often nor nearly as long. AVG is supposed to have a patch some time in June so I've heard."

[ultralight]

I can not get rid of link scanner. I have used the uninstaller and removed AVG 8 then re-installed and unchecked the box that is used to install link scanner. Yet when I open FireFox and Google something it is still checking the links. I then tried the add and remove features in AVG 8 installer and that did not work either. Only way I can terminate link scanner is to un-select it in the options but then I get that red exclamation mark in my task manager. Very frustrating that once you have installed AVG 8 and selected the option to include it in the first install that there is no way to remove it.

[HollyG]

I looked in my Add/Remove programs but couldn't find 7.5 to remove it. So I went ahead with the free installation of 8.0. When it said it found 7.5 and to remove it, I continued with installation since it said it could remove it. But then it said installation failed, even though it said to restart computer so the changes would take effect. The old AVG anti-virus is still on my system now. I am not sure how to uninstall 7.5.

[vicks]

Originally Posted by HollyG

I looked in my Add/Remove programs but couldn't find 7.5 to remove it. So I went ahead with the free installation of 8.0. When it said it found 7.5 and to remove it, I continued with installation since it said it could remove it. But then it said installation failed, even though it said to restart computer so the changes would take effect. The old AVG anti-virus is still on my system now. I am not sure how to uninstall 7.5.

with anti virus programs, one need to uninstall old programs before installing new ones.
I always download to a folder (in my documents, I have a folder for anything I download) then when off line, uninstall the old one before installing the newly downloaded one. Have never had any trouble with anything doing it this way.
the AVG 7.5 should be in the add/remove programs. Maybe, if worse comes to worse, do a system restore to a date before you tried to install AVG8.0 and start fresh with it.
vicks

[golferbob]

here is a small free uninstaller i use if i can't find the program with add/ remove.


http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

[HollyG]

I tried a system restore and it wasn't there. I also downloaded the Uninstaller and it wasn't there either. I read on AVG that if I located the setup.exe file for AVG 7.5 and run through it and then select uninstall I can remove it. But I don't know where to locate that file either.

[golferbob]

you might try in install avg 7.5 ,then uninstall it. here is a site to get the 7.5.


http://www.filehippo.com/download_avg_antivirus/?4029

[HollyG]

I'm sorry I don't see it. I go to the File Hippo link but there's no link to download 7.5.

[HollyG]

So I looked in the AVG Faq's pages and found how to uninstall it. It said to Run/All Programs/click on AVG 7.5 then click on Uninstall. When I did this it said it was not installed on my computer so it could not install. Then I found another instruction so I downloaded the same exact setup file I currently have, and you're supposed to get the choices, for install, fix, add/remove components, and uninstall. It didn't have any of these options it just starts installing it. Then some other error popped up and it couldn't continue to install it. This reminds me when I purchased the Norton Antivirus years ago, and I could never remove the old one. Then my time ran out for a refund so I wasted money on the new paid version, which is why I switched to AVG Free. So much for this one running smooth.

[CTPhil]

Originally Posted by ultralight

I can not get rid of link scanner. I have used the uninstaller and removed AVG 8 then re-installed and unchecked the box that is used to install link scanner. Yet when I open FireFox and Google something it is still checking the links. I then tried the add and remove features in AVG 8 installer and that did not work either. Only way I can terminate link scanner is to un-select it in the options but then I get that red exclamation mark in my task manager. Very frustrating that once you have installed AVG 8 and selected the option to include it in the first install that there is no way to remove it.

Here's how to install AVG without the link scanner according to Grisoft:

"If you wish to install AVG 8.0 Free Edition without the LinkScanner component, or uninstall this component from your program, please proceed as follows:
Download the AVG 8.0 Free Edition installation package from our website.
Run the installation with the parameters /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch.
One way to achieve this is to:
save the AVG Free installation file directly to disk C:\
open menu Start -> Run
type
c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch

The installation will be started, and AVG will be installed without the LinkScanner component."

[HollyG]

I tried all the above suggested options to uninstall 7.5. If it doesn't show up in Add/Remove programs, and it says it is not installed when I click on the uninstall option through my Programs then what can I do? On my laptop 7.5 shows up in my Add/Remove programs, but I haven't attempted to uninstall and install 8 until I figure the desktop first.