[mattytun]

My buddy is still on "AVG 7.5" how are people finding the new "AVG.8" compared to the old 7.5

[Fluffmatic]

It crashed partway through a full system scan for me at the weekend, every time I set it going. I downloaded and ran the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool and that found one virus. I was trying to be 100% sure that I was safe from this damn Conficker Virus, but I'm fairly sure of two things:
1) The only way to be safe is to not be running Windows
2) This has been hyped out of all proportion by the anti-virus software marketers

I suspect that the global impact of Conficker on April 1st will be similar in magnitude to the Y2k "event"... i.e. bugger all...

(Although, I'll be keeping my Windows PC turned off for a few days to be sure)

[golferbob]

if you are going to install the new 8.5 ,i would use avg tool to uninstall ,restart ,then install. that is how i did it and have had no problems.

http://www.avg.com/download-tools


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

[Fluffmatic]

Cheers for the tip, I may reinstall using that to see if it cures my problem :-)