[shetawk]

Have free avg.

Maybe this is a coincidence, seeing that they released a new version.

Last two days I've been receiving warnings about almost every site I've been to (very boring, no games, nothing weird or sexy, just my yahoo groups and medical billing sites).

There is always a link to buy paid for version.

This is the first notice:


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Danger: AVG Search-Shield has detected active threats on this page and has blocked access for your protection.
The page you are trying to access has been identified as a known exploit, phishing, or social engineering web site and therefore has been blocked for your safety. Without protection, such as that in the AVG Security Toolbar and AVG, your computer is at risk of being compromised, corrupted or having your identity stolen. Please follow one of the suggestions below to continue.

IP Address: 76.13.222.11

For additional information click here.

Suggestions:

* Click the “Back” button on your browser to return to the previous page and choose another link (recommended).
* If you would like to ignore the warning and continue to the page, click here (not recommended) Note: AVG will continue to block dangerous content associated with this page.

Link leads to this: New AVG LinkScanner technology

AVG's patent pending technology stops threats before they get onto your PC by scanning Web sites and downloads in real time before you open them.

LinkScanner includes:

* Search-Shield - It scans Google, Yahoo! & MSN search results in real-time as you search and places safety ratings next to each link.
* Active Surf-Shield - If you type your favorite site address (URL) into your browser, AVG will scan the contents of the site in real-time to ensure it's safe before you open it

http://www.avg.com/us-en/web-based-threats

I'm wondering whether avg is safe. What would prevent them from sliding a virus in while doing virus scans of my computer to teach me a lesson for not buying their paid for version? Thank you ST

[etaf]

i stopped recommending AVG to family and friends when they started upgrading and it was very easy to put on a demo version and not the free version. I had to go and fix a few PCs - so i recommend Avast these days or Nod32 if they want to pay

[Blackmirror]

i turn the avg security toolbar off
its annoying

[LouCopits]

That AVG warning was false - it was an advertisement!

[flavallee]

AVG Free Edition 9.0 will install the AVG toolbar and the Yahoo search engine if you don't uncheck those options during the install process.

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