[dba-Tech] AVG 8.0

Don't they test this stuff?  Do they really think anyone will use 
something that takes 5 minutes to open a web page?

Jon Tydda wrote:
> OK, I take it all back. If you turn off Link Scanner, it's all fine again.
> Thank goodness for FAQ's, even if they do take an age to appear :-)
>  
>  
> Jon 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: 26 April 2008 18:11
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] AVG 8.0
> 
> Last night I got a notification telling me that I was eligible for a free
> upgrade to AVG version 8.0 from 7.5 (as I was a registered, paid for user).
>  
> DON'T DO IT!!!!
>  
> It's made surfing the web SO slow it's unreal. It's taking minutes at a time
> to open web pages, and that's with the bad link detection stuff all turned
> off. Everything else on the PC is fine, it's just web surfing. I'e disabled
> Web Protection from within AVG, and even gone into the add-ons manager in IE
> and disabled anything that says AVG in there. No help at all :-(
>  
> I'd trying to check on the grisoft page, but I've been waiting 5 minutes for
> it to open...
>  
> Not my idea of fun :-)
>  
>  
> Jon
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