"Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have AVG Internet security suite and Vista Ultimate 32 bit. They have
>been
> working perfectly together until the last few days. Suddenly Security
> Center
> reports I have no anti virus program or firewall. AVG sent me a file they
> said MIGHT fix it (they said the problem was with Vista but did not
> specify
> what the problem was) but vista won't let me run the file, blocks it. I
> don't
> have paid support with Microsoft. Has someone else had this problem? I
> could
> turn off reporting, but would rather not.
> Amanda
> --
> Amanda B
I have AVG7 Free with the newest Zone Alarm beta for the firewall as well as
the Windows firewall switched on (redundant I know, against advice, always
works for me). I don't like the Security Suite idea because even installing
the Email component the with AV can mess up the works. Something about
layered apps makes me queasy. This is just from my own long-time experience
with trying just about everything at one time or another.
If I were you I would uninstall AVG and get a clean DL and reinstall, not
install all the bells and whistles, just the AV, forget the Email component,
you don't need it I'm told by the Outlook experts, and use other
firewall(s). Once you get it all set up, create a restore point .
I have used all of the ZoneAlarm betas for Vista so far and they work as ell
as in XP -- I love the little dynamic icon in the taskbar as a monitor for
internet activity too.
I also run Windows Defender, Spyware Terminator with Realtime Shield, Spybot
Resident, and WinPatrol along with the above --all free and they synch just
fine with each other. When danger presents, I get a "whoa" from at least one
of them.
That's what I do -- hope it helps.
Frogman