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Old 05-09-2008   #2 (permalink)
kplumm
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Re: AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity

The supposed adware etc often is listed under 'File' in AVG as HKLM
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibl... if that
helps anyone identify what's happening any better. I just considered
then that maybe running 7.5 with these Vista laptops might be why
these got through. From what I read compatibility with Vista machines
seem to vary?


On May 9, 9:54*pm, kplumm <kpl...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> Today I downloaded the new free AVG. *I have this and Spyware blaster
> and Super antispyware installed. *I ran a scan with te AVG and it
> found Trojan's, adware, etc, or so it seemed. *When the summary came
> up at the end a result of 0 (as in nothing found) came up in each
> categry, with about 214 in the warnings category, potential threats.
>
> Did the AVG somehow mistake the protection files for the
>
> The software on both mine and my dad's laptops is pretty identical,
> and the same result showed up on both.
>
> I wasn't sure what to do at the end. *I haven't changed any settings
> and as I understand it all the threats were removed. *At any rate I
> ran the scan again and nothing was found.
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