AVG free 8.5 warning

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"FredW" <fredw RemoveThis @blackholespam.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:32:04 -0400, "FromTheRafters"
> <erratic RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>>"tommy" <tommylee9_2000 RemoveThis @removeyahoo.dropcom> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible
>>> conflicts with other AV software.
>>> The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.
>>
>>Windows Defender is *not* an antivirus program.
>>
>>> Could it cause a problem
>>
>>More likely is that a previous AV was not fully removed.
>>
>>> running Vista Home SP2
>>
>>Did you remove (McAffee, Norton) preinstalled on (bundled with) the
>>computer.
>
>
> Eh, eh, the new AVG Free (8.5) is anti-virus & anti-spyware.
> http://free.avg.com/

Does it (like "Morrow" now "Windows Security Essentials") complain about
competing anti-spyware applications when you install it?

....that's just *wrong*!

D

FromTheRafters wrote:
> "tommy" <tommylee9_2000 RemoveThis @removeyahoo.dropcom> wrote in message
> news:h7jfd8$nnk$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible
>> conflicts
>> with other AV software.
>> The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.
>
> Windows Defender is *not* an antivirus program.
>
>> Could it cause a problem
>
> More likely is that a previous AV was not fully removed.
>
>> running Vista Home SP2
>
> Did you remove (McAffee, Norton) preinstalled on (bundled with) the
> computer.

I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old Kaspersky
was on there, I removed it.

Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a software
product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
Microsoft Windows. It is included and enabled by default in Windows Vista
and Windows 7, and is available as a free download for Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003.

I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I halted
it.

"tommy" <tommylee9_2000 DeleteThis @removeyahoo.dropcom> wrote in message
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> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
> Kaspersky
> was on there, I removed it.

Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Kaspersky-Anti-Virus-Remover-Dow...ad-9901

> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
> software
> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
> Microsoft Windows.

I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.

It *isn't* an AV program.

> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
> halted
> it.

It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
installing new software.

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FromTheRafters wrote:
> "tommy" <tommylee9_2000.TakeThisOut@removeyahoo.dropcom> wrote in message
> news:h7kkk7$f7t$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
>> Kaspersky
>> was on there, I removed it.
>
> Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
>
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Kaspersky-Anti-Virus-Remover-Dow...ad-9901
>
>> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
>> software
>> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
>> Microsoft Windows.
>
> I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.
>
> It *isn't* an AV program.
>
>> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
>> halted
>> it.
>
> It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
> installing new software.

Why disable it if it isn't an AV program?