Questions tagged [avg-antivirus]
Family of anti-virus and Internet security software developed by AVG Technologies
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Force-install AVG 2011 along-side Avast
When trying to install the latest version of AVG, you are forced to uninstall Avast to proceed.
Does anyone know if there is a switch that the installer can be run with to bypass this? Something like:...
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AVG installer error
I have a PC running windows-XP-professional. It has been using the free AVG antivirus software without problems for many months. In the last few days the software was pestering me to upgrade to a new (...
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Skype video makes my PC super slow
I am a regular user of skype video calls. I have a very fast quad core PC with 4GB of ram. My machine has run perfectly well with skype till now. Now as soon as I start a video call, my PC becomes ...
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AVG 11 Free Doesn't Install
Trying to install AVG free 11, but it gets to the copying files stage and comes up with about 10 'encountered an error' dialogs and then uninstalls.
Running XP SP3. Any ideas? Was running avg free 9 ...
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What does this malware site do? And is Firefox Linux 3.6.7 vulnerable to it?
Somebody embedded a picture from this site in a post of his in a web forum I frequent. The picture appears normally. When I try to browse to its naked domain name (under "URL" below), I get this ...
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How to uninstall the AVG toolbar?
I can't find AVG Toolbar in the "uninstall a program" in control pannel. How do I uninstall AVG Toolbar without uninstalling the AVG Antivirus?
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How to remove the search box from AVG toolbar?
I've downloaded the AVG toolbar. I don't want any search engine box in it, but couldn't figure out how to remove it. Is there a way?
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Submitting Virus Samples Via Email
A friend of mine is investigating a potential false positive detected by AVG. When I go on AVG's website, they ask that false positives be zipped into a zip file and sent via email to [email protected]. I'...
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Why did my trial version of AVG stop working? [closed]
I have once installed the AVG internet security 9.0 antivirus. It was trial version for 30 day. After it was expired, I have downloaded the same antivirus. But when I am installing it is giving the ...
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Wrong Windows version identified when installing anti-virus software. Reset Windows version in registry?
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How do installation programs determine Windows version and how can I properly reset it? Is it via a registry key or is there some file in system32 that I can add?
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I've been ...
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How can I prevent Thunderbird/AVG virus detection prompts
I have just got back from holiday and have over 1000 emails sitting in my various mail boxes, but every few emails contains a virus (nothing unusual there). Now whilst Thunderbird and AVG do a great ...
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Copy Updated AVG definitions to another computer
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I've installed AVG Anti-virus Free on two computers and I'm using Windows 7 on both. One of PCs is connected to internet and I use AVG online-update to update it time to time, but the ...
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Need a redistributable edition of Free AVG
So, I'm trying to install AVG on someone else's computer (with permission, I promise!) but their internet connection is spotty. The d/l is stopped and sent back to square one when the line goes down, ...
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My BrowserHelperObject is detected by avg as a malware, what is going wrong
I'm building a BrowserHelperObject in C++ for Internet Explorer 8. It is a friendly add-on that gives you functionality in a sidebar.
The thing is that when you download the add-on executable from ...
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AVG and Adaware saying it cant detect my internet settings but I am online
Hi I am trying to install AVG but it is saying it can't detect my internet connection but I'm clearly online. I just recently disabled some startup sevices and programs any idea if some box I ...
