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avg 8.0

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:22 am
by Mr Fletcher
has anybody experianced any issues with this upgrade :?: i downloaded it and my computer went into go slow mode ,
i cleared out some programs i didn't use much to try and help things out . then my firefox kept crashing instantly, so i upgraded to firefox 3.0 but it still crashes instantly :roll: i feel things are happening out of my control and the machine is taking over :-D :-D just for good measure my monitor packed up yesterday aswell :roll: any ideas will be much appreciated

cheers

jason

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:51 am
by Nik
I did have an issue with IE when I upgraded to 8.0 but that seems to have sorted itself out now. don't know how lol. Other than that it seems ok apart from the fact that it doesn't always update when it should.

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:37 am
by kev@tga
i should download avast home addition, its free and i have been running it on my laptops and desktop pc for years and never had any issues or problems then uninstall avg and install avast, what os are you running? vista or xp?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:15 pm
by ScoobieWRX
I recommend Bitdefender as a cracking bit of antivirus. Been using it for a good 3-4yrs now and i won't use anything else.

Doesn't slow my machine down and comes with a firewall and other goodies if required or you just untick what you don't need.

Never ever use Norton as it takes over your machine bigtime. I always thought AVG was OK for a freebie. Used it a couple of times a very long time ago but wasn't happy with the interface and the amount of resources it uses when running in the backgrouond.

If your machine has slowed up make sure you only have boxes ticked that you need, otherwise uninstall and reinstall. If that doesn't work use something else like Bitdefender or Kapersky.