AVG Free 8 and possible conflicts or my stupidity

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kplumm - 09 May 2008 21:54 GMT

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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kplumm - 09 May 2008 22:14 GMT

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?

> 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
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> 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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C.B. - 10 May 2008 03:47 GMT

The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I would
uninstall it and use something else.

C.B.

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> The supposed adware etc often is listed under 'File' in AVG as HKLM
> \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibl... if that
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>> 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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msnews.microsoft.com - 10 May 2008 18:23 GMT

> The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I
> would uninstall it and use something else.
>
> C.B.

The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster.

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Mark Veldhuis - 10 May 2008 18:50 GMT

msnews.microsoft.com presented the following explanation :

> The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster.

What conflict?
I run AVG Free 8, SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D. I haven't run into any
problems yet.

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C.B. - 12 May 2008 02:17 GMT

>> The problem is with AVG, which in fact is having many problems. I
>> would uninstall it and use something else.
>>
>> C.B.
>>
> The problem is a conflict with AVG and Sypbot and Spyware blaster.

There are additional problems that AVG is currently working on. I
upgraded to the paid version and uninstalled it due to these problems. These
additional problems have been discussed previously in these discussion
groups.

C.B.

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