Beware of latest Versoipn of Free AVG

On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:19:09 -0400, Juan Wei
wrote:

Monty has written on 9/4/2013 7:11 PM:

I just downloaded AVG Free from avg.com. I followed the install
instructions and accepted the default of "Express Unstall".

Really? I would have thought you would choose "Custom", just to be safe.

I think you missed the point of my reply to the OP. You might note
that he said "True, you can get the toolbars deleted (but not a choice
at install time)".

I was simply pointing out that you do get a chance not to install the
toolbar at install time and perhaps why and where he missed seeing
that option.

As for which install option to use, I think you suggested in an
earlier post that he could use "Custom", but I assumed that the OP may
have chosen "Express Install (recommended)" and so I chose that option
in the hope that I could demonstrate where he did have the choice to
not install the toolbar. The panel I uploaded to Tinypic highlights
this. At this point, I abandoned the installation of AVG as I have a
different antivirus program installed.


The next panel is the Installer panel and I suspect that this is where
you got caught by the Toolbar trick. In this panel there are 4 boxes
that will accept a tick. The three at the bottom are empty and the one
near the top has already been ticked. You should have removed this
tick if you didn't want the toolbar installed (A mouse click on this
box will do).

Admittedly, this little box does not stand out like the other three. I
have highlighted this at http://tinypic.com/r/311rr09/5 if you want
see where it is in the Installer panel.

As for the Free Trial of "Speed Up Your PC", perhaps you could have
used Google to check what others say about that program.

I have free AVG and, on the main screen, there's a tile labeled "Fix
Performance". If I click it, it brings up PC Analyzer that offers to
scan my computer for registry errors (I use CCleaner for that), junk
files (ditto), broken shortcuts (if I have any, I'll find out as soon as
I click on them!) and do a defragmentation (something I do NOT want to
occur on my SSD)!

On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:21:39 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 04 Sep 2013, wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Well I appreciate all of the nice comments but:
True, you can get the toolbars deleted (but not a choice at
install time) And, the Fix Performanxce feature is disabled
unless you buy a pay-for subscription and Revo Installer
can't find it or deleteit!

"Fix Performance" is not a feature of AVG free. It's an ad for their
paid product. The ad is built into their free product and cannot be
uninstalled or deleted.


Free AVG 2013 most certainly has the Fix Performance feature --
I use it regularily . It checks the registry for "errors", it checks
the hard drive for "junk files", and it checks the degree of disk
fragmentation. Then AVG "fixes" all that if appoval is granted.
I have the installer and have also installed it on a new computer.

On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:21:39 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 04 Sep 2013, wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Well I appreciate all of the nice comments but:
True, you can get the toolbars deleted (but not a choice at
install time) And, the Fix Performanxce feature is disabled
unless you buy a pay-for subscription and Revo Installer
can't find it or deleteit!

"Fix Performance" is not a feature of AVG free. It's an ad for their
paid product. The ad is built into their free product and cannot be
uninstalled or deleted.


My first reply is/was true for the version I'm using frequently
on my old XP Pro machine.
Today when I ran the same installer on a new Win 7 Pro
machine the install "worked" allright - but with the update signatures
I also got an "upgrade" of the software --
Interseting --- when I did an uninstall, with AVG's own
uninstaller, everything visible disappeared .
But, if I download something an AVG thing comes up to check it !!!!
After AVG, presumably, is gone !!
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