AVG

Paul wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
I've stuck with AVG for years. It used to be good, but the free
version has been ganged-up on with nags, errors, mazes, annoying
spam and a degree of PITA that almost rivals MS' "telemetry" (I'm
also sick of euphemisms).
Anyway, I've ditched it and installed MSE, which seems quite
unobtrusive and malleable at the moment.
But does it protect?

Ed

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https://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/avg.html

Ed

I battled through all those over the months; I found a way to remove
Zen, avoid the pop-ups, keep intrusiveness to a minimum; but the
latest update defeated me.
It got me into a roundelay of "Reboot to cure this"; I rebooted, it
said "Reboot to cure this" ; I rebooted, it said "..". So I did a
repair install, which went okay, rebooted and it said "Reboot to ...".

No doubt I could have found a cure, but the thought hit me "Yet
another one! AVG are hell-bound on driving me to the paid-for version;
and I (silly fool) am spending time and energy in the fight. And I
have better things to do".

So, I installed MSE.
And if MSE drags me into a similar battle, I'll uninstall it, digitise
myself and dive into the bits and pieces of this bag of tricks and do
personal battle with the little buggers that reside there; like Iron
Man and Superman.

Ed (:-

If you're having trouble with a commercial AV product,
look for the "removal tool" for the product.

http://www.avg.com/ca-en/utilities

AVG Remover
(AVG_Remover.exe) exe March 1, 2017 7 MB

That removes the portion the "uninstaller" cannot remove.

The general idea, is first you run the product uninstaller,
and then you run the removal tool. It might be termed
a "removal" or a "cleanup" tool. It's best if the web page
that file is on, includes written instructions for usage
(i.e. they may not all work exactly the same way).

"AVG Remover is the last option to be used in case the
AVG uninstall / repair installation process has
failed repeatedly."

Paul

I did just that.
I always look for an additional "remover".

I go one step further, as well.
I type "AVG" into the Start/Search; and personally inspect all the files
and folders found.

Ed

Ed Cryer news Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:40:08 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

Diesel wrote:
Rene Lamontagne news Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:29:50 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On 6/16/2017 2:09 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
MSE, which seems quite unobtrusive and malleable at the
moment. But does it protect?

It has advantages and disadvantages. It is probably 'good
enough' to serve as realtime protection for the advantages of
unobtrusive and low system resource demands. It compares
'unfavorably' against others at AV comparatives in certain
tests.
You could get by with that and periodic supplementation with
some other periodic scanner/s.

It scores the highest/best on the most recent AV-Comparatives
'impact' comparison and does 'ok' on the most recent real-world
protection.



Works for me, I run it and Malware-bytes and haven't had any
intrusions for years.
Oh and did I mention it keeps elephants away too, Haven't seen
an elephant in ages. :-)

Rene


Just keep in mind, despite the marketing hype, Malwarebytes is
NOT a suitable replacement for antivirus. It doesn't do anything
with an actual virus. It cannot clean infected or patched files.
It doesn't scan inside ms word .doc files, either.



Cobblers!
I was recently ferreting inside the Malwarebytes folder, and I
found the quarantine file had got a bit plumptious. So I
investigated how to empty it, and the method is to simply delete
it.

It didn't get fat by accident.

That folder includes registry key settings prior to alteration
(typically reset to 'known' safe defaults), cookies, etc. Not
everything you found there was actually 'malware' in the
binary/executable code or script sense.



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Diesel wrote:
Ed Cryer news Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:40:08 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

Diesel wrote:
Rene Lamontagne news Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:29:50 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On 6/16/2017 2:09 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
MSE, which seems quite unobtrusive and malleable at the
moment. But does it protect?

It has advantages and disadvantages. It is probably 'good
enough' to serve as realtime protection for the advantages of
unobtrusive and low system resource demands. It compares
'unfavorably' against others at AV comparatives in certain
tests.
You could get by with that and periodic supplementation with
some other periodic scanner/s.

It scores the highest/best on the most recent AV-Comparatives
'impact' comparison and does 'ok' on the most recent real-world
protection.



Works for me, I run it and Malware-bytes and haven't had any
intrusions for years.
Oh and did I mention it keeps elephants away too, Haven't seen
an elephant in ages. :-)

Rene


Just keep in mind, despite the marketing hype, Malwarebytes is
NOT a suitable replacement for antivirus. It doesn't do anything
with an actual virus. It cannot clean infected or patched files.
It doesn't scan inside ms word .doc files, either.



Cobblers!
I was recently ferreting inside the Malwarebytes folder, and I
found the quarantine file had got a bit plumptious. So I
investigated how to empty it, and the method is to simply delete
it.

It didn't get fat by accident.

That folder includes registry key settings prior to alteration
(typically reset to 'known' safe defaults), cookies, etc. Not
everything you found there was actually 'malware' in the
binary/executable code or script sense.




ProgramData/ Malwarebytes/ Malwarebytes Anti-Malware/ Quarantine

Adwcleaner is now part of the MB suite. Its quarantine is;
Adwcleaner/ quarantine

I've had MB find stuff and deal with it, and it didn't find the same
thing again with a re-run.

Ed

Ed Cryer news Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:09:11 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

Diesel wrote:
Ed Cryer news Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:40:08 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

Diesel wrote:
Rene Lamontagne
news in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On 6/16/2017 2:09 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
MSE, which seems quite unobtrusive and malleable at the
moment. But does it protect?

It has advantages and disadvantages. It is probably 'good
enough' to serve as realtime protection for the advantages of
unobtrusive and low system resource demands. It compares
'unfavorably' against others at AV comparatives in certain
tests.
You could get by with that and periodic supplementation
with
some other periodic scanner/s.

It scores the highest/best on the most recent AV-Comparatives
'impact' comparison and does 'ok' on the most recent
real-world protection.



Works for me, I run it and Malware-bytes and haven't had any
intrusions for years. Oh and did I mention it keeps elephants
away too, Haven't seen an elephant in ages. :-)

Rene


Just keep in mind, despite the marketing hype, Malwarebytes is
NOT a suitable replacement for antivirus. It doesn't do
anything with an actual virus. It cannot clean infected or
patched files. It doesn't scan inside ms word .doc files,
either.



Cobblers! I was recently ferreting inside the Malwarebytes
folder, and I found the quarantine file had got a bit
plumptious. So I investigated how to empty it, and the method is
to simply delete it.

It didn't get fat by accident.

That folder includes registry key settings prior to alteration
(typically reset to 'known' safe defaults), cookies, etc. Not
everything you found there was actually 'malware' in the
binary/executable code or script sense.




ProgramData/ Malwarebytes/ Malwarebytes Anti-Malware/ Quarantine

Adwcleaner is now part of the MB suite. Its quarantine is;
Adwcleaner/ quarantine

I've had MB find stuff and deal with it, and it didn't find the
same thing again with a re-run.

Okay. it's clear to me that you haven't got the foggiest idea of what
I've already written about, so, I'll leave you to your devices. Safe
surfing!



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