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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:05 pm 
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I've just uninstalled AVG 8 since the latest update introduced some kind of browser conflict resulting in avgsxn.exe continually reporting that it had encoutered a problem and although it was very sorry, it would have to close. Apparently the fix is to re-install without the linkguard but I felt it was getting a bit bloated anyway and am wondering if there are now better free alternatives.

Any ideas?

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:48 pm 
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We have AVG8.5 running fine with XPSP2 and Vista.

You could try Avast - I don't like its user interface, but a lot of people do.

AVAST

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:49 pm 
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AVAST sounds reet nautical too so it probably will suit folk on here.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:35 pm 
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Hello,
I have avast installed for about two years on my computer, XPSP3, I never had problem with AVAST.
I am on the web from 10 am till 12 PM.
It seems to be good ... for a free product.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:19 am 
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I've just swapped from Avast to AVG (don't know what version) at home, running XP SP3. I found that Avast stopped the machine (it's a bit elderly) for about 10 minutes at switch-on while it loaded its latest database and checked everything out. AVG seems to be better and hasn't had conflict trouble yet. I suppose the answer is to spend money on a modern computer.
What's the latest feeling about Vista?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:52 am 
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I've had no problems with Vista but . . .

You need a good graphics card and 4Gb RAM to get the best out of it. (It won't see the full 4GB, but it will usually see more than 3 - mine sees 3.5GB)

And there are a few tweaks which help. I've disabled user account control and the indexing function, which cuts out most of the annoyances.

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