I have AVG for my antivirus program, and for some reason now the Security
Center does not recognize that it is active and up to date. Is there a way
to fix this?

Hotfootks wrote:

> I have AVG for my antivirus program, and for some reason now the Security
> Center does not recognize that it is active and up to date. Is there a way
> to fix this?

Don't ever recall that XP Security Center pays any attention to AVG.
But AVG has its own taskbar icon that opens its own dialog box. Using
it might be more valuable.

Uninstall AVG Free AV via Add/Remove Programs > Install Avira AntiVir (free)
to replace it: http://www.free-av.com/

Your anti-virus application should be configured to seek and install updates
automatically, daily, at a time when the machine is usually running and
connected to the internet. It should also be configured to run a full
system scan a few minutes after seeking/installing updates, also daily.
Anything less is simply insufficient these days.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Hotfootks wrote:
> I have AVG for my antivirus program, and for some reason now the Security
> Center does not recognize that it is active and up to date. Is there a
> way
> to fix this?

Up until a few weeks ago it was reading it fine, then when I turned my
computer on after I came home in the evening got a warning message that my
antivirus was not operational from Security system, but when I checked AVG it
was up to date.

"Ghostrider" wrote:

>
> Hotfootks wrote:
>
> > I have AVG for my antivirus program, and for some reason now the Security
> > Center does not recognize that it is active and up to date. Is there a way
> > to fix this?
>
> Don't ever recall that XP Security Center pays any attention to AVG.
> But AVG has its own taskbar icon that opens its own dialog box. Using
> it might be more valuable.
>

PA Bear wrote:

> Uninstall AVG Free AV via Add/Remove Programs > Install Avira AntiVir
> (free) to replace it: http://www.free-av.com/
>
> Your anti-virus application should be configured to seek and install
> updates automatically, daily, at a time when the machine is usually
> running and connected to the internet. It should also be configured to
> run a full system scan a few minutes after seeking/installing updates,
> also daily. Anything less is simply insufficient these days.


AVG is one of the few anti-virus programs that updates daily, Monday
to Friday and occasionally on Saturday and/or Sunday. It will alao
scan daily. The user can chose the time for these events. But thanks
for the referral to Avira --- looks interesting.

Ghostrider wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
>> Uninstall AVG Free AV via Add/Remove Programs > Install Avira AntiVir
>> (free) to replace it: http://www.free-av.com/
>>
>> Your anti-virus application should be configured to seek and install
>> updates automatically, daily, at a time when the machine is usually
>> running and connected to the internet. It should also be configured to
>> run a full system scan a few minutes after seeking/installing updates,
>> also daily. Anything less is simply insufficient these days.
>
> AVG is one of the few anti-virus programs that updates daily, Monday
> to Friday and occasionally on Saturday and/or Sunday. It will alao
> scan daily. The user can chose the time for these events. But thanks
> for the referral to Avira --- looks interesting.

I don't know of an AV app, free or paid, that can't be configured to update
daily.

AVG (Free or Pro) AV simply isn't cutting it these days IMHO. It's missing
or mis-identifying way too much to be a recommended AV app.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

PA Bear wrote:

> AVG (Free or Pro) AV simply isn't cutting it these days IMHO. It's
> missing or mis-identifying way too much to be a recommended AV app.

I didn't know that. Is this your experience? Or is there an instructive
Web page to learn more? TIA.

Daave wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
>> AVG (Free or Pro) AV simply isn't cutting it these days IMHO. It's
>> missing or mis-identifying way too much to be a recommended AV app.
>
> I didn't know that. Is this your experience? Or is there an instructive
> Web page to learn more? TIA.

Personal experience, after working several thousand HijackThis logs here:
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 The vast majority of these posters were
running AVG AV.

Yes, if you saved the AVG downloadable installer file, run it and select to
repair. I had a similar problem with AVG about 6 mos back.

Hotfootks <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have AVG for my antivirus program, and for some reason now the Security
> Center does not recognize that it is active and up to date. Is there a
> way to fix this?

PA Bear wrote:
> Daave wrote:
>> PA Bear wrote:
>>> AVG (Free or Pro) AV simply isn't cutting it these days IMHO. It's
>>> missing or mis-identifying way too much to be a recommended AV app.
>>
>> I didn't know that. Is this your experience? Or is there an
>> instructive Web page to learn more? TIA.
>
> Personal experience, after working several thousand HijackThis logs
> here: http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 The vast majority of these
> posters were running AVG AV.

I don't follow. If they're only running AVG AV and not keeping it up
to date and not also properly running anti-spyware apps such as
AdAware and Spybot S&D, it is likely they would get hijacked if they
don't understand safe hex. But I imagine the same would hold true for
any antivirus app.

And are these cases viruses and worms (which an updated AVG should
hopefully catch) or is it more a case of spyware like Smitfraud or
Spylocked or porn dialers (which is more the job of anti-spyware apps)?

And isn't it possible that the vast majority of posters running AVG are
using it simply because it's popular? I mean, I use it.

FWIW, I would never recommend that a user only use AVG Pro (which I
know also covers spyware, but I'm sure not as thoroughly as apps like
Spybot S&D).