AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
Italian!

It updated itself today in the normal way.

Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?

Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.

Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
upgrade to Internet security.

Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it will
by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.


"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
> Italian!
>
> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>
> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>
> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>
> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
> upgrade to Internet security.
>
>
>
>
>
>

the situation may have changed but, AVG 8.0 (a couple of months ago at
least), was detecting several registry keys inserted by Spybot S&D
installation, to thwart several specific strains of malware, ...I suppose
you could consider those "false positives."

Not wishing to fiddle around with that scenario, I discontinued using Spybot
S&D ...which was a little disappointing seeing as I donated a little money
to it !

regards, Richard


"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:%23vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it will
> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>
>
> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
>> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
>> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
>> Italian!
>>
>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>
>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>
>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>
>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

I had actually ceased using both AdAware and Spybot because of the
operation of their latest releases. I'm still not convinced that AdAware
is a good choice in it's latest configuration. Spybot still has issues ( I
don't like the download function as a separate window ), but it still
finds a lot of junk that users tend to end up with. I've tried a few other
products ( Super Antispyware...) and haven't come up with alternate
choices that give good coverage while not gumming up the PC. It's a
pain to deal with these "Anti-Cocktails" of various apps to keep a PC
Malware free.

"RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> the situation may have changed but, AVG 8.0 (a couple of months ago at
> least), was detecting several registry keys inserted by Spybot S&D
> installation, to thwart several specific strains of malware, ...I suppose
> you could consider those "false positives."
>
> Not wishing to fiddle around with that scenario, I discontinued using
> Spybot S&D ...which was a little disappointing seeing as I donated a
> little money to it !
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:%23vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
>> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
>> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
>> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
>> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
>> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
>> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
>> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it will
>> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>>
>>
>> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
>>> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
>>> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
>>> Italian!
>>>
>>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>>
>>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>>
>>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>>
>>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

AVG updated itself approx 6.00am this morning.

As it was MS update time, I installed all updates and then updated and
ran:

SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster (just updated
this), CA Yahoo Antispy, CCleaner, EasyCleaner.

Windows Defender ran at 11.00am.

None of these reported any problems.

This was not a separate pop up but appeared as normal in the AVG
Hide/Show Notification window.

Have reported this in AVG forum:

http://freeforum.avg.com/list.php?12


"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:#vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it
> will
> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>
>
> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying
>> information bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens
>> with the interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter
>> and it was in Italian!
>>
>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>
>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>
>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>
>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Seems like you ran enough scans, good luck with it.

"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:354A7686-31C1-4AB5-9395-(E-Mail Removed)...
> AVG updated itself approx 6.00am this morning.
>
> As it was MS update time, I installed all updates and then updated and
> ran:
>
> SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster (just updated
> this), CA Yahoo Antispy, CCleaner, EasyCleaner.
>
> Windows Defender ran at 11.00am.
>
> None of these reported any problems.
>
> This was not a separate pop up but appeared as normal in the AVG Hide/Show
> Notification window.
>
> Have reported this in AVG forum:
>
> http://freeforum.avg.com/list.php?12
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:#vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
>> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
>> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
>> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
>> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
>> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
>> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
>> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it will
>> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>>
>>
>> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
>>> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
>>> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
>>> Italian!
>>>
>>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>>
>>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>>
>>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>>
>>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Had a longer look in the forum and discovered that AVG is now available
in Italian.

Clicked this link:

http://gratis.avg.it/

Have a look at second down on the right.


"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:354A7686-31C1-4AB5-9395-(E-Mail Removed)...
> AVG updated itself approx 6.00am this morning.
>
> As it was MS update time, I installed all updates and then updated and
> ran:
>
> SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster (just updated
> this), CA Yahoo Antispy, CCleaner, EasyCleaner.
>
> Windows Defender ran at 11.00am.
>
> None of these reported any problems.
>
> This was not a separate pop up but appeared as normal in the AVG
> Hide/Show Notification window.
>
> Have reported this in AVG forum:
>
> http://freeforum.avg.com/list.php?12
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:#vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
>> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
>> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
>> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
>> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
>> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
>> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
>> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it
>> will
>> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>>
>>
>> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying
>>> information bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it
>>> opens with the interface) was advertising some game called Shark
>>> Shooter and it was in Italian!
>>>
>>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>>
>>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>>
>>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>>
>>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:354A7686-31C1-4AB5-9395-(E-Mail Removed)...
> AVG updated itself approx 6.00am this morning.
>
> As it was MS update time, I installed all updates and then updated and
> ran:
>
> SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster (just updated
> this), CA Yahoo Antispy, CCleaner, EasyCleaner.
>
> Windows Defender ran at 11.00am.
>
> None of these reported any problems.
>
> This was not a separate pop up but appeared as normal in the AVG Hide/Show
> Notification window.
>
> Have reported this in AVG forum:
>
> http://freeforum.avg.com/list.php?12
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:#vjv4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Seems unlikely. You may have had another pop-up notification run
>> that wasn't actually the AVG task bar status. However, that type of
>> thing is an indication of an unwanted process. A quick web search
>> doesn't match AVG/Shark Shooter offers, so I'd suspect your PC
>> has some Malware on it. Along with Windows Defender, I still have
>> confidence in SpyBot 1.6 as a good detection/removal tool. It may
>> be a good idea to run a couple of alternate on-line scans to verify
>> the PC is mostly clean. The only issue with Spybot 1.6 is that it will
>> by default install the Tea Timer function which I generally uncheck.
>>
>>
>> "Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:53465041-C647-4EAC-8E07-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
>>> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
>>> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
>>> Italian!
>>>
>>> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>>>
>>> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>>>
>>> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>>>
>>> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
>>> upgrade to Internet security.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


AVG do NOT recommend running SpyBot S&D, Adaware or other anti-spyware
solutions alongside the functions of AVG, although Windows Defender does not
appear to upset the cart..


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Smirnoff wrote:
> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information
> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in
> Italian!
>
> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>
> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>
> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>
> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
> upgrade to Internet security.

"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:53465041-C647-4EAC-
8E07-(E-Mail Removed):

> AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying
information
> bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the
> interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was
in
> Italian!
>
> It updated itself today in the normal way.
>
> Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker?
>
> Chose to update again and was told no updates were available.
>
> Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to
> upgrade to Internet security.

I have had lots of problems ever since AVG "upgraded" to version 8. It's
always causing computer to crash, among other problems.

I gave AVG several months to get their **** together, and they still
haven't gotten it right. I will be changing to another app.