That is a feature that Avast should put on theirs, but I don't mind doing it
manually. I just do it on a sat. morning while I am doing chores, it only
takes me about 55 minutes, so no big deal.
Have no idea what in God's name Snet/ATT did, but man, it messed up AVG
something fierce on me, as it did some friends. Oh well, you have a good one,
and sorry for misspelling your name, didn't even notice it till now. :-) JJ
"robinb" wrote:
> you know if Avast had real time scheduled scanning I probably would think
> about it
> but none of my clients are going to do a scan on their own so they will
> never know if they have a virus or trojan unless they stumble on one.
> I like the avira product, I just do not like how it upgraded.
> I am still having no issues with AVG but some of my clients were so I had no
> choice but to switch them to avira because it has the real time and
> scheduled scanning.
> robin
>
> "JJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5DC60CC0-251A-477B-A3CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Robon...I had AVG as did my husband, but when Snet made some kind of
> > upgrade
> > last year, AVG just wouldn't work. I finally got disgusted and switched to
> > Avast, so far...so good.
> >
> > When it updates a new virus, sometimes twice a day, a little blue box pops
> > up and tells you..yes, it speaks to you. LOL A friend told me about Avast,
> > as
> > he had run both AVG and Avira and had little luck with both upgrading
> > properly.
> >
> > Maybe it is time some folks switch if it is such a pain. JMHO JJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "robinb" wrote:
> >
> >> My frustration on the lousy upgrade process of Avira
> >> At least AVG's upgrade process is must less painful
> >> and I believe they finally got it right in this 8.5 because I am
> >> beginning
> >> to get my confidence back in AVG now that they fixed this program and it
> >> runs much more smoothly than when they first came out with 8.0
> >>
> >> 1. When a major upgrade is done to most antivirus programs, those who
> >> own
> >> the paid versions receive an email in the mail telling them about the
> >> upgrade and how to do it.
> >> None of my clients received anything like this from Avira so how are they
> >> suppose to know something is coming and I can assume they do not have
> >> only 2
> >> clients or they would be out of business :P
> >>
> >> 2. Other Antivirus/antispyware, or any other type of any upgrade to a
> >> software program- you will see a constant popup (reboot or not) in your
> >> face
> >> every few hours until either you change the settings in that program or
> >> do
> >> the upgrade. Again not everyone shuts down or reboots their computers
> >> daily. I have 10 computers in this office. 6of them are on 24/7 and once
> >> a
> >> week get a reboot to clear out the memory. Once a month they are shut
> >> off
> >> to clean the office. They do not like being turned on and off and they
> >> are
> >> very happy this way and they have been like this for their 3-4yrs of
> >> their
> >> lives. 4 of them got used to be shutting off in the evening and turned
> >> on
> >> in the morning. Now if I had Avira on the 6 of them how the heck would
> >> they
> >> get this upgrade? I do not have 6 bodies in front of these computers
> >> all
> >> the time- this is a 2 person office.
> >>
> >> 3. I have AVG antivirus on some of my computers, pro and free versions.
> >> I
> >> always get an email from AVG for my pro product when there is a major
> >> upgrade. And if for some reason i accidentally delete it, the pro version
> >> automatically does the upgrade and sits there with a red mark in it and
> >> pops
> >> up with a message telling me I need to reboot the computer to finish the
> >> process.
> >>
> >> 4. When HP Printer needs an upgrade (and i normally change the settings
> >> not
> >> to remind me) it pops up in your face and annoys the "blithers" out of
> >> you
> >> until you do it like most software programs do. Microsoft Security
> >> updates
> >> put a yellow shield up to tell you there are updates and yes you have the
> >> option to change the settings to suite your needs but you are still
> >> notified
> >> that there are updates.
> >>
> >> 5. Avira seems to only do it once in a blue moon (none of my 2 clients
> >> ever
> >> saw anything popup or alert them) and they shut down their computers
> >> every
> >> night and turn it on in the morning- and yes I checked the version and it
> >> still said version 8) and worse if you do not reboot your computer
> >> because
> >> you normally do not do it at least once a week you will be sitting there
> >> with a crippled antivirus program and have no idea why because it will
> >> not
> >> tell you a darn thing until you finally reboot your computer- now that
> >> sucks!
> >>
> >>
> >> If you make it so hard to upgrade a version I am betting they will loose
> >> a
> >> whole lot of faithful users.
> >> Just look at this forum of posts on upgrading- I can count at least 20
> >> posts
> >> here of users that are so frustrated over the upgrading of this program.
> >> An
> >> upgrade should go smooth and easy if the program is scripted to upgrade
> >> correctly-this should not be hard for you guys to figure out so that is
> >> painless and easy for everyone. yes you will get the occasional program
> >> when upgrading but i cannot believe the amount of posts here just on this
> >> topic alone, versions not changing to 9, upgrading crashing in the
> >> middle,
> >> upgrading not happening- go look at all the posts on here just for today
> >> and
> >> yesterday - avira update fails, V9 install fails, upgrade problems to 9,
> >> etc etc.
> >>
> >> robin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "robinb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > only it is a pita to upgrade
> >> > I do not like the way this program is doing its upgrade and you can
> >> > read
> >> > what I said on their forum and also on wilder security forums - in
> >> > other
> >> > antivirus programs
> >> > robin
> >> >
> >> > "Randy Knobloch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:#Tbw1E#(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> robinb wrote:
> >> >>> in both the free and the pro versions
> >> >>> the pro version is suppose to upgrade itself and will require a
> >> >>> reboot
> >> >>> One of my clients have the pro because AVG just would not work
> >> >>> correctly
> >> >>> on
> >> >>> their computer and for some reason it would not upgrade. If you find
> >> >>> this
> >> >>> happens to you- go to Program Files. Look for the Avira folder and
> >> >>> find
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> avnetworkloader.exe application. Double click it and it will
> >> >>> uninstall
> >> >>> 8.0
> >> >>> and install 9.0. A reboot will be required to do finish the new
> >> >>> installation. Just follow the instructions.
> >> >>> As for the free- they claim it is also suppose to update itself but
> >> >>> if
> >> >>> you
> >> >>> find it is not doing it just pick up the new version at their website
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> uninstall the 8.0 version
> >> >>
> >> >> All you needed to know but were afraid to ask <wink>...
> >> >> <http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=750858#post750858>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Randy
> >> >> <http://msmvps.com/blogs/siljaline/default.aspx>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
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