AVG Free now Vista-ready

[Daze N. Knights]

The problem with AVG not self-loading at startup in Vista has been
resolved in the new version, which can be downloaded from here:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free

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Date: February 8, 2007 06:25PM

All AVG Free 7.5 Users

A new recommended update for AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5 for Windows
(build 441) has been released. It will be available for download as a
installation package or update package. Moreover, AVG installations will
automatically download this recommended update within the next 2-3 days
(this is because of load balancing).

The latest update includes:-

Improvements
Improved some droppers and polymorphic virus detection
Improved possibility to heal/remove infected files on 32 bit NT systems
Improved linkage to the Windows Security Center in the Windows Vista
Improved behavior of EMS pop-up window (fullscreen games, position, closing)
Small improvements in GUI

Fixed bugs
Fixed problem with AVG kernel initialization on Windows Vista
Fixed possible problem with loading scheduled scan configuration
Fixed problem with system areas scanning when drive C: is missing
Parameter /exclude with command line scanner now works correctly
Fixed problem with sending emails when there are two different accounts
with same user name
Fixed problems with Resident Shield settings in Windows Vista
Fixed storing keyboard shortcuts in basic interface
Fixed problem with subject text changing if virus found by EMS in
Windows Vista
If domain does not exists undeliverable emails are returned correctly
Fixed possible problem with Resident Shield detection by Control Center
Fixed BSOD after installation on some computers with Windows 2000 and
FAT file system
Fixed possible crash on some corrupted files
Fixed possible problems with on-close scanning
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http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?1,90206,backpage=,sv=

 

[Reggie Dunbar]

Anyone wish to compare AVG (which I've pretty much used exclusively) and SAV
10.2 on an X64 machine?

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Not me.

 

[BChat]

Thanks - I got it - it works...............


The problem with AVG not self-loading at startup in Vista has been
resolved in the new version, which can be downloaded from here:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free

------QUOTE---------------------
Date: February 8, 2007 06:25PM

All AVG Free 7.5 Users

A new recommended update for AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5 for Windows
(build 441) has been released. It will be available for download as a
installation package or update package. Moreover, AVG installations will
automatically download this recommended update within the next 2-3 days
(this is because of load balancing).

The latest update includes:-

Improvements
Improved some droppers and polymorphic virus detection
Improved possibility to heal/remove infected files on 32 bit NT systems
Improved linkage to the Windows Security Center in the Windows Vista
Improved behavior of EMS pop-up window (fullscreen games, position, closing)
Small improvements in GUI

Fixed bugs
Fixed problem with AVG kernel initialization on Windows Vista
Fixed possible problem with loading scheduled scan configuration
Fixed problem with system areas scanning when drive C: is missing
Parameter /exclude with command line scanner now works correctly
Fixed problem with sending emails when there are two different accounts
with same user name
Fixed problems with Resident Shield settings in Windows Vista
Fixed storing keyboard shortcuts in basic interface
Fixed problem with subject text changing if virus found by EMS in
Windows Vista
If domain does not exists undeliverable emails are returned correctly
Fixed possible problem with Resident Shield detection by Control Center
Fixed BSOD after installation on some computers with Windows 2000 and
FAT file system
Fixed possible crash on some corrupted files
Fixed possible problems with on-close scanning
-------UNQUOTE-------------
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?1,90206,backpage=,sv=

 

[Ed.]

I only see build 430 at this link and not 441.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

After installation of avg75free_441a944.exe, you will see, at the bottom
of both the control center and test center windows, that it is version
7.5.441. Why it says otherwise on the webpage, I'm not sure.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Yeah, sure. Can't speak to the x64 aspect of it, but... I wouldn't use SAV
on my personal PC's anymore. (I have one PC with a SAV subscription; when it
expires, I'm going elsewhere. Same with my other PC currently running a
McAffee subscription.) I'd go, probably, with Avast. And if Avast weren't
available, then I'd go with AVG.

Lang

 

[BChat]

Web page shows 441 now -


After installation of avg75free_441a944.exe, you will see, at the bottom
of both the control center and test center windows, that it is version
7.5.441. Why it says otherwise on the webpage, I'm not sure.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

So, they must have just been slow about changing it.