AVG 8 - A Service Pack Is In The Works
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This morning I received a comment from Claus Valca who has a great site with some of the latest information concerning AVG 8. On his site he has spoken with Karel Obluk from Grisoft who indicated the hope that all issues involving AVG should be corrected in service pack 1, when it is released. Claus also provides us with information referencing his thoughts on link scanners in general.
Ron,
Thanks for the kind words regarding my posts about AVG Free v8 and offering links to your readers to them.
I posted another one on Sunday you might be interested in.
More Perspectives and Tips on AVG Free version 8 - http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-perspectives-and-tips-on-avg-free.html
Anyway regarding alternative link scanners.
I found a number of helpful links on this subject you might want to look over and consider adding in to this post:
Pre-Scanning of URL Links for Safe Web Surfing - http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2008/03/pre-scanning-of-url-links-for-safe-web.html
Love your blog. I’ve added it to my daily RSS feed list.
–Cheers.
Claus V.
Please check out what Claus has to say on his site. It is a good read.
As I have previously mentioned, if you have experienced problems with AVG 8, hang in there for awhile. Help is on the way. I personally believe that AVG is still one of the best software products on the market in protecting your PC from attacks. For those of you have were frustrated and were going to abandoned AVG altogether, the calvery is on the way to save the day. 
Thanks to Claus for the information he has provided and also for the kind words. It is appreciated.
Comments welcome.
10 Comments
DougCuk
June 20th, 2008
at 12:08am
It appears the SP1 update has just reached the paid for AVG product and should filter through to the update servers and the free product very soon. Version number on the paid for product is Build 8_125a_xxxx
From the Wilders Security Forum:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=212672
Many fixes including the ActiveX compatibility issue with Spybot S&D and SpywareBlaster.
Ron Schenone
June 20th, 2008
at 4:30am
Hi DougCuk,
Please let us know when SP1 does filter down to us freebie users. Also thanks for staying on top of this and for keeping me informed.
Regards, Ron
DougCuk
June 24th, 2008
at 5:04am
Latest news on SP1 for AVG Free - could be a few weeks before release!
I suspect a few problems have been found during the paid for releases. We have now had three versions in two weeks - 125, 130 and now 131.
Quote below from http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?14,133954
[b]
New AVG Free 8.0 (SP1)
Posted by: michaelhd - AVG Team
Date: June 24, 2008 07:18AM
AVG Free SP1 is due for release in the next few weeks (mid july or earlier).
It will be a standard update to existing AVG Free 8.0 installation - no need to install new build.[/b]
Ron Schenone
June 24th, 2008
at 7:15am
Hi DougCuk,
Thanks for the update and information. To add to the already problematic AVG problems, I am unable to update version 8 this morning. This is getting to be a PITA!
DougCuk
June 24th, 2008
at 7:30am
And when you do update AVG Free v8 you will find an “interim” update to 8.0.101 was released today. A fix for something they didn’t want to hold back for several weeks I suppose.
DougCuk
June 24th, 2008
at 7:41am
Looks like 101 is an attempt to fix a bug in LinkScanner.
8.0.101 Fixed Bugs: Fix prevents the free product from using the wrong user agent during Search-Shield scans.
DougCuk
July 2nd, 2008
at 6:51am
The long awaited SP1 update appears to have arrived for AVG 8 Free.
A new build was just posted on the AVG Free update servers - 8.0.135
Download here: http://free.avg.com/ww.download?prd=afe#tba2
DougCuk
July 2nd, 2008
at 12:07pm
AVG v8 SP1 is now out.
Version 8.0.135 was released today
I posted this earlier today but it vanished for some reason.
Ron Schenone
July 2nd, 2008
at 8:15pm
Hello DougCuk,
Thanks for the information. I’m on vacation but when I get home I’m going to give this nes version a try.
Thank you for keeping us informed and up to date. It is appreciated.
Regards, Ron
Akshay
November 3rd, 2008
at 9:38pm
i got the message Invalid control CTF file at the time of updating avg8 as a result of which software is not updating so what should i do now….