When AVG came out with their new version 8, one of the features I was not thrilled about was their LinkScanner technology. After reading the technology was being blamed for false web traffic, I removed it from my system. I had previously used WOT Web Of Trust and reinstalled the software using Firefox […]
Reader DougCuk has posted a comment in which he states that AVG has a new end date for support of AVG 7.5 free edition. He states that:
For anyone still hanging on to AVG Free v7.5 the end date has now been changed - it is now August 31st. But as most sources always stated the […]
Asus is blaming Intel, not Microsoft, for a shortage of Linux based Eee PC’s in the UK. The popular Linux based computers are in short supply and have been sold out, while the less popular Windows XP models are still available. It was at first thought that the shortage was a possible plot by Microsoft […]
Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 07/13/08
Avast: 07/13/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/09/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/09/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/11/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/09/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/09/08
Nod32: 07/11/08
Updates as of July 13, 2008 6:00am CDT.
It is rare to see one software product that has caused such a stir. It is usually Norton or McAfee who receives the ‘bad mouthing’, but this time it is AVG with their LinkScanner technology. All over the Internet people and web site owners have been screaming about how AVG’s LinkScanner has created false traffic […]
If you previously downloaded AVG and experienced problems, you may wish to download AVG 8 with SP1 and give it a try. DougCuk has been monitoring the release of SP1 and had notified me it was available. I checked the AVG site and the new release is available for download.
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First of all this is not going to be about what anti-virus program is the best, because quite frankly, most A/V programs do a fairly good job of protecting your system. If you wish to argue about the best of the best in A/V protection, there are plenty of forums to vent your preference […]
Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 06/15/08
Norton anti-virus: 06/11/08
McAfee anti-virus: 06/11/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 06/14/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 06/11/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 06/11/08
Nod32: 06/13/08
Updates as of June 15, 2008 6:00am CDT.
Grisoft, the makers of AVG, are now being accused of destroying web analytics with it’s LinkScanner technology. Grisoft had purchased the LinkScanner technology in December of 2007, and had incorporated the technology in its latest AVG Version 8 software. The purpose of LinkScanner is to alert the user to the validity of websites through search […]
OMG. I was hoping that by now we would have a definitive answer as to when version 7.5 from AVG [Grisoft] would really expire, but the confusion continues. Reader DougCuk [TIA]posted a AVG forum link in the comments section to a previous article I had posted here. On the forum at AVG DougCuk had posted […]
