Someone suggested AVG anti-virus!

[Quarlow]

I installed it lastnight and it messed up my computer and now I can't uninstall it. If anyone else is considering it I would suggest you pass on it. Now every 5 minutes it wants to restart my computer. It is a friggen pain in the ass. Now I am screwed again. I'm having trouble accessing the net, it takes 2 or 3 trys to get on. Just a warning to anyone thinking of trying it.

[BigJohnT]

Ouch! If it is a winblows machine usually you can restore back to a known good time... I forget exactly how and really like my Ubuntu computers that never have that problem.

John

[3rensho]

Not a problem with Slackware either.  On my winblows machine I use Norton 360 and it seems to work on those occasions when I start it.

[ADH]

Restart the PC, after the 1st post screen start hitting the F8 key then go into Safe Mode. From there you should be able to remove AVG.

[smoker pete]

Not sure where and how you got AVG Antivirus Q but you may have inadvertently installed a fake version of a legitimate antivirus software.  You may want to visit http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-avg-antivirus-2011-fake and do a Google search on how to remove AVG Antivirus.

Here is a sample quote about the fake software:
AVG Antivirus 2011 (Fake) is a sneaky application which has stolen this name from one completely legitimate anti-virus solution also called AVG Antivirus and Security software.  It is just another variant of Rogue:Win32/FakeXPA, earlier being called Antivirus 8. AVG Antivirus 2011 (Fake) mostly applies Trojans for its secret intrusion and also uses fake scan websites distributing this fabricated clone.  As a rule, AVG Antivirus 2011 (Fake version) starts interrupting into every browsing session with scanners that are absolute fake.

Good luck.  Hope you get things cleaned up.

[Quarlow]

Thanks guys. Brian from Bradley head office gave me a link to AVG removal tool and it work great. Thanks Brian. If anyone else needs it here it is.

http://www.avg.com/ca-en/download-tools

[Quarlow]

It seemed legit, I think it just conflicted with my service providers security software.

[Mr Walleye]

I agree with Smoker Pete. I have 8 systems all running AVG without any problems.

Mike

[Bradley (Head Office)]

Glad to hear your back in business Q

Two differant security systems can fight with each other and cause problems.

But to be on the safe side I would do a full system scan to make sure you didnt get a fake one like Smoker Pete described.

[Quarlow]

Good plan.

[Quarlow]

Just after being without my computer for 2 months I got a little excited. All is good but it is sure nice to have all you guys who aren't like me. TECHNO tit. When I was a teenager my dad found he couldn't keep up with the technology. You know how technical those VCR's were.   Well now as things progress I am finding myself in his position. I don't know what I will do when my girls move out. I guess you guys will have to take up the slack. And I have to admit my dad did pretty good with computers when they came along.

[pensrock]

Many people like AVG but when I tried it a couple years ago it crashed my computer big time. I finally had to reformat the hard drive and reinstall all my programs. Took a few days to get it back running. I will never use AVG again.  >:(

[muebe]

Quarlow use this free virus scanning software from here...

http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-free-antivirus

It is free and I have been using it for years without problems.

And here is a malware scanner that is free called malwarebytes. You can get it here...

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Malwarebytes-AntiMalware/1186760019/1

It does not scan automatically but if you run the update/scan once a week you should be virus/malware free ;D

[Quarlow]

OK thanks Muebe

[ADH]

The one from Micro$oft is Micro$oft Security Essentials and it seems to work pretty well so far and it's free.