Re: AVG Free question about Pop up ad for 8.0

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Re: AVG Free question about Pop up ad for 8.0
\ Simon D (30 Apr 2008)
. \ Tarkus (30 Apr 2008)

Subject:	Re: AVG Free question about Pop up ad for 8.0
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	Simon D
Date:	30 Apr 2008

squaredancer submitted this idea :
> On 20.04.2008 01:08, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Sjouke Burry to
> generate the following:? :

>>>
>> Just today I got an annoying popup ad from avg.
>> If that persists , how is avast?(with its yearly nag?)

I find it great. I haven't used AVG for a while now, but Avast is a
good deal less clunky than AVG was a couple of years back.

>
> If you, Spuke, think that the ad is annoying - think about the (sometimes
> more often than...) daily update to AVG FREE (note the FREE bit) and ask if
> the other FREE anti-virus applications do that for you!

Sure, AVG Free does a good job for something that is free; I'll never
fully understand why companies provide such services for no charge.
However, Grisoft are not unique, and Avast certainly updates regularly;
a quick check in Event Viewer shows that my AV has updated nine times
during the week 23-29/04/08 inclusive. There is often more than one
update in a day; my home PC is usually only running in the late evening
and at weekends.

> I am more that satisfied with AVG FREE - maybe there is something better out
> there, but I don't want to try it... Mine updates each morning when I go
> online - sometimes during the day as well, if there is a new update.
> I also think that it is their right to advertize their paid version... after
> all, friends - *YOU* get/got paid for your work, no??
>

Quite right. However, there are clearly users who are not happy with
AVG, and in that case Avast (or others) may be worth a try. Avast
certainly doesn't provide in-your-face advertising.

--
Simon

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