jen explained :
> "jen" <jen@example.com> wrote in message
> news:dLgVj.35327$3v1.11297@bignews3.bellsouth.net. ..
>> "TacAN" <zzz@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
>> news:MJ9Vj.9090$ko5.7552@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:688cmuF2o69asU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Version 8 by the way is awful, it has a much greater footprint then
>>>> avg7.5, the scanning engine is much much slower, it is sluggish and adds
>>>> considerable time to boot up. I would no longer recommend AVG for an
>>>> older machine (less then 1gb and slower then dual core).
>>> What peeves me about the new release .....
>>> I did a full scan, both at high and slow speeds and it detected *over*
>>> 10,000 (yes ten thousand) references to CoolWebSearch plus assorted other
>>> nasties. Yet reported *none* of them being critical.
>>> All of these were references in the registry.
>>> My up to date version of SpyBot Search and Destroy plus a couple of other
>>> scanners that I use reported nothing!!!
>>> Any thoughts on what is going on???
>> Most probably it's this issue...
>> "potentially dangerous" entries in my registry, specifically under
>> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatability
>> http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...,backpage=,sv=
>> "just so you know- avg 8.0 free and pro has an incompatibility issue
>> with spybwareblaster and spybot search and destroy. If you see the
>> ie/compatablility active x registry keys, it is because these programs
>> use this type of scripting to stop active x in registry keys.
>> A lot of discussion on wilders security forums are about this and I
>> spoke to a representative at AVG Technologies, because i too am getting
>> them and i am a reseller for AVG and do not need all my clients
>> panicking when they see these.
>> The tech told me as long as they are in the "warning" tab to just ignore
>> them. Some have found if you remove them to the virus vault then delete
>> them, wierd things start happing with Windows.
>> Javacool who makes spywareblaster is suppose to talk to AVG Technologies
>> and figure this out."
>> http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...,backpage=,sv=

> Here's the FAQ on the issue:
> AVG 8.0 Virus FAQ:
> 1198: Infection detected in "ActiveX Compatibility" registry key
> http://www.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1198#faq_1198

> -jen

You know, another way of looking at this is to see SpyBot and S-Blaster
as loading up the Registry. I don't like a bloated registry but it
beats getting a nasty. On the other hand, a lean machine runs much
better.

Drumstick