Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
> version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
> only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
> seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
>
I never had any popup with 7.5. There is an inline flyer link to upgrade
to the paid version but no popup ad and I have it installed on both
Vista and XP.
"Dave Seven" wrote in <news:h%iSj.234970$pM4.189830@pd7urf1no>:
> Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
>> version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
>> only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
>> seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
>
> I never had any popup with 7.5. There is an inline flyer link to upgrade
> to the paid version but no popup ad and I have it installed on both
> Vista and XP.
NOTE: The duplicate alt.comp.anti-virus was removed in my reply.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general was removed since it is an unrelated
newsgroup to this discussion, and to reduce the newsgroups count to
under 3, or less, to avoid abusive cross-posting.
He might be asking about the "notification" window that appears below
AVG's main screen. You can hide it but only after they nag you by
opening it when you load the main screen. Alas, Grisoft has gone done
Avira's road in prodding their users with nags thus degenerating them
into lureware. With Avira, you could use a software policy to bar their
avnotify.exe nag window from showing up and add a command-line switch to
get rid of their load-time banner. I don't know of a hack yet to get
rid of AVG's notification banner in its main screen. It has irritated
me enough that I'm trialing Avast in a virtual machine to see if I'll
switch.
Open AVG's main screen. Look down at the bottom lefthand side of that
screen. There is a button that will slide open a notification banner
window. It is that banner window that sometimes appears automatically
opened when you open AVG's main screen. I considered Avira to be rude
with their once-daily popup (avnotify.exe) during an update. AVG's
banner shows up *several* times per day so they are even more rude. I
don't like nagware even if it is free, especially when there are other
equal or better choices.
On Thu, 01 May 2008, Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
>version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
>only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
>seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
>
>--
>Terry, East Grinstead, UK
AVG FREE 8.0 has no such nag screen. Here's the manufacturer's link:
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
There's been plenty of discussion about the new AVG FREE 8.0 update,
which has, among many other improvements, integrated AVG anti-spyware
into the freeware version. It does cause ActiveX warning flag conflicts
with the freeware SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster, etc., "immunization"
protection, but apart from this, I've heard of no other complaints
about the new AVG FREE 8.0 (now 8.0.100).
I heard about the update and discussions on alt.comp.freeware.
--
Ckyp
Absolutely no nagging with AVG 8 on my machine. I have never had any
complaints about AVG since I started using it about five years ago. I
recommend it to all my clients.
--
Yours Quilly,
In article <Oc2dnZGSPps1o4fVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com>, Not@home.today
says...
> Absolutely no nagging with AVG 8 on my machine. I have never had any
> complaints about AVG since I started using it about five years ago. I
> recommend it to all my clients.
I've NEVER had a nag from 7, 7.5, or now, 8.
MM
On May 1, 5:20 am, Terry Pinnell <terry...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
> version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
> only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
> seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
>
> --
> Terry, East Grinstead, UK
AVG free what?
You cross-posted to 4 different groups!
On Thu, 01 May 2008 10:20:15 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
> version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
> only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
> seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
Uninstall the Trial Version and download/install:
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/
Better yet:
Avira AntiVirŪ Personal - FREE Antivirus
http://www.free-av.com/
You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Am I right that this nag screen urging me to upgrade to the paid
> version is popping up about every few hours? Seems to have started
> only since I installed version 7. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it also
> seems to be getting steadily more frequent!
yeah, i'm suffering the same problem here, but only on my laptop. when i
boot it up, AVG does a web update, and then there's this annoying
frigging advert about updating to v8.0 retail. driving me nuts.
funny though, i don't get the ad on my main box. weird.
bob
--
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too
dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Quilljar wrote:
> Absolutely no nagging with AVG 8 on my machine. I have never had any
> complaints about AVG since I started using it about five years ago. I
> recommend it to all my clients.
I used to, but no longer with 8.
Gaz
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