Your AVG Anti-Virus Free 7.1 will be discontinued on 15. January 2007!

Lamilia

Lamilia

New Member
When I started up my computer today AVG said that. What do I do? Is avg getting rid of their free anti-virus and should I pay or get a new free one?
 
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_simon_

New Member
If you read their site then you would know that 7.1 has been replaced by 7.5 and thus 7.1 will be discontinued in january.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.
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GRISOFT today launched new version of its AVG security portfolio with improved performance and unified easy to use interface. The 7.5 lineup includes new products such as AVG Internet Security for complex protection against all types of internet threats, AVG Anti-Malware and AVG Anti-Spyware.
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The_Other_One

The_Other_One

VIP Member
Yeah, I sort of thought they were ditching the free verison by the links they provided, but if you just google'd a little, you come across the free version :p
 
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PC eye

banned
Simple solution. Let 7.5 upgrade 7.1 when you go to install it. 7.1 will no longer to be able to receive the newer updates that come in once or twice a week at times. They did that with 6.8 and 6.5 and 6.2 and... Besides going to Grisoft directly you'll find a good sites for sharewares and freewares that also have links for AVG as well as AdAware and others.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_Free_Edition_d886.html
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html
http://avg-anti-virus-system.softonic.com/ie/18522
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/10/21/avg-7-5-free-edition-released/ Even a review there.
 
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PC eye

banned
Simple solution. Let 7.5 upgrade 7.1 when you go to install it. 7.1 will no longer to be able to receive the newer updates that come in once or twice a week at times. They did that with 6.8 and 6.5 and 6.2 and... Besides going to Grisoft directly you'll find a good sites for sharewares and freewares that also have links for AVG as well as AdAware and others.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_Free_Edition_d886.html
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html
http://avg-anti-virus-system.softonic.com/ie/18522
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/10/21/avg-7-5-free-edition-released/ Even a review there.
 
Lamilia

Lamilia

New Member
Oh yay. Now if only I could get AVG to stop doing a scan right when im in the middle of a dogfight on BF2 i'd be really happy :p . Thank you very much everyone.
 
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PC eye

banned
Simply right click on the icon in the system tray and click exit before you start up the game. If you don't autoloading with along with Windows just disable it in the starup group found in the msconfig utility.
 
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