Hi. Yeah, I used to use AVG myself, and never had any problems installing *anything* when using it. I use NOD32 now though, haven't had any trouble with that either.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "constantine (on laptop)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:45 PM To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] accessible games and avg antivirus > AVG rocks, don't you ever forget that. You want to know something? I > downloaded and had nortin on this pc, and when nortin found none, AVG > found > some. I tried almost every virus scanning program before buying AVG. I > hate > mcafee. I will never use it. I feel sorry for anyone who does. SOrry for > getting off topic here, I just love AVG and hate seeing it get put down > like > that. As far as games go, I've never had issues with this program > detecting > them as viruses. I wouldn't be surprised to find that nortin and mcafee, > system hoggers that they are, find some, because they're idiotic and, imho > anyway, annoying to begin with. > > sorry for getting off topic, just my oppinion, and I stand up for AVG > > > contact details: > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: the_conman283 > > system details: > Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc > AMD Tourin 64 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM HDD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] accessible games and avg antivirus > > >> tHERE IS SOME THINGS i DON'T LIKE WITH AVG. >> iTS SHELL, SCANNERS AND THE REST OF ITS SCANNERS DO NOT MATCH. >> IE IF i SCAN SOMETHING WITH THE SHIELD ON AND ITS DETECTED AS A VIRUS, >> THE >> MAIN SCANNER WILL DETECT IT BUT THE SHELL SCANNER WILL NOT EVEN IF i SCAN >> THE FILE. >> mORE OVER EVERY FILE WITH 2 EXTENTIONS IE .BAT.TIF, .TXT.BAT, ETC WILL >> DETECT AS A VIRUS. >> gRANTED SOME OF THIS IS NEEDED. >> BUT IF A FILE FROM LINUX CONVERT IS .LNX.TXT OR .TXT.LNX THEN IT AINT A >> VIRUS IS IT. >> aND OK IF A FILE SAYS .JPG.EXE THEN OK, UNLESS OFCAUSE YOU LAGITIMATELY >> MADE IT THAT WAY. >> i FOUND THE SHIELD A REAL PROBLEM WHEN USING LINUX. >> i HAD TO CONVERT UNIX TEXT AND WINDOWS TEXT QUITE FREQUENTLY. >> wHAT i'D DO WOULD TO NAME MY LINUX FILE AS THE NAME OF THE SYSTEM IE UNX >> UNIX LNX LINUX, DOS ETC. >> aT THE END i'D NAME THE FILES AS SUCH FILE.LNX.TXT >> CONVERTED FILE FILENAME.DOS.TXT >> aND THEN AFTER THAT i'D RENAME THE FILES FILENAME.LNX AND FILENAME .TXT >> ONCE CONVERTED AND i HAD ENOUGH WITH THAT. >> i'D GET THINGS LIKE AVG HAS FOUND CLICKER 5S TROGEN OR AVG HAS FOUND >> GENERIC VIRUS32WIN. >> sOMETIMES ITS NOT THE FAULT OF AVG, AS IN NVDA SOME VERSIONS OF PY2EXE >> ARE >> KNOWN TO GENERATE VIRUS LIKE ALERTS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ARE WRITEN. >> hOWEVER i'VE ALWAYS DISABLED EVERYTHING IN AVG EXCEPT FOR THE UPDATERS, >> AND VVOLT AND SHELL AS WELL AS EMAIL. >> i LEAVE SHIELDS OFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO LIKE SOME THINGS. >> ON A SIDE NOTE, AV SOFTWARE WILL DETECT KEYGENS, ETC AS VIRUSES. >> aVG IN GENERAL HAS ISSUES BUT YOU CAN AVOID THEM, IT JUST INVOLVES YOU >> BEING ON YOUR TOES. >> oH AND SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE VIRUSES AVG DETECTS FINDS THEY DON'T >> EVEN EXIST. >> tRUE, AVG HAS FOUND SOME VIRUSES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS, AND KILLED THEM. >> hOWEVER IT SOMETIMES PUTS GAME INSTALLS AS VIRUSES. >> i'D STILL USE AVG, BUT AVOID THE SHIELD AND SCHEDULAR. >> iF YOU MUST USE SHIELDS, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IT IS DOING >> aLSO i NEVER LIKED AVG PRO MUCH. >> >>>Well if it wasn't crap to start with then it wouldn't have issues >>>with anything installed. does it still heal the same files over and >>>over and over? When you don't even have a virus? I could see it >>>having issues with downloaded stuff from the web like music or stuff, >>>but these games aren't made with viruses if they want to keep selling >>>them. >>> >>> >>>At 06:33 PM 1/31/2008, you wrote: >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>Do any of you have issues with AVG being corrupted because of installing >>>>accessible games? My AVG doesn't like the judgement day demo. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>--- >>>>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>>list, >>>>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>Tim >>>trouble >>>"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." >>>--Sam Brown >>> >>>Blindeudora list owner. >>>To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora >>> >>> >>> >>>--- >>>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>list, >>>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.18/1255 - Release Date: >> 01/02/2008 9:59 AM >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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