Hi everyone, Please, close this thread. AVG really has nothing to do with gaming, and discussion of what antivirus is best is better discussed elsewhere. perhaps Cara Quinn's otyssey list might be a better forum. Thanks.
shaun everiss wrote: > 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. >> >> --- 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]
