We changed from AVG to Avast. Avast is ok, but the newest version has 'Sandbox' which works like that M$ crappy UAC. We turned that off and are now happy with Avast.
M$ and these anti-virus developers don't know the difference between security and methods to annoy customers. There is nothing related to security about bringing up an annoying message everytime someone runs a program that they run every day. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Covill" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:08 AM Subject: AVG 2011 Alert! Got a call from my (one remaining) client yesterday afternoon. His newly installed AVG 2011 anti-virus had decided that his (VFP9) order-processing system was a virus and moved it to the "vault"! I got on (via TightVNC) and determined the following: 1. Yup, his .exe had indeed been moved to the quarantine vault and could not be run. 2. AVG 2011, in addition to the scheduled AV Scan and e-mail checking, now has something called active protection, a firewall, and several other layers of "protection". 3. He installed 2011 Sunday, it ran the scheduled scan overnight and found no problems. 4. The "active protection" disabled his order-processing .exe at 4:30 pm on Monday, WHILE HE WAS WORKING!! Well, we have backups of backups, so I decided to just copy the backup of the .exe. "Access Denied"! Turns out the folder for that system is now read-only. Can't copy or rename files in it! Can't turn off the read-only either. Tried at least four times. We ended up telling AVG to recall the .exe from the vault, which worked. I turned off the "active protection", with some fair amount of protest from AVG, but did not succeed in turning off the firewall. Researched via Google last evening: 1) My client's problem is fairly mild. Many people get a continuous re-boot after installing 2011. <http://forums.avg.com/ca-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=129779&page=5&type=0> 2) The read-only folders is indeed a general problem as well, but mostly under XP. <http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t172704-read-only-folders-in-windows-xp.html> Sorry for the long post, but if you have a client running AVG I would be a bit concerned. We're going to take another look today and I will tell you how it comes out. Oh, yes. We tried, and it would not uninstall! Dan Covill [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0e0501cc09af$2c6735b0$7a00a8c0@w2k3s02 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
