AVG pop-up advert

Techsolver · Post by **Techsolver** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:06 pm

Wondered if anyone else had noticed that AVG has now got an ad that it opens in IE. Only just started doing it since recent update...

Think it is time to switch all my machines to another AV if they are starting playing these games.

Post by **Shotokan101** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:16 pm

How do you cause it to happen ? - I'm running AVG Free 7.5 and haven't seen it yet....

Post by **Neo** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:24 pm

I saw something like this after the last update, but I think it only appeared when I tried to close the update-has-completed-countdown-window.

Post by **Shotokan101** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:57 pm

I'll keep an eye out for it then - not so bad if it's only present if there's manual intervention I suppose - still don't like it though

...then again I don't like being forced to buy the Pro version of the Anti-Spyware tool to get scheduled updates either

Techsolver · Post by **Techsolver** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:22 pm

It has happened a couple of times now on my box I use as a server, seems to be every time it does an automatic update which is a bit annoying as the box is headless I find IE open with the ad when I vnc in.

Wife says she has had it a couple of times, haven't updated my PC for a few days so not affected my desktop yet.

Post by **thechief** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:47 pm

Heh, heh. I use Avast, and it does no such thing.

Post by **Shotokan101** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:47 pm

thechief wrote:Heh, heh. I use Avast, and it does no such thing.

....."yet"

Post by **thechief** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:52 pm

It will never do any such thing.

Post by **Shotokan101** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:59 pm

thechief wrote:It will never do any such thing.

Sorry Chief - didn't realise that you were the author and had written that clause into the T's&C's for personal use

...I used to think that AVG would stay "fully free" as well.....

Techsolver · Post by **Techsolver** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:08 am

I tried Avast a couple of years ago and boy did it bog down the system. Will try the new version against Comodo and see which I prefer.

Post by **Shotokan101** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:17 am

Just had a quick google and looked on the AVG Free forum and nobody has reported this as far as my limited search has found....

Techsolver · Post by **Techsolver** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:25 am

A quick Google

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r194387 ... th-nagware

Post by **Shotokan101** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:31 am

...to a certain extent I don't have a problem with this approach with a free version of a utility - providing it doesn't become a daily occurence - don't see the problem with the supplier of a free version periodically advertising discount upgrade offers.....

EDIT: ...it's the "price" I'm prepared to pay.....

Post by **thechief** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:44 am

Shotokan101 wrote:
thechief wrote:It will never do any such thing.
Sorry Chief - didn't realise that you were the author and had written that clause into the T's&C's for personal use

Hmmm ... let's just say that I am very good at knowing what will never happen.

Shotokan101 wrote:...I used to think that AVG would stay "fully free" as well.....

You can't blame a programmer for trying to make some money ...

Post by **eMuNiX** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:17 am

Techsolver wrote:I tried Avast a couple of years ago and boy did it bog down the system. Will try the new version against Comodo and see which I prefer.

Running Comodo on my kids machine, a little annoying the little popup that appears in the corner of the screen asking if you want such and such to run (like ZA) but apart from that seems okay.