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  • 1.0 stars

    "Linkscanner ate my AVG Security Suite"

    September 30, 2010  |   By manxe

    Pros

    Never functioned as advertised, so I really can't say.

    Cons

    It disabled and disappeared AVG Security Suite on installation. Just gone. No idea why.

    Summary

    I have used security from Grisoft AVG for 10 years and never had a problem. OK, I once found an infection that disabled AVG Virus Checker, but the problem was easy to fix with a re-install. Linkscanner is the first product from Grisoft AVG that has really malfunctioned, and it malfunctioned from the get-go. I went through the install routine and all seemed fine. The next day I was due to teach a class and noticed a few minutes before the start that AVG was not active. Since my class was on PC security, I was in deep kim-chee. I had nothing to demo. Bummer !!

    I removed Linkscanner and re-installed AVG 9. That seems to have solved the problem. But what a disaster perpetrated on me by AVG, who has [no, had] a reputation for helping the little guys out !!

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