AVG runs fine on my Athlon 64.
The server problem is fairly common, and usually corrects itself.
The AVG slowness is often caused by the link scanner, which I have turned
off, even though it never affected me.


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM, David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

>  I have several machines running AVG Free 8.5.  I like it, and have
> updated one to the paid version.
>
>  I have ONE machine, running 32-bit XP Pro on an Athlon 64, on
> which since about March 25th any attempt to update AVG -- free or
> paid! -- blue screens.  (The day this started, the paid machine reported
> for several hours that it could not contact AVG's update server, but that
> problem corrected itself in much less than a day.)
>
> David Gillett
>
>
> On 1 Apr 2009 at 10:26, Vince Teachout wrote:
>
> > Joyce A wrote:
> > > I have been there, done that with Norton.  They _used_ to be good...
> > >
> > > I now have AVG Free Edition (not to be confused with their 'trial'
> > > version),
> >
> > I've been an AVG user for at least 3 years, probably longer.  When they
> > announced no more support for 7.5, and "suggested" I update to 8.5, I
> > did so.  Computer ran so slowly, I had to uninstall it.
> >
> > Got Avast (Free home version), have been running it for the last week,
> > and am thrilled with it.  No problem w/Conficker, either.
>

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