I have AVG, the free version, and it's started to be annoying. It's advertising a "cheap" upgrade to the non-free version 8 (or some-such). I know I'll never want to pay for an anti-virus as long as the freebie is doing the job adequately so I want some way to permanently block this pop-up.
Any suggestions, please?
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Leodis wrote:
I know I'll never want to pay for an anti-virus as long as the freebie is doing the job adequately
You get what you pay for. You might want to keep that in mind when you think the freeware/trial version is adequately doing it's job.
What your using is either a freeware version or a timed trial version. The whole point behind it is to give you an example of what the product can do so you will buy the retail version.
Aside from reverse engineering the program (which is illegal) I doubt their's any way to turn off the advertisement. However, if you do reverse engineer it and remove the ad, you probably won't be able to sync up to the update server which means no more updated definitions.
There's a free version of 8.0 that works fine. You have to go looking for it, but it's there. The popup is coming up because they're going to phase out 7.5 after a short overlap period; and yes, they're trying to sucker people into buying it.
And no, it's not trialware, time bombed, or restricted. It's a perfectly functional virus protection suite that will examine and clean your entire hard drive, monitor running processes, and scan incoming email (if you use a local client). Anything else in retail clients is fluff, really.
And no, it's not trialware, time bombed, or restricted. It's a perfectly functional virus protection suite that will examine and clean your entire hard drive, monitor running processes, and scan incoming email (if you use a local client). Anything else in retail clients is fluff, really.
Any suggestions, please?
Stop using useless software, free or otherwise.
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Norellicus wrote:
There's a free version of 8.0 that works fine. You have to go looking for it, but it's there.
Found it, thanks!
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