BleepingComputer.com: Avg Antivirus Program Version 7.5

AVG 7.5 antivirus FREE version ..currently still updating..but for how long
( those who may be following this thread may wonder why the concern about the updates?

Unfortunately those of us who have a 98se computer are hopefully aware that the new AVG8.0 Antivirus suite is NOT compatible with Windows 98se computers which many of us still choose to run )




Present stats for AVG7.5 antivirus are
7.5.557

270.11.7/1983


I also note ON the AVG forum

AVG update info

and the info here which has not yet changed

Update info

If it's discontinued on April 31st, that gives current paying users 8 weeks.
That's just really great.

Welcome AVG 8.5, now replacing AVG 8.0.

Just thought you guys should know in case you were not looking over your shoulders.

And I would imagine my paid subscription through April 2010 for Version 7.5 (on my W2K machine) will transfer. If not rest assured I'll ring a warning bell here.

henri999, on Mar 4 2009, 06:22 PM, said:

I actually doubt it, because they're ending the support. It doesn't mean they're ending the program, but without the support, 7.5 will be useless.

What I meant to convey was that the subscription will transfer to whatever protection AVG replace 7.5 with. Or they will send a pro-rata refund if it is not operational. I do not imagine I can ask for a dedicated team of AVG engineers to work for another year just for me. Important as I feel I am I just cannot bring myself to ask this!

But I shall say I am at this minute investigating the matter and looking at the options. Trouble is my license number appears not to be accepted as "valid" and there is no facility for cut and paste out of the AVG control panel. Borrocks I say.

Cheers and so forth.

Swordie

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It would be very useful to know from where you got that bit of news as I cannot yet locate it on the AVG forum

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on THAT info does that mean the program will continue updating and protecting a computer but the 'background 'support that maybe we do not use anyways will NOT be available ??






Henrie999

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We are on this thread actually tracking the fate of AVG.75 FREE antivirus program which SEEMS to be still updating ..............

Is anyone else updating to 8.5 from 7.5 due to the cut off of updates?

Alendar, on Mar 30 2009, 01:14 AM, said:

Unfortunately , as many of us have discovered, AVG 8.5 is not compatible with many of the older OS's which many of us choose to still run

This is why this thread is discussing, for the benefit of users OF AVG antivirus program 7.5 , the current updates to the AVG antivirus 7.5 version

For those 'interested parties' AVG antivirus 7.5 is still updating ....

FYI.

rlight, on Apr 10 2009, 07:28 AM, said:

An update for those following this thread ; I notice this End of updates for avg 7.5antivirus program
How 'accurate' this is remains to be seen

AVG 7.5 Antivirus program will now be showing you a greyed out icon?

This means your virus database was last updated on April 30th 2009 and is now out of date ; you can continue to run it but , as warnings on the AVG site state, you will NOT be fully protected ......


From my experience with this program I think we can safely assume it is now defunct and unless Grisoft have a change of heart….

it appears that AVG 7.5 Antivirus has been completely withdrawn as has all support for this version on the AVG forum.


AVG faq

http://free.avg.com/faq.num-616#faq_616

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Problem with

http://free.avg.com/faq.num-616#faq_616
this is; if you go to
http://free.avg.com/faq.num-616#faq_616
and link to
http://free.avg.com/faq.num-625#faq_625
it is blank
from what I can see you will have to install AVG 8.5

http://free.avg.com/download
which is of course NOT compatible with earlier Windows versions

I note

http://freeforum.avg.com/

all AVG 7.5 topics closed

http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?2,185731,backpage=,sv=
So; you will need to uninstall AVG7.5 , BUT I suggest you also decide which alternative antivirus program you wish to use that is compatible with your Windows version and get its EXE downloaded somewhere on your computer so you can find it readily.
As it is also now impossible to access the removal tool to do the uninstall I suggest you do this ---

From my experimentation with another machine I found this method works on Win 98 SE computer

As you may have seen, AVG7.5 does a scan of Boot Disc at start up?? ; you need to disable this function;

Open your AVG Control panel and go to the Scan Selected Area of the Computer

You should find a Scan at boot up section with a check mark?

Disable this.
Then you need to disable the AVG program per ce;

Via your System Tray icon you can stop the program from running by right mouse click and select Exit Program which should bring up a dialogue box warning you of the impending NON protection of the computer ; click OK
Then you need to open the Close Programs menue so press CTRL/ALT/DEL and in the dialogue box that appears select any and all instances of AVG that you see running .
Next you need to go to Start/Programs/AVG7.5/uninstall/OK

This will give you another dialogue box asking if you wish all components including anything in the Virus Vault to be uninstalled.

As my Virus Vault was empty I clicked OK .

This should then completely remove the AVG 7.5 installation from the computer but you need to reboot the computer for the un-installation to be complete
Once you have done this and successfully rebooted, remember you are now unprotected and need to install and fully update your next chosen AV program

I hope this method works for you

and AVG 7.5 Antivirus program is gone ....

(PS; Admin may wish to leave this pinned for a while to asssist those who seek a good method of uninstalling the AVG 7.5 antivirus program...thanks )

I have Windows XP SP2 -- but I didn't do all those steps to uninstall AVG Free 7.5 A/V. I was instructed to merely use add/remove programs to uninstall (which is what I did). I did not disable check boot disc or anything within the program, nor shut the program down, nor end anything in Task Manager.

After I uninstalled and restarted my computer, I deleted the AVG and Grisoft folders I found in various places on my hard drive, then installed AVG 8.5 Free. When installing 8.5, I opted to not install the safe search thing and it didn't even ask about installing that security yahoo toolbar thing (which it didn't thankfully) -- I updated and now all seems to be running fine. At least, as far as I can tell. I did a scan it it didn't find anything.

Any thoughts...?

bloomcounty, on May 15 2009, 01:58 AM, said:

I think you are forgetting that I discussed the removal of AVG 7.5 antivirus from a Windows 98se computer?

In preparration for this event I had previously trialled uninstalling it on a test machine I have which alerted me to the problem with the Scan at Boot up time ; I discovered that, unless I disabled this first, I was unable to boot up properly and encountered BSODS when I then tried to uninstall the AVG program; hense my comments that I hope may help those who do run on Win 98SE and have AVG 7.5 Antivirus program installed.

Ah, Gotcha! Win98!

Well, my info I posted is just fyi for anyone who has XP SP2 and is removing it.

Curiouser and couriouser!

Today 05/21/2009, my AVG Free 7.5 prformed an update that required rebooting.
I am now at AVG Free 7.5.560 and the Internal Virus Database Version now is 270.12.36/2126.

My AVG icon in the task tray is now fully colored, instead of the gray that it has been for the last three weeks.

They still want me to download AVG 8.5, which with Windows ME, I of course, can not do.

Will the instructions given for removing AVG Free 7.5 from a computer running Windows 98 SE, work for removing AVG Free 7.5 from a computer that is running Windows ME?