Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

"Tim Weaver" <tmw99999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Rick Savoia wrote:
>
>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>
>>> One of the fun things I got to do on my return to this Sceptered Isle
>>> on Thursday was to renew my AVGAS subscription. It very nicely
>>> upgraded me from version 7 to version 8. As soon as I ran the scan it
>>> identified a virus called Internet Explorer 7 and promptly removed it
>>> from the system and also handily removed all my restore points. A bit
>>> annoying on the whole. So I'm now using Firefox as a browser and
>>> cursing a bit because the firms shiny new VPN doesn't seem to want to
>>> work with Firefox. Just what I needed after 16 hours flight time.
>>
>> Sounds like a feature, not a bug.
>
> That is absolutely a feature.  To remove restore points that eat up
drive
> space is a genius idea.  And I assume it's heuristics had to know IE
would
> never unleash a brand new version of IE without letting it know, so it
was
> on-guard and doing it's job.
>
> I know stuff like this is a real pisser, but I did get a hefty chuckle
at
> Paul's expense.  Not because it's Paul, just because it's not me.
>
And I don't watch the spellchecker as it's changed AVG to AVGAS. However, 
the house fire insurance policy is up to date soooooooooo.....

This comes on top of having my cell phone stolen in Hanoi and Cathay
Pacific 
not managing to load my baggage in Hong Kong and having to spend a day and
a 
half wearing the same clothes in Johannesburg.

-- 
Paul R

Float like a leaf on the wind