Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

"Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Tim Weaver" <tmw99999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Rick Savoia wrote:
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>>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 ****ny 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.
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>> 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.
> 

From what I understand, it's a custom among Johannesburgians to wear 
clothes for two days in a row.  You should have been fine.

(sorry about the phone).