Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

Paul Richardson wrote:

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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.
>>
>> 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.....

At least that's something.

> 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.

Man, that's a lot of traveling.  The only person I know who travels all
over 
the planet sells jets for Gulfstream.
-- 
Tim Weaver

I know you believe you understand what you think I said,
but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not
what I meant.