Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

Paul Richardson wrote:

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> "Tim Weaver" <tmw99999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.
>>
> Wouldn't mind the commission on that 8-) Last 26 days from Thursday
> 
> From Gatwick via Dubai to Bangkok, Hanoi, Saigon (for a week), via Hong
> Kong to Jo'burg, Durban, Cape Town, via Jo'burg and Dubai to Gatwick.
> One day I'll get a proper job.

Just don't fly over one of those "Lost" islands.
-- 
Tim Weaver

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