Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

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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>>> 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 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..... 
>>>
>>> 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.

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