Re: Fun with AVG 8 Anti Virus

"Tim Weaver" <tmw99999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jim Larson hugged my left nut and wrote:
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>> Paul Richardson wrote:
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>>> "Rick Savoia" <oh@[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 ****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.
>>>>
>>>> (He's currently posting to ATF via an old TRS-80)
>>>
>>> Nope, it's a Texas Instruments TI4
>>
>> (TI-99/4A?)

That's the kiddie, 1st pooter we had
>>
>> ((For its time, it was a nifty little toy.))
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> It was magnificent.
>
It had it's good points but the BASIC was a little different to the BBC 
machines that got popular here just after I bought it. The kids went to 
school & had to learn the differences.

-- 
Paul R

Float like a leaf on the wind