Thread: AVG

just trying to install it on this laptop, taken off a really old version of Norton which hadn't been updated for 4 years (ffs) but it wont let me, AVG itself asked if i was using a proxy - i'm not. When i tried it again via Ninite i get the following message:

download failed the server name or address could not be resolved - 221

any ideas?

running XP

download MS Essentials, quite a good AV and all you need

AVAST, Norton etc... are all crap

thanks for that always open to looking at something new but i'm getting the same message: server name or address could not be resolved. Never had an issue like this before...

hmmm

Avast works fine for me

possible that there's a virus on the laptop? strange how i've had no problems d/l spyware progs, media players but neither anti virus i've tried to d/l will work!

Four years is a long time without a complete format. Also, since you are changing anti virus programs it would be a good time to back up what you want to save on an external HD and do a format and new clean install of your OS.

^it's a laptop i've borrowed while mine is fixed my OP wasn't very clear. I'm just muddling through with this but thought i'd do a bit of housekeeping so to speak.

Originally Posted by alwarner

just trying to install it on this laptop, taken off a really old version of Norton which hadn't been updated for 4 years (ffs) but it wont let me, AVG itself asked if i was using a proxy - i'm not. When i tried it again via Ninite i get the following message:

download failed the server name or address could not be resolved - 221

any ideas?

running XP

Yeah, bin XP - it's shit - and upgrade to Windows 7.

ha ha - i've got 7 on the laptop that's been murdered by 'er indoors.

Have you really got rid of Norton? It hides itself even after an un-install. I used all the 'fixes' available to remove it but it would keep on reappearing. In the end, I had to format and reinstall everything.

Here's a link to Norton's own removal tool. Didn't work for me though.

http://us.norton.com/support/kb/web_...834EN&ln=en_US

Originally Posted by Gallowspole

Have you really got rid of Norton? It hides itself even after an un-install. I used all the 'fixes' available to remove it but it would keep on reappearing. In the end, I had to format and reinstall everything.

Yeah i uninstalled it. I did wonder if it was still there - have heard similar things, as i'm typing Avast hast just finished installing. Not used it before seems the same as AVG though so fingers crossed it's ok.

btw - i can't see Norton as still being there!

I reckon you have a previous AVG installed on there Al

I had the same problem

What you have to do is completely delete all the traces the previous one has left behind

Add/Remove programs won't delete everything

You have to delete all the application data and registry shite

This spotty cnut will show you



Or install Avast Free Antivirus from here

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-...b_content;main

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Avast works fine for me

it's a memory hog, slow down everything

even MS Essentials is not that slow, and it's free

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

I reckon you have a previous AVG installed on there Al

I had the same problem

What you have to do is completely delete all the traces the previous one has left behind

Add/Remove programs won't delete everything

You have to delete all the application data and registry shite

This spotty cnut will show you



Or install Avast Free Antivirus from here

Avast Free Antivirus - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

ha ha i'll have a look at the spotty kids advice later - got avast scanning now as couldn't get either AVG or Essentials to install.

3% of scan complete - 7 infected files found. Thais don't believe in maintenance do they?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

it's a memory hog, slow down everything

7464K on my computer
That's peanuts

^ Get Malwarebytes it will find and get rid of your trojans malware and spyware

C Cleaner is a must have too, to get rid of all those temporay internet pages

Originally Posted by Thetyim

7464K on my computer

for one process maybe, but how many more related process are actually running ?

7MB sounds too low, even NOD32 takes 40MB to run

Originally Posted by Butterfly

download MS Essentials

That piece of shit will check if you have a pirated copy of Windows

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

^ Get Malwarebytes it will find and get rid of your trojans malware and spyware

C Cleaner is a must have too, to get rid of all those temporay internet pages

dl'd earlier will run after avast.

C Cleaner i've used before always get a bit squeaky bum when it comes to that though - worried about fucking my registry.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

download MS Essentials, quite a good AV and all you need

It's all I use these days.

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

Originally Posted by Butterfly

download MS Essentials

That piece of shit will check if you have a pirated copy of Windows

Really, my pirated copy has gone un-detected. There is ways around WGA if you could be bothered to google them, currently Iam using HAL 7600.

Download ClamWin 0.97.2 - FileHippo.com

Originally Posted by alwarner

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

^ Get Malwarebytes it will find and get rid of your trojans malware and spyware

C Cleaner is a must have too, to get rid of all those temporay internet pages

dl'd earlier will run after avast.

C Cleaner i've used before always get a bit squeaky bum when it comes to that though - worried about fucking my registry.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

for one process maybe, but how many more related process are actually running ?

Sorry, yes you are right, there are two processes running.
Total memory 9888K
Still sounds too low, what have I missed?

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Sorry, yes you are right, there are two processes running.
Total memory 9888K
Still sounds too low, what have I missed?

that sounds horribly low, screenshot please

^
Just found this

"Avast vs. Microsoft Security Essentials memory usage: While using the computer for other tasks, there’s not much difference on the memory usage by both programs. Avast will use 2.7MB while MSE runs 3.1MB of memory. However, Avast will use more memory during a scan:

Avast will use 7.7MB of memory while running a scan
MSE is only using 4MB of memory during a scan process"