[Gomez]

ping

[OldDeckHand]

Reason #3,987 that I’m glad I switched to Avast.

[Robert A Cook PE]

This is nominated as the 2nd most confusing title for a technical thread .... Today, at least. 8<)

[usconservative]

My wife's computer got bit by that bug. She has Windows7 Home Premium, 64 bit.

My computer runs Windows 7 Professional, 64 bit and seemed fine after the update.

I had to boot the wife's computer into Recovery Mode, and simply restored to a point prior to the AVG update that caused the problem. Disabled AVG updates until the patch is/becomes available.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I’ve heard several reports lately about how messed up the newer versions and updates to AVG are. I have it on one PC and am taking it off.

[mylife]

Is this what happened to my last computer?

I ran AVG and it just puked.

[UB355]

I dropped AVG after Microsoft Security Essentials came out. AVG began getting bloated in my opinion.

[GeronL]

I use AVG with Vista, no problems I can see.

I also have 2 Linux live discs if I need them

[BuffaloJack]

I gave Windows 7 x64 a five week trial; finally got disgusted with the most bloated sluggish system Microsoft has ever put out. I’m now running Windows XP x64.

[Tucker39]

Thanks Gomez. That’s what happened to MY puter Sunday a week ago! The screen turned black, a bunch of gibberish including DATA DUMP rolled across the screen; it went through several convulsions like that, including the DATA DUMP gibberish, and then finally came up in Safe Mode. When I ran my Norton Restore disks I got everything back but it was still all screwed up. After reinstalling Windows 7 it seems to be O.K. I had no idea that Microsoft was actually the cause of it.

Which reminds me..... What is Bill Gates’ wife’s name? Melissa, maybe? Anyhow....do you know what she said to Bill on their wedding night when they fooled around?

She said: “Now I know why they call it MICRO SOFT!

[Big Giant Head]

I feel like I should post something useful here, like, check my tagline or something?

[A CA Guy]

End it, don’t mend it.

Stay away from the porn and you won’t need this kind of software IMO.

[Don_Ret_USAF]

I got hit with the AVG update on my laptop vista x64 premium computer today. The computer told me that there was an error in the config file and it rebooted to a previous recovery point. Seems to be working OK now. I Am also disconnection the Auto update feature. I am going to switch over to AVAST system. Have it installed on my win9X system and no problems. Had it with AVG.

[SumProVita]

I very much dislike AVG. It takes too much space. I have had nothing but good experience with Trend Micro.

[Windflier]

This isn’t the first time that this has happened with an AVG update. Same thing happened about 18 months ago with an AVG update that caused the exact same problem with XP computers, worldwide (including mine).

It took me most of a week to debug it fully. I switched to Avira after that, and haven’t had a single hiccup since.

[Myrddin]

My wife and youngest son have 64-bit Win 7. My son’s
machine was having problems last night.

[Vendome]

That was a funny excoriation. LOL

[JoeProBono]