golinux Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 WTF??? STAY PROTECTED: Your AVG Anti-Virus Free 7.1 will be discontinued on 15. January 2007! Guess it's time to move to another anti-virus progie. Any suggestions?? Plus looks like they've got some sort of deal going with M$ . . . that's never a good sign . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 OOPS! Should've done a little more research before posting. Looks like AVG free is not going away. It's just that V 7.1 will be replaced by V 7.5. Here's more info . . . New Free Anti-VirusGRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007. In my defense, the popup announcing this development first thing this morning was VERY deceptive. The only option offered was to upgrade to a purchased version. There was no mention of a free upgrade . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Boy, leave it up to good old MS to continue stealing a program that someone else comes up with !! Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 OOPS! Should've done a little more research before posting. Looks like AVG free is not going away. It's just that V 7.1 will be replaced by V 7.5. Here's more info . . . Does the new one conflict with ECDC 5? Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 OOPS! Should've done a little more research before posting. Looks like AVG free is not going away. It's just that V 7.1 will be replaced by V 7.5. Here's more info . . .In my defense, the popup announcing this development first thing this morning was VERY deceptive. The only option offered was to upgrade to a purchased version. There was no mention of a free upgrade . . . Funny, I just read in Dr. Bombeck's column yesterday the exact same thing. It's only the old version that is goodbye. Very good free software too. And, works on Vista (7.5 does). MS is coming out with their own anti virus/spyware suite called Beta One now. I'm testing it on my laptop and while it hasn't slowed down the system, it starts it's magic right at boot up at the worst time....while everything else is loading up. It doesn't even wait until all the startup programs finish loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrewst Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I got that popup on my laptop and I wasn't even connected to the internet at the time.Haven't gotten it on my desktop yet.Is the 7.5 free version out yet?I can't seem to find it on their site if it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I got that popup on my laptop and I wasn't even connected to the internet at the time.Haven't gotten it on my desktop yet.Is the 7.5 free version out yet?I can't seem to find it on their site if it is. AVG 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrewst Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Got it.Thanks Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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