Forum: Bryce

Subject: erm...drac!...can you explain something!

johnyf opened this issue on Aug 25, 2004 · 27 posts

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 9:54 AM

I decided to finally get rid of McAfee Internet Security Suite, too many problems, so I decided to download the free AVG anti virus in the mean time. I double click to install and this appears, all quite normal until you click on "Set Up"............and then this appears

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 9:55 AM

I've heard of self promotion, but this is taking things too far! lol...I kid you not this is what is happening!...Any suggestions!

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Swade posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 10:01 AM

ROFLMAO more than once. lol 8)

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Gog posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 10:05 AM

ROTFL, Dang robots that don't know there place...... Still haven't used Dracs 'bot :(

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maxxxmodelz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 10:11 AM

Quick question... is the setup.exe for the robot and the setup.exe both residing in the same folder? If so, just move the robot executable out of that folder temporarily, then run the AVG setup again.

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draculaz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 10:53 AM

ROBBY CAN DEFEND YOU FROM PESKY INTERNET VIRUSES!!! Drac (it's programmed to)

Kemal posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 10:58 AM

Lol, how did you make that installer, Drac ??? :)

draculaz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:01 AM

it's a free graphic installer called installstation i believe. quite useful :) drac

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:03 AM

yeah drac...enquiring minds and all that...and I still haven't figured out how to get AVG on! @ maxxxmodels...no, it's not in the same folder!

draculaz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:06 AM

just reboot your comp and you'll be fine. drac

draculaz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:08 AM

btw, that whole free ram thing doesn't really do anything useful. drac

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:28 AM

Solved it, maxxxmodels was right and I did have it in the same folder...didn't recognise the name! @drac.. the free ram thing is part of "PC Booster", which I got when I was having lots of probs! To be honest, I don't know if it does any good or not!

draculaz posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:46 AM

well, at best it tells you how much ram you have free

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 11:53 AM

That's worth knowing, but what about PC Booster, do you know anything about that. I love to know if it actually does any good! johny

tjohn posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 1:28 PM

Still laughing..... "This fall on Fox Television, don't miss 'That Pesky Robot' starring Jim Carrey as Draculaz and Robin Williams as 01001001." :^D

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Erlik posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 1:46 PM

I guess drac named one of his files the same as AVG di one of theirs. BTW, as far as I recall, the free AVG updates once in two weeks. that's not enough. Get thee and buy NOD32.

-- erlik

johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 2:02 PM

@ Erlik...yeah, AVG is just until I've got the dosh to but one..Credit card is permanently maxed out these days! lol

Ornlu posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 3:11 PM

NOD32 (question mark) If you mean norton, that's the most bloated piece of monkey dung I've ever willingly infected my computer with.

Zhann posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 3:42 PM

Buy ZONEALARM with Virus Protection, nothing gets through, and it learns quite well....

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johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 3:47 PM

'Zhann...I think I might do that, I have Zone Alarm free Firewall on at the moment and it semms ok so far!

Zhann posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 4:07 PM

I tried the ZoneAlarm Suite, boy it's great, but ended up buying ZA with the Virus protection....BTW you get $20 off the price if you upgrade from McAffee or Norton, mine only cost me $10.00!!!

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johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 4:28 PM

That sounds interesting Zhann, I guess this is on the Zone Alarm home page is it!

Zhann posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 5:18 PM

Clic on any of the ZA products and on the info page look to the right in a box, see screen cap...

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johnyf posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 5:19 PM

Thanks Zhann!

Incarnadine posted Wed, 25 August 2004 at 7:46 PM

ZA's firewall rocks! I find McAfee's Virus Scan Online works well for me (XP Pro) although every two weeks I cross check with Trend micro's Housecall. I also run AdAware frequently too.

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Gog posted Thu, 26 August 2004 at 4:25 AM

I currently use Smoothwall Linux to protect the whole home network, a) it Rocks and b) it's Free!!!. I also have Panda Platinum running on the windoze boxes and it appears pretty cool, but the Spam filter is a bit sluggish to learn.

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johnyf posted Thu, 26 August 2004 at 4:34 AM

Thanks all...I've now got the Zone Alarm/Anti Virus software! The price wasn't as bad as I expected!