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AVG Free Nag Screen?

MKRMKR Registered User regular
edited August 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
AVG has been giving me a nag screen every day telling me how awesome the paid version is. Has anyone else been getting this?

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    There are two versions of AVG. There is the free version, and there is the free-to-download trial of the paid version. It sounds like you have the latter.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    japan wrote: »
    There are two versions of AVG. There is the free version, and there is the free-to-download trial of the paid version. It sounds like you have the latter.

    Yes, I know this.

    Now why is this the first time AVG free has shown this prompt in the years I've used it?

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    If it's not that, then I have no idea.

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  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I've gotten it too. They seem to have stopped, but it's definitely annoying.

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    a whole screen? that sucks

    i only get a little "sidebar"-style window on the bottom of the window with my avg

    avg MAY be paying me to say this,

    but even with having to click "close" on a screen every day, at least you're still getting the program free

    there are more annoying ways they could try to convince you to upgrade

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Fletcher wrote: »
    avg MAY be paying me to say this,

    but even with having to click "close" on a screen every day, at least you're still getting the program free

    there are more annoying ways they could try to convince you to upgrade

    Avast doesn't nag you to upgrade or advertise in the software that there is a paid version you should upgrade to.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Neither does most reputable software with a paid version. I couldn't afford the upgrade if I had any need for it, so it's a useless annoyance for me.

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Is it the "please go register your product" message? Cause thats the only time my AVG ever bothers me and thats as simple as giving them an e-mail address and entering the code they send you.

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  • LavaKnightLavaKnight Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I've been getting it too, and it is indeed annoying. If it keeps happening I'm going to take my fake play internet money to Avira.

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  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I used to use AVG back in the day until I started getting a popup whenever I manually scanned a file. Since then I've just used Avast.

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  • BushiBushi Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I was getting it for a while as well, I eventually just gave up and switched to avast.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I'll switch to Avast if it happens again. The daily system seizes while it updates were getting tiresome anyway.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    AVG ran a special on the paid version either last week or the week before if I remember right, I got the same screen offering it. I'm using the fully free version too, not the trial. If 2 or 3 popup screens a year is all I have to deal with to have good, free antivirus I can't complain really.

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  • KreutzKreutz Blackwater Park, IARegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Was going to make a thread for this, but I may as well jump in here: After AVG decided to dismantle my iTunes installation I decided to uninstall it the fuck off of my computer. Would Avast be a good free alternative, or is there another program I should look into?

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  • DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy Eater Right behind you...Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    According the AVG forums, they were running a promotion for the paid version that was/is supposed to last for about a month or two weeks or something. It made me uninstall AVG and install Avast! which actually seems to run faster than AVG and doesn't have a stupid popup. I've been increasingly unhappy with AVG ever since v8.0 came out.

    If you go this route, be sure you run CCleaner after you uninstall AVG but before you install Avast! since AVG leave crap behind in the registry which can screw with other stuff.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I'm planning to reinstall XP soon anyway, so that'll be the perfect time.

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