Anyone using Grisoft AVG?Problem:

BigFred66 · Feb 22, 2007

Had been using "Grisoft" AVG Free anti-virus program for the last couple of years. 2/18/07 it is no longer "free" so I subscribed.
Since the download/installation of the new program,I can no longer access
America Online(my preferred browser)directly.Click on the AOL icon,program starts,goes to "log in" screen,perform log in,says "Welcome" and stops dead in its tracks...nothing happens for 40 seconds or so then disconnects.
WTF???
Oddly enough,Internet Explorer works fine.I can access "AOL.com" from there and get to my AOL account without problems.

I guess I don't have a clue if this is a problem with the anti virus program but it seems odd that it started the day after it was installed.
Any ideas???

Atlast · Feb 22, 2007

They discontinued the free program. I switch over to Avira AntiVir's free program.

LevonH · Feb 22, 2007

We are still getting updates for the free version 7.5.

anychevy · Feb 22, 2007

LevonH said:
We are still getting updates for the free version 7.5.

so am I

BLU69 · Feb 22, 2007

7.1 was discontinued, 7.5 is free I downloaded it for a PC yesterday.

Tim

ChaosEnvy · Feb 22, 2007

AOL Browser! <--- Why, out for punishment?

shawn's69conv · Feb 22, 2007

One version of AVG has a firewall built in to it, you may want to check that out.

BigFred66 · Feb 23, 2007

Shawn.
Thanks for the reply.
Yes,shutting off AVG firewall allows AOL to start normally.
Re-activating firewall...problem returns.
Have gone back and checked settings for same and they are set to "allow"
AOL.
I'm thinking that there is a "sub" setting somewhere that needs to be edited.I just don't know which one!

hrd · Feb 23, 2007

ChaosEnvy said:
AOL Browser! <--- Why, out for punishment?

FYI, the AOL browser is just an I.E. browser with aol extensions added, but, the question remains...why?

ChaosEnvy · Feb 23, 2007

hrd said:
FYI, the AOL browser is just an I.E. browser with aol extensions added, but, the question remains...why?

I know, and AOL used to have another browser that was just horrid. Just like SBCYahoo and their enhanced IE. No TY. I'll use IE7 for Updates, and a few other things. Most of the time I am using Mozilla. I want to see web pages, so the plane jane browser is better for me.

Gene McGill · Feb 23, 2007

hrd said:
FYI, the AOL browser is just an I.E. browser with aol extensions added, but, the question remains...why?

AOL owns Netscape, and doesn't even use them? Wow.

AlsChevelle · Feb 23, 2007

LevonH said:
We are still getting updates for the free version 7.5.

I just tryed updating mine and it is still working fine and updating.

Gene McGill · Feb 23, 2007

There was alot of confusion when AVG said they weren't going to be supporting the free version of 7.1 anymore after some date. A lot of people took this to mean that there was no londer a free version, when in fact there was.

BigFred66 · Feb 24, 2007

Gene McGill said:
There was alot of confusion when AVG said they weren't going to be supporting the free version of 7.1 anymore after some date. A lot of people took this to mean that there was no londer a free version, when in fact there was.

Beautious!! I'm out 80 bucks and I get a problem to boot!!:hurray:

BigFred66 · Mar 4, 2007

For what it's worth.....I sent an e-mail to Grisoft's tech support this past week and they did send me a "step by step" list of settings to modify.

Aol now works as it should.

69Convertible · Mar 4, 2007

I just got notice that 7.1 wasn't being supported so I upgraded to 7.5 free version. It wouldn't update until I deleted 7.1 and so far ,working as it should.

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