AVG AntiVirus FREE

[Ole Anderson]

Why do the anti virus programs become a virus? Yesterday, somehow, AVG AntiVirus FREE was installed on my computer. Never asking for my admin password. Of course my first indication was that it wanted me to update to the paid version. I said no, but it is still there. I just inserted a stick drive and it popped up asking if I wanted to scan it. Betting it won't uninstall easily. It now shows on my Win 10 program list as recently added. Surprisingly it appears to be popular legit anti virus program. Ugh.

[Frank Pratt]

That's a little more than annoying. I hope it's not as difficult to remove as Norton used to be years ago. The only way to completely get rid of it was to reformat & reinstall Windows.

[Chuck Wintle]

Why do the anti virus programs become a virus? Yesterday, somehow, AVG AntiVirus FREE was installed on my computer. Never asking for my admin password. Of course my first indication was that it wanted me to update to the paid version. I said no, but it is still there. I just inserted a stick drive and it popped up asking if I wanted to scan it. Betting it won't uninstall easily. It now shows on my Win 10 program list as recently added. Surprisingly it appears to be popular legit anti virus program. Ugh.
I suspect that maybe you installed another program and AVG was piggybacked to it. If the case then you need to uncheck a box to prevent its installation. Seen it many times and it is very annoying. Something similar ro a phone call just received.

[Roger Feeley]

I suspect that maybe you installed another program and AVG was piggybacked to it. If the case then you need to uncheck a box to prevent its installation. Seen it many times and it is very annoying. Something similar ro a phone call just received.

To expand on Chucks comment, thes packages are often part of some ‘free’ utility. You can opt out but the means to do so is deliberately counterintuitive. That maker of the free stuff makes their money by also shipping you something you don’t want. Sometimes it’s not the author, it’s the site that provides hosting and downloading.

Just know that they are trying to make opting out difficult.

[Chuck Wintle]

To expand on Chucks comment, thes packages are often part of some ‘free’ utility. You can opt out but the means to do so is deliberately counterintuitive. That maker of the free stuff makes their money by also shipping you something you don’t want. Sometimes it’s not the author, it’s the site that provides hosting and downloading.

Just know that they are trying to make opting out difficult.

it should be easy to look at list of programs installed and choose to uninstall AVG? At least with Win7 it can be done.

[Ole Anderson]

I bet it was piggybacked to CC Cleaner which I just reinstalled to get the newest version. Does anyone use AVG, is it worth keeping? I finally got enough of Norton removed to get it to stop bugging me.

[David Bassett]

... Does anyone use AVG, is it worth keeping?...

Back in the day, the last time I had a Windows machine to worry about, it was the go to anti-virus program. Seems like I saw a review a couple years ago that suggested it had been surpassed.

Are you using anything now? If not, it's got to be better than nothing.

[Ole Anderson]

Running Win 10 now, I keep hearing that it has pretty good virus protection built in.

[Myk Rian]

I used AVG for years. I think it was nag screens that made me uninstall it. I'm using Kaspersky now.

[Mike Henderson]

I've been using the free AVG for years. I just ignore the nag screens. I figure it's the cost of getting it free.

Mike

[Mike Null]

I too have been a satisfied user of AVG Free for many years. It works. Lately they've become a bit more intrusive but as Mike says, it's the cost of Free.

[Jim Becker]

I bet it was piggybacked to CC Cleaner which I just reinstalled to get the newest version. Does anyone use AVG, is it worth keeping? I finally got enough of Norton removed to get it to stop bugging me.
Yes, CCleaner does have it as an "optional" install with the box checked "yes" by default. This is VERY common.

[Jerome Stanek]

Adobe has some programs that will install if you don't uncheck the box