AVG Anti Virus 9.0

Those of you that know me well and have gotten the benefit of my advice in the past, know that I am a BIG FAN of AVG Anti Virus.  I started using it in 2005 – the free version – when good old Norton decided to wreak havoc on my computer with their latest upgrade.

After using AVG Anti Virus for almost two years, I got a great offer for a two year subscription for their paid version.  It was only fair and just that I jump on such a good deal.  Especially since these folks had been protecting me without question or cost for two years.  So, I did and I haven’t looked back.

My favorite Anti-Virus software just released a new version (9.0) earlier this week and I made the upgrade.  There were a couple of little glitches.  I chose the manual install of the upgrade so that I could see exactly what was going on. I’m picky that way, being a computer guy.

During the upgrade, AVG complained about my using Zone Alarm and said it would cause conflicts.  So I shut off Zone Alarm and re-tried the upgrade.  It still went ahead and complained – but I overrode those messages and installed anyway.  It has been working fine ever since.

I wanted to wait a couple days before recommending that you make the upgrade as well. Seeing that my version has performed flawlessly, I recommend you make the upgrade.

I believe that those of you using the FREE versions will need to manually download and install the latest version from the website.  You should be good to go.