Comments on: AVG Free 8 - Now with Spyware! http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware Michael Kimb Jones - Weblog and other nice things... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Drone http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware/comment-page-1#comment-10771 Drone Wed, 14 May 2008 13:23:39 +0000 http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware#comment-10771 I can not find an AVG extension installed into my Firefox. It could be that they changed it, because I waited longer than you did before I downloaded it. I can not find an AVG extension installed into my Firefox. It could be that they changed it, because I waited longer than you did before I downloaded it.

]]> By: mkjones http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware/comment-page-1#comment-10770 mkjones Mon, 12 May 2008 09:28:22 +0000 http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware#comment-10770 If you look under Firefox - Tools - Add Ons it looks like they are plug-ins which can simply be disabled. Not ideal of course but it seems to work. If you look under Firefox - Tools - Add Ons it looks like they are plug-ins which can simply be disabled.

Not ideal of course but it seems to work.

]]> By: Drone http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware/comment-page-1#comment-10769 Drone Sun, 11 May 2008 09:12:42 +0000 http://www.mkjones.co.uk/software/avg-free-8-now-with-spyware#comment-10769 I was pretty disappointed with AVG 8 Free as well, as it's more intrusive than what it used to be. I disabled the link check function that appears in search results, but I don't see anything more than that – like a toolbar – in Firefox. If there still is something installed onto Firefox, how would I remove it? I was pretty disappointed with AVG 8 Free as well, as it’s more intrusive than what it used to be.

I disabled the link check function that appears in search results, but I don’t see anything more than that – like a toolbar – in Firefox. If there still is something installed onto Firefox, how would I remove it?

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