I'm validated and updating now but I spend God knows how long working to get rid of the AVG Zen part of AVG Free.
I can't think of a more dumbass idea than tying all of my devices (don't even NETWORK) to one program that would no doubt leave them ALL screwed if compromised.
I couldn't just uninstall it until I start renaming things in the Zen folders and deleting until finally it said it couldn't find it or it may have already been uninstalled and I got it removed from the program list...or else I just removed it from the start menu...
Like ripping the guts from a pumpkin, none the less, messy and fun in the end.
I've tried to figure out how to get the version WITHOUT it but...it's been a while.
To make it trickier, they renamed the main program AVG Protection and the Zen folder AVG.
But I have three running and Emily trying to update Windows, I installed GWX Control Panel first and I have a list of the updates to kill first, they keep throwing them back at you so you have to check all of them out for the last within the last year or so and keep hiding the ones you don't want...the ones that 'make it easier to upgrade to a newer Windows OS.
It will be forever to get the list, even after installing the latest Windows Update Agent. I'd like to get Delia back and running but I don't have video for some reason and my Dimension 2350 with XP that is for stuff not carried over to 7 for drivers.
I have a 3 GHz Pentium 4 HT in this Dimension E310 "Emily" so why waste it on XP?
PS They all got nametags now so I don't get confused by the similar looking Dells and Microns. Now if I could just fix the Compact Flash slot on my HP Pavilion I7-1111, nothing goes in.