AVG

Help for v3
#1

Dear Readers.
The only annoyance i had with RC1 was that it seemed unable to remember that AVG. AV was installed on my computer.Every time i booted or re booted i used to get 7 or 8 defence notices pop up .
I still have the same annoyance on the final version.
I have looked everywhere on the forum for answer on how to correct the matter but without success
If anybody has any suggestions,i would be most grateful
Thanks

#2

Same things happens with AVAST antivirus, first time I saw this in beta 4, it was in RC 1 , and still remains in final. Apparently there is problem with short names conversion in path name of some applications at boot time. As I remember there was post from developers at beta forum that they know about problem and they are wonking on it, but final version is here and bug is still present. I don’t kow if it could affect security, but is sure annoying.

#3

Everything runs very smoothly.
A great firewall,if you really can call it that.
I find the popup a bloody nuisance
Perhaps,as it is known something will get done soon especially as the number of people using Avast and AVG is considerable
Let’s hope
Regards

#4

any word on this …
i get tons of customers with Avast! asking me if they can now go for Comodo Firewall V3 …

and i’m like ummm wait ‘bit’ (:SAD)

#5

Comodo is bugfixing already. Can they wait a couple days?

#6

Thanks that very reassuring.

#7

I was having the same problem. As someone mentioned above, it appears to be related to the “short” path that AVG uses (non-8.3 filenames are converted to 8.3 with tildes (~)).

To fix it, I simply added each AVG executable as a Trusted Application using the full path by browsing for the files. This seems to have fixed the problem for me although time will tell.

#8

CPU - 32Bit Intel Dual Core 2.4Ghz
Operating System - Windows XP
Actively-running security and utility applications - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, Comodo Firewall & BO Clean

Specific symptoms of the bug
In the Computer Security Policy screen of Defense+, files related to AVG Anti-Virus are recreated every time Defense+ interacts with the program. So, for example, instead of having 1 C:\Progra~1\AVG7\avgcc.exe entry, I have 10.

Specific steps you have taken to try to resolve it.
Setting the program entry to “Windows System Applicaiton” didn’t seem to help/

#9

I did what you said also, but problem persists.

#10

Yeah, there seems to be a problem with AVG using 8.3 filenames.
It will hopefully be fixed in the next release.

Cheers,
Ragwing

#11

I forgot to mention that I also edited the registry for the AVG services to use the fully qualified path instead of the 8.3 filenames (with the tildes). I tried that first, but it didn’t seem to change what Comodo was picking up as the path to the files when the files were added automatically.

After that I added the files as “Trusted Applications” manually with the fully qualified (non-8.3) filenames. Perhaps it was the combination of the two?