AVG is bad

banger9365

AVG disguises fake traffic as IE6

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/avg_disguises_fake_traffic_as_ie6/

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/03/1411254

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum.cfm

Arlen

It doesn't mean to.. Much. It is down to the link scanner part of AVG 8.0, luckily you can disable this when running the installer.

Notes below from Grisoft Website.

How To Install AVG Without Link Scanner.

If you wish to install AVG 8.0 Free Edition without the LinkScanner component, or uninstall this component from your program, please proceed as follows:

• Download the AVG 8.0 Free Edition installation package from our website.
• Run the installation with the parameters /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch. One way to achieve this is to:
  • save the AVG Free installation file directly to disk C:\
  • open menu Start -> Run
  • type
    c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch
• The installation will be started, and AVG will be installed without the LinkScanner component.

Anthony2oo5

bad for webmasters, but no one else.