Paypal "security measure" -is it right?

macman

ShockingPink wrote: »

Thanks macman - I'm installing Avast now.

OK, but make sure you fully remove AVG though-you can't run both together.

ShockingPink

I thought I'd done it yesterday, but today it started doin its job again so I tried uninstalling once more. Eventually got this message:

I have tried 3 times to uninstall AVG free edition, and each time it has failed with the following information:
Local machine: installation failed
Installation:
Error: Action failed for file setup.exe: creating backup....
Access is denied. (5) %DESTINATION% = "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\setup.exe.install_backup", %SOURCE% = "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\setup.exe"

Any suggestions about what to do next? My PC is now very slow (even worse than before!) Many thanks!

PS - after all the fuss it seems the Paypal request was genuine after all. Tried a different PC today and still the same question.

macman

Use the AVG Removal Tool (32 bit version).




http://www.avg.com/download-tools

aliEnRIK

Use the link that macman posted

If its STILL there then uninstall Avast. Reinstall AVG (Over the top). Use the AVG removal tool and reinstall Avast (Nightmare I know, but welcome to the sh*t that is AVG)

ShockingPink

Thanks both - I've had to uninstall Avast! as no matter what I try, AVG won't leave me! The link from their website causes "an illegal operation" so it looks like I'm stuck with it...:mad:

nobby24

I would strongly advise getting a new pc, in relative terms they've never been cheaper and you should really be using the latest OS because security is massively important these days and getting more so.