AVG's Web TuneUp put millions of Chrome users at risk

Oblivion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35198435


Oh dear. That won't do AVG's reputation much good.

JJ_Egan

Do millions use AVG and Chromecast i ask .

securityguy

Chrome, not Chromecast.

And as of two weeks ago, the answer to the qustion "do millions use AVG and Chrome" is "yes, nine million".

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=675

poppy10_2

AVG is pretty much malware at this point. It has gone from a lightweight and accurate virus scanner to a bloated mess that will slow down your computer, hijack your start pages and redirect to their ad offerings.

rainygreyhound

For some bizarre reason we used the corporate version of AVG at work. Absolute ****. Didn't even detect a lot of the viruses we got and it took them an age to act when we submitted the files to them and gave them the information.

Roger1

poppy10 wrote: »

AVG is pretty much malware at this point. It has gone from a lightweight and accurate virus scanner to a bloated mess that will slow down your computer, hijack your start pages and redirect to their ad offerings.

Our experience too.

We took advantage of a 'free' scan and now can't get rid of the daily invitations to purchase. We can't even uninstall!

... unless anybody can give us a clue ...

debitcardmayhem

Try the remover http://www.avg.com/gb-en/utilities

Roger1

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Try the remover http://www.avg.com/gb-en/utilities

Thanks. Lots of options there.

We use AVG as our regular protection. It's just the invitations to purchase AVG PC TuneUp that we want to get rid of. Any ideas how to keep regular AVG? I'm thinking: remove using your link, then reinstall AVG?

[Deleted User]

Fortunately, I've never used their Tuneup utility.

GunJack

Roger1 wrote: »

Thanks. Lots of options there.

We use AVG as our regular protection. It's just the invitations to purchase AVG PC TuneUp that we want to get rid of. Any ideas how to keep regular AVG? I'm thinking: remove using your link, then reinstall AVG?

remove completely, also manually uninstall all the other bits (like tuneup), reset your search engines and homepages in all browsers, download a fresh copy and do a custom install and untick all the "extras".

Although, last time I looked at AVG (not on any of my machines, of course ) I don't think even a custom install will just give a barebones installation....

....maybe time to think about custom install of avast, avira or bitdefender free versions....

new2016

I've been having issues with this myself,
It auto installed and setup its self which was annoying.
I had to fully uninstall it a few time before i got rid of it.