See why I advise people to dump AVG and Avira and get Microsoft Security Essentials?

Try the advice at this site and let me know if it works.

The PROBLEM IS: We already had version 8-something, and had already gone online and downloaded version 9-something, and had already UNINSTALLED our old version and INSTALLED the current version, and the da*n thing would not run. Said there was something else it needed. So we UNINSTALLED 9-something, and retrieved the old 8-something and REINSTALLED that, and we UPDATED the virus defs, and THAT IS WHEN THE DA*N THING STARTED POPPING UP THIS WARNING EVERY TIME WE START OUR COMPUTER!

This is more than annoying. We are using Windows 2000, so none of the suggestions that will solve the problem on XP and other systems seem to work for us.

We like AVIRA, but this latest nonsense of theirs is really quite insufferable. Thanks for listening & for any advice.

P.S. We renamed avnotify.exe to ex0, but that had no effect. We have turned off all UPDATING, still no effect. We also did the thing where we told it to make notices INVISIBLE, but with UPDATING turned OFF, it probably will have no effect.

WHAT file is it that is turning on the POPUP NOTICE and can we defeat that by editing our registry?

I think Rico refers with his comment to these two lines:

> Dump Avira

and

> Avira used to be a good program. Now it’s a piece of unscrupulous crapware.

Of course you added an updated to your blog post but you haven’t deleted your reproaches on Avira and the real AntiVir.

Right you were duped, some crapware abuses Avira’s trademark “AntiVir” but the point is that Avira has utterly nothing to do with the crapware you are talking about. So it’s unfair that you still say “dump Avira” or “Avira is a piece of crapware” even if you added an update which qualifies the things you said. IMHO

Regards from a fanboi of the real (!) Avira AntiVir

As I mentioned in the UPDATE to the post, I gave the right advice for the wrong reason! Not sure how to apologize for that, but if you’re offended, I most certainly do apologize.

Firefox has a new version as of today. Try this one. And I use the Weather Bug. I understand it may not work well with Windows 7, no matter which version of Firefox you are using. Sorry I cannot recommend an alternative, as most Weather Alert Add-ons are loaded with adware and Web Beacons. (In fact, The Weather Bug Add-On does use Web Beacons and is location aware.) Perhaps a Bookmark for just the Weather Bug Web Site might be the best compromise until this add-on gets upgraded for Win 7 and FF 3.6.

Be aware also that AdBlock Plus and NoScript may interfere with add-ons which use Web Beacons. So can certain Web Shields used by antivirus products. That is independent of which version of Windows or Firefox you are using. MSE has fewer of these Web Shields, so it doesn’t interfere as much as, say, Avast Free (which I use, without problem with The Weather Bug and Windows XP Pro, SP3).

you are serving us a big lie in your first post
I see no excuse for all that .exept the small line
I was duped –
This is really not enough …….

Why?

The standardized tests show no significant difference among any of the big-name AV products.

MSE stands head and shoulders above the rest because it’s free, and Microsoft doesn’t have anything else to sell you. In the past year, the other free AV products (AVG, Avira and NOD32) have taken on scare tactics and other lowlife approaches. MSE makes few demands on your system, and it just works.

Believe me, I hate to say that about a Microsoft product. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s clearly superior.

I wonder how you are able to assess this?! A few hours ago you weren’t able to distinguish the real AntiVir from some crapware which is abusing its name and now you are telling us MSE is still a far better product? Sorry dude, that’s embarrassing…

Sigh