AVG Antivirus won't Install

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Has anyone had a problem installing avg antivirus free version on Vista RTM?
I looked for all types of fixes and work arounds but can't seem to get it to
install! There seems to be a problem with the avg service starting during
the installation. MS recommends a msv7.dll fix but that didn't work either.
Grisoft's site says that it is compatible with Windows Vista. Go figure!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
 
rizzocow123 said:
Has anyone had a problem installing avg antivirus free version on Vista RTM?
I looked for all types of fixes and work arounds but can't seem to get it to
install! There seems to be a problem with the avg service starting during
the installation. MS recommends a msv7.dll fix but that didn't work either.
Grisoft's site says that it is compatible with Windows Vista. Go figure!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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I haven't had any troubles installing AVG Free on Vista RTM.
I have UAC turned off in Vista though, and I never tried AVG with UAC
on.
Maybe this helps?


Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.
 
I haven't had any troubles installing AVG Free on Vista RTM.
I have UAC turned off in Vista though, and I never tried AVG with UAC
on.
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AVG free 7.5 works fine with UAC on
 
Just as additional info AVG will no longer be free after January 15, 2007.
Has anyone had a problem installing avg antivirus free version on Vista RTM?
I looked for all types of fixes and work arounds but can't seem to get it to
install! There seems to be a problem with the avg service starting during
the installation. MS recommends a msv7.dll fix but that didn't work either.
Grisoft's site says that it is compatible with Windows Vista. Go figure!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
 
As far as I know, this is not true. What happens on January 15 is that there will no longer be updates for AVG Free version 7.1.

They would like you to buy their product, of course. But, they appear to plan to continue to provide AVG Free, now version 7.5 indefinitely.

So, you can go to free.grisoft.com and download version 7.5 and continue to receive updates after January 15.

To install version 7.5, you should either, first go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and remove version 7.1 and restart the computer before installing version 7.5, or, I believe, you can choose to do a "repair" installation when installing 7.5.

7.5 is, I believe, Vista-ready. (See, there is Vista content to this post.)

I have no connection to Grisoft, the publisher of AVG antivirus and anti-spyware products, except as a satisfied user.
Just as additional info AVG will no longer be free after January 15, 2007.
Has anyone had a problem installing avg antivirus free version on Vista RTM?
I looked for all types of fixes and work arounds but can't seem to get it to
install! There seems to be a problem with the avg service starting during
the installation. MS recommends a msv7.dll fix but that didn't work either.
Grisoft's site says that it is compatible with Windows Vista. Go figure!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
 
ColTom2 said:
Just as additional info AVG will no longer be free after January 15,
2007.
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No, this isn't correct. Support for the old version stops, but there is a
new free version instead.
 
Just as additional info AVG will no longer be free after January 15, 2007.
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That's not so. The old version is being discontinued, the new version 7.5
is available and still free.
 
I had a problem with the service starting when Vista came up, but it only
happened after I installed a service pack for Visual Studio and when the PC
was restarted, it must have delayed AVG. Otherwise, AVG 7.5 works great on
my PC.
 
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