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AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File
secmartin writes "The popular virus scanner AVG released an update yesterday that caused their software to mark user32.dll as a virus. Since this is a rather critical file, AVG's suggestion to remove it caused problems for users around the world who are now advised to restore the file through the Windows Recovery Console. AVG just posted an update about this (FAQ item 1574) in the support section of their site. Their forums are full of complaints."
Shouldn't it have deleted *all* the windows files? Windoze is nothing but a bloated virus, after all!
No, Avast ye scurvy viruses.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Are you sure that's not just because AVG doesn't detect some viruses? As I mentioned elsewhere, my sister's computer was running AVG, but it had dozens of viruses that I could only remove by installing Avast (though to be honest I ended up reformatting anyway). I used to recommend AVG but in the last two years or so I've been recommending Avast.
Right, because Pirates are known for proper spelling and pronunciation. Can you see a pirate trying to pronoun viruses? I didn't think so.
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Recently, McAfee started preventing these various freeware packages from being installed - it simply detects them as viruses themselves!
This is probably why antiviruses warn you not to have a second antivrus installed simultaneously.