vista?

[Ddrak]

I ran windbg on it (that was the output I posted above). The other utilities on that thread have to be run on the actual machine, which was something I wasn't going to put Calleagh through because they get kinda esoteric and technical, at least until we ran through and removed a few of the higher suspects.

Dd

[Select]

Calleagh, try AVG once you get this Avast stuff sorted out? It's a decent free one - good enough that it should prevent any problems the average user might encounter. It's not *that* intrusive, either.

[Ddrak]

I found the free one from MS pretty good - better than AVG. Nice comparison of AV products here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s ... ry2009.pdf

Dd

[Select]

I was looking for a decent comparison site, thanks. I haven't had any problems with AVG, but I'll still check it out.

[calleagh]

well i downloaded latest version of avast and it still tells me there is an error during product uninstallation. i am so ready to pull my hair out.

select i am more than familiar with avg but i don't care for it. i want an a/v that fits these conditions: must be able to turn it off at will, must be free (yeah i'm cheap), and must be as unintrusive as possible.

[Ddrak]

Try this, Calleagh: http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility

Dd

[calleagh]

thanks dd but i've already tried it. saw it last night on their website. i finally ended up writing on their forums looking for a fix.

[Kulaf]

Just download Hijackthis and remove all entries related to Avast.

[Arathena]

my computer is exactly 2 yrs old and, against my better judgement, it has vista. to be fair, i've not really had any major issues with it but last week i got the BSD. i figured it was just a fluke. a few days later i got the BSD x3.

This makes it sound like your computer has an STD. Windows Vista, the Crabs of Computing.

[calleagh]

finally got avast removed and am going to try the MS one. thanks for all of the help, guys!