Great Poster,
You want the Butter & the Seller all together....none of those seller of AV will accept you to dump them. They can accept criticism easily but not being jerk around, unless you pay the price of their services and that they do their job in return.
If you want to update from 2009 to a 2010 version it is basicly make of a common sense that you've to renew your contract...or upgrade for cheaper the price.
I did not mean that I wont pay them, what I meant is that I will be able to avoid that junk of orphaned registry entries. Do check the software section of my sys spec. For many users this, that is my post may sound utterly rubbish, eg TGSoldier, but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. When you uninstall an av, do you know that a host of orphaned files and registry entries are left by it, even if you use those nifty uninstaller packages like that norton provides. Why you know? As during the time of installation all those virus signatures it updated, which added to some 2k registry entries were not present. So the uninstaller, i.e. Even those tiny winy uninstaller can't remove. Don't belive me? Well use win32/dasm to check it. Not techie? Never mind. Use Ashampoo Uninstaller to take a snapshot of your system, then again after an year, aftes your av uninstallation, take another snapshot. Compare both. Looks good, eh!
And my job includes a complete study of win registry and other discipline, strictly buisness. And for those who don't know, both AVG and Avast provide full version upgrades as long as your license is valid. Please comment only if you understand the topic. Read earlier replies and then comment.
I'm aware of that...I've been using Norton AV & Internet Suite from mid 2001 to late 2009...
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]Ivy Bridge Core i5 3570K (Delidded)G.Skill "Ares" DDR3 PC3-12800 - 1600MHz (16Gb)Asus Dual-RX480-O4G
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
- CPU
- Ivy Bridge Core i5 3570K (Delidded)
- Motherboard
- Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
- Memory
- G.Skill "Ares" DDR3 PC3-12800 - 1600MHz (16Gb)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus Dual-RX480-O4G
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster Z w/5.1 sound system
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus IPS 23"
- Screen Resolution
- 16/9
- Hard Drives
- Internal:
500Go Sata 6Gb/s (x2)
500Go Sata 3Gb/s (x2)
SSD 60Go Sata 6Gb/s
- PSU
- In Win C 900W Series 80+ Platinum
- Case
- Thermaltake Chaser A71
- Cooling
- Custom Water Cooling Loop
- Keyboard
- Cooler Master QuickFire XTi
- Mouse
- Razer Imperator 2012 (4G)
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Browser
- IE 11.0.xxx Rtm
- Other Info
- "Raid0" with Intel Smart Response Technology (HDD/SSD)
