AVG 8.0 Free, problems and observations.

XP Home. AVG v. 8.0.100 installed over 7.5, toolbar not installed.

1. At system startup the resident scanner process (avgrsx.exe) runs
fluctuating at near to full CPU usage for almost three minutes, making the
system unusable for this time and doubling the boot interval. I can find
nowhere in advanced settings to turn off this boot / startup scan. Also at
rest the memory commit has risen by around 25 mb since install.

2. I prefer to update manually and not by schedule and so have disabled the
update manager which puts a red exclaimation mark over the AVG tray monitor
which is unsightly and would cover any real error notification. Same is true
for disabling any other module, such as the linkscanner or e-mail scanner.
Version 7.5 had a means to turn off similar systray false error messages
which were in fact user selectable preferences.

3. Scanning any file via the shell extension throws up the main user
interface showing the total shell extension scan results which feels like an
ad together with two tray notifications, the first of which says only that
the shell extension has been started and the second gives the results. The
tray notications can be turned off in settings but I can find no way to stop
the main interface jumping on screen and also can not kill the obvious
'shell extension was started' popup without also removing the results tray
notification.

4. When the user interface is opened it appears to select excitingly random
screen locations unrelated to the last position it took at close and often
partly off screen. Also the hide notification for the fun promotional
info-block at the base of the interface only holds for that incarnation and
deselects for the next show.

If I have missed any solutions to these problems I would be very grateful to
know. Thanks.


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