Solved How to Remove AVG toolbar and search

[Barbee]

No virus protection or security will stop junk from downloading into your computer if you check YES on a popup. You are giving them permission.

From now on when I get a popup telling me "such and such" a program needs to update, I go right to that programs site and check it out. Is there an update? If so, it should be available on their site. I don't know what thrill these geeks get out of doing this to people... and I refuse to use Bing for that reason. A few years ago it was Bing that was being forced on us through this nefarious tricks. Follow the rule: Don't click on any popups. Don't click on any links from emails. ( I get 3 or 4 a day that are fakes emails.) If my bank has a problem with my account, I go to the bank site (from my own link not theirs) and check. You need to be suspicious of everything.

 

[elbmek]

I'm trying to figure out how to keep my computer safe from viruses and all those um, like ad's that get installed when you install something you shouldn't like I got this pop up recently that said upgrade your free flash or something like that something told me not to click it but I did and then I got like all this avg rubbish, and my search pages were changed, so here I am all freaked out because i know once you get avg your screweed! your computer will go haywire.. I'm like I need to get schooled on this and quick because I don't plan on dropping $75 on tech support to get some computer rubbish resolved. Plus it does take a while. But What I find really interesting is that when I call tech support for a Gateway, I get a person from Asar Who tells me they can't help me...

you like the word like dont you like?

 

[elbmek]

Barbee. I dont get pop ups, my browser is set not to allow them

 

[Barbee]

What browser?

 

[elbmek]

All of the popular ones, there is a pop up blocker link in the options tools etc

 

[Setchietoe2]

elbmek I do like the word like, sometimes, it's funny for me. but yeah I totally agree with what Barbie said

From now on when I get a popup telling me "such and such" a program needs to update, I go right to that programs site and check it out. Is there an update? If so, it should be available on their site. I don't know what thrill these geeks get out of doing this to people... and I refuse to use Bing for that reason. A few years ago it was Bing that was being forced on us through this nefarious tricks. Follow the rule: Don't click on any popups. Don't click on any links from emails. ( I get 3 or 4 a day that are fakes emails.) If my bank has a

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I also do this, but what makes these people so annoying is the fact that they know computers enough to hack and **** up programs, etc.. I thought about taking a course on this, the only way to really address this is to understand how it really works, requires a lot of time, but I'd rather do that then be biting my nails the entire time and depending on Norton. My best friend Norton. lol