TSGL: AVG Anti-Spyware Locks Up PC Occasionally???

[Don Penlington]

Lee wrote:
>when I start to do either a Complete System Scan or Fast
>System Scan, my desktop will lock up.>>


First thing I'd try is uninstall and reinstall AVG.

Otherwise, there's probably a conflict with something else already running 
in the background.

What happens if you reboot and run the scan in Safe mode?

Does it only happen immediately after an update?  Try rebooting after 
updating, though it shouldn't be strictly necessary. Possibly the update 
install is not properly closing down before you scan. Open Task Manager and 
see what's running. In particular, close Run.dll if it is open, as this can 
conflict with other apps and doesn't need to be running all the time. As it 
is a core Dll, some progs don't close it after they've run it.

Check carefully what is running in the background, HP are notorious for 
having a lot of their proprietary stuff running, which can be incompatible 
with anything non-HP.

In general, AVG is pretty reliable, though it can occasionally need a 
reinstall.

Don Penlington



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