Originally Posted by Alistair
Richard

when you install an additional AV on top of windows it will normally turn off the inbuilt modern AV that Windows does come with these days. It's never a bad thing to do this as most evil people will know how the Windows stuff works and so try and work out ways to defeat it.
On the other hand a Microsoft salesman will tell you that their AV product is far better integrated with the OS as they write both (pro's and con's in that statement!) along with the cloudy MS stuff and applications (word etc). They will say that the patches will be joined up etc.
It is true that their products are both the biggest target on the web but at the same time they probably have most focus and a broader knowledge and user base to sample to keep things right.

A few years ago I would have trusted the MS AV product to sit the right way on a toilet seat but they now regularly sit in the very top vendors for it.

It will be a constant cat and dog fight between AV and evil perps, just read the message carefully when they pop up and trust nothing at all.

Well well Alistair and other AVG users, this evening my AVG Driver Updater downloaded "AVG VPN Wire Guard Adapter 2" and all has returned to normal thank goodness.

Thanks again all who looked into this grouphug

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