Hi folks,
my parents are running Windows ME and can’t install the AVG8 upgrade.
I know Windows ME is now unsupported, but does anyone either know of a fix to allow AVG8 to operate, or know of a good (preferably free) home Anti Virus program that will work with Windows ME?
Their only other option is to upgrade their whole system and they just don’t have the $$ right now.
Thanks in advance.
It can’t be run on ME. Wanting and needing it to won’t make it happen.
I think Avast! still supports WinME
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It can’t be run on ME. Wanting and needing it to won’t make it happen.
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Wanting it to happen allowed me to find the correct upgrades I needed to make my XP system compliant - sometimes the effort pays off.
They’ve looked at Avast, but the page they found seemed dodgy - spelling errors and wanting rather more info than they were comfortable with. I’ve sent them the link above as it’s obviously the official home.
Thanks for your help.
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I think Avast! still supports WinME
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What is amazing is it supports Windows 95!
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Hi folks,
my parents are running Windows ME and can’t install the AVG8 upgrade.
I know Windows ME is now unsupported, but does anyone either know of a fix to allow AVG8 to operate, or know of a good (preferably free) home Anti Virus program that will work with Windows ME?
Their only other option is to upgrade their whole system and they just don’t have the $$ right now.
Thanks in advance.
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AVG8 will only work with XP SP2, (is actually requires the SP2 as well).
Avast is a good program, don’t let the site spook them, they are anti virus guys, not web guys.
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Their only other option is to upgrade their whole system and they just don’t have the $$ right now.
Thanks in advance.
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BitTorrent is your friend 
Avast has been downloaded on my parent’s machine and seems to be working well.
AVG8 still works fine on mine even though I don’t have SP2 as far as I know.
Mods, please feel free to close this thread.
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BitTorrent is your friend
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So you can download actual hardware from bittorrent now, eh?
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AVG8 still works fine on mine even though I don’t have SP2 as far as I know.
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That is easy to determine; right click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”. On the “General” tab, it will list the service pack installed on your operating system.
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Avast has been downloaded on my parent’s machine and seems to be working well.
AVG8 still works fine on mine even though I don’t have SP2 as far as I know.
Mods, please feel free to close this thread.
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Nice ending!
If your parents have the sound on and happen to be in another room, they might be startled by a voice suddenly jabbering away. It’s just the website telling them that the Avast! software has been updated. Scared the doodoo out of my wife and daughter not too long ago.
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Nice ending!
If your parents have the sound on and happen to be in another room, they might be startled by a voice suddenly jabbering away. It’s just the website telling them that the Avast! software has been updated. Scared the doodoo out of my wife and daughter not too long ago.
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Mine updates at least once a day. I am no longer shocked. I am very happy with Avast!.
Thanks for the warning, I’ll let them know (probably *after * it’s happened! Heh.)