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Alden Bates' WeblogFeigning normality since 1973AVG 8's LinkScannerFiled in: Computers, Internet.
There's a thread about it on Webmaster World, wherein it's shown that LinkScanner is actually quite easy to spot, so it would be quite easy to fool. Not only that, but it only scans search results, so once you go to a site, you're on your own. The new GUI looks very slick though. Posted May 21, 2008 11:57 PM CommentsI keep getting people finding this page doing google searches for turning off LinkScanner too... Posted by: Alden Also Firefox is noticeably slower when LinkScanner is running. Blah. Posted by: Alden To remove component, click start run, then browse to the setup file. Your run prompt should read like below, taking into account the location of the setup file. C:\Users\Coldtoast\Desktop\avg_free_stf_en_8_100a1295.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch. All on one line obviously. From there just run the install as usual and it will remove the link scanner. Yay! Posted by: Stuart Clark | May 28, 2008 2:29 AM AVG installs linkscanner as an add-on in EI and Firefox. If you disable the add-on within the browser it solves the problems and does not show the fault condition in AVG. Posted by: Brian Merriman | June 24, 2008 1:27 AM Post a comment | |
Have to admit that these comments are making me reluctant to upgrade...
Posted by: Thad Ritchards | May 23, 2008 10:58 PM