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Vista normally does not allow you to delete files your windows system directory(it’s called a security feature, which is what I call a nanny feature), but avg was able to lock out those two files by putting them into the vault.

Doesn’t seem like a very good market strategy to separate their two flag ship products in this manner.

then realized that they were the same company…!

Word of mouth is extremely important to new companies and it is usually not a good idea to separate your brand names out before you have gotten your name to be recognized easily in the market place.

The internet has made so much wealth that even the “junk” is valuable.

In line (a bit) with your “Why would someone…” thread”, I got the AVG (or whichever) a number of years ago when we had a problem with Norton, and I needed something for my home computer. I had found MajorGeeks, and because of the recommendations there, went with AVG. I mentioned it to hubby when it was time to renew with Norton. He more or less said “you only get junk for free”. So I shut up about it. You can imagine my silent snicker when his tech guy recommended Avast, and he bought it for all the store machines, then realized that they were the same company…!

Since I run Vista, having more free ram and processes is extremely important for performance.

McAfree and Norton are loaded to the heels with background software threads that eat up ram and processing power.

I found out that I don’t really need all those bells and whistles they offers, so why should I take the hit for them performance wise?

Also recommend “Spybot search and destroy” plus “spyware blaster” after you’ve done the search and destroy.