AVG Free 7.5 AV and Vista

[Hokie]

I am running AVG Free Anti-virus 7.5 on a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop with Vista Home Premium 32. I removed the Norton software that came with the Dell as soon as I got it. AVG has been running fine but of late I am getting an annoying message that AVG wants to display a message on my desktop. When I allow AVG to display the message it is a nag to update to their version 8.0. Version 8.0 is the new paid version. The message pops up again about every 5 minutes. I do not see any way to tell it to quit nagging me. Apparently, AVG 7.5 is not completely compatible with Vista and is not letting the message pop up w/o permission. Is anyone else running AVG 7.5 on Vista?

I am about ready to try another free AV program that I saw recommended here a while back. I will have to search and find it in the past threads.

[CK_John]

1. have you used the Norton removal tool to clean out the leftovers from

add/remove.
Link
<http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2007080716174339?Open&docid=2005033108162039&nsf=tsgeninfo.nsf&view=docid>

Also AVG is getting to bloated, IMO. I recommend Avast,renewal in 14 months.
Link
<http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?tag=pop.software>

[Hokie]

2. Avast

Avast was the AV software that was recommended in an earlier discussion. Thanks.

[Hokie]

3. I switched to Avast

I removed AVG on my 3 PC's and loaded Avast. AVG was becoming annoying nagging me to pay to upgrade to 8.0. I like Avast so far.