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Patrick JonesPatrick Jones 

AVG Free interferes with Newsbin downloading headers

When downloading headers from a newsgroup I will get an error about compressed headers(or something like that) and it stops.  From my searches it seems to be a virus scanning issue.  If I disable AVG everything goes fine.  I have tried to add the Newsbin folder and executable to the exclude list but it does not seem to be working.  I am using the latest build as far as I know - build number 1.161.2.61210.

Anyone have any suggestions?  I really don't want to have to disable AVG every time I download headers.

Thanks,

Patrick
-980888528-980888528 (Avast)
Patrick,
We understand your concern, we apologize for the difficulties. Could you provide us the screenshot http://avgclick.me/getscreenshot of the error message you are getting while trying to download headers? We request you to disable AVG by each components http://avgclick.me/TempDisableAVG separately and check which feature is blocking your downloads. Please, feel free to let us know if you require any further assistance. Thank you.
Alan BinchAlan Binch
Patrick, For your info, just in case that you are unaware, you can post the screenshot here in your topic. Click on 'Answer' & then click on the 'Image' [mountain symbol] & follow the instructions. 
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Patrick JonesPatrick Jones
Thank you for the reply.  The version of AVG(free) I have does not have the right-click menu like shown.  The menu only has disable on it.  If I disable it, I don't get the error message.  So I need to know how to get AVG not to scan newsgroup headers as I download them.  If there is no way to do that, much to my displeasure I will have to find a different antivirus.  It is odd because on my other computer AVG never did this.

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KishoreKishore (Avast) 
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for replying us back. Please try to add the application to the exception list using the instructions on the article https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlName=How-to-make-exclusions-from-all-scans-and-shields&q=exclude and check whether it resolves the issue.
Thank you.
Patrick JonesPatrick Jones
Thank you for the reply.  That is what I originally tried and it did not work.  I tried it again and it still did not work.  to make sure I did it correctly, I added the folder under the file path tab as shown below.
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Thanks,

Patrick
-980156917-980156917 (Avast)
Hello Patrick,
We sincerely apologize for the difficulties you are currently experiencing.
Please try to repair your AVG by following the instructions in this link and check - http://avgread.me/2kY1puc .
Thank you.
Patrick JonesPatrick Jones
I tried the repair and it completely hosed my system.  The system would not boot afterwards and I had to do a system repair.  I also did a fresh install of windows and AVG and it still did not work.  And a repair of AVG once again screwed up my system.
KishoreKishore (Avast) 
Hello Patrick,
We have sent you an email to collect necessary information. Please reply back to the same email so that we could analyze the issue.
Thank you.
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