People who are using latest version of AVG antivirus (AVG 8) , must be knowing the new feature called LINK SCANNER. Basic purpose of it is to scan all the search result of supported internet search engines like google,msn,yahoo! and provide an evaluation of a safety of that found sites.
But here is the catch , when ever we do any type of search on our favorite search engine this scanner scans "ALL" search results for safety of link and so it takes a "little" longer time then usual and hence it makes us feel like internet is little slow which is not the true reason ( because its that link scanner that makes browsing slow!!!) , here I would like to mention that other AV softwares like McAfee and Norton too provide same tool but lots better performance then AVG ( may be it's b'coz they "CHARGE" for their product ??)
So some people like me want to disable that annoying feature of AVG. Well it can be done from its settings , but you have noticed that if we disable it by that way then AVG will keep on showing annoying "Exclamation Icon" at taskbar.. right??
Well here is the way to Disable that scanner permanently !!! ( i found it on some website)
but before that notice that if you have already previously installed AVG then you have to remove it and reinstall it by following steps...
For ease of use download/copy setup file it to "C" drive.
now open menu Start -> Run
and they type , c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf
/REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch
The installation will be started, and AVG will be installed without the LinkScanner component.
By the way , for your information guys , there is a controversial statement is made for this LINK SCANNER feature of AVG. It says , it Fakes Traffic to searched sites. Means it uses some part of costly bandwidth just to check reliability of that website and in long term it increases the cost of bandwidth. Well its not concern for general people but still its an issue to be looked upon ( Read More about this issue .)
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