Prepare!

So I login to NetFlix this weekend, and check the "Movies You'll Love" page, and what do I see?



Let me guess why this was recommended:

• Some guy falls down
  
• ...with a scar on his face
  
• ...and it's hilarious!
  

Hopefully this post will save others from the hassle of debugging a non-updating AVG Free 7 installation...

I recently decided to encrypt some folders on my laptop (for added security in case of theft/loss). Anyhow, one of the folders I decided to encrypt was my C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data folder. Well, one sub-folder under this was Grisoft. Sadly, after encrypting that folder (and all subfolders and file contents therein), my AVG Free 7 refused to update successfully. A simple uininstall/reinstall did not fix the problem, which was frustrating.

I fired-up Filemon and noticed AVG was trying to do something in one of my recently encrypted folders. Which led me to my fix...

1. Uninstall AVG Free 7.
   
2. Reboot.
   
3. Unencrypt just the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Grisoft folder (and all subfolders and file contents).
   
4. Reinstall AVG Free 7.
   
5. Perform the AVG Free 7 auto-update.
   

NOTE: Success finally!

Enjoy