AVG - the saga continues

Like many of you I keep getting the pop-up informing me that support for AVG 7.5 will end on June 25. This could be true but it also could be a horrible case of creative marketing gone wrong. This is the latest from the AVG Free Forum:

Re: AVG 7.5 FREE, ending or not?

Posted by: michaelhd - AVG Team (IP Logged)

Date: May 29, 2008 01:54PM

Hello all,

Two points to discuss here.

Firstly, like all companies we have to develop a strategy to get our users past the end of old windows editions. MS will stop supporting these older operating systems and we need to move along and provide software that works best on the newer OSs.
Secondly we need to encourage users to upgrade to our newer products so that we can remain focused on a select number of products, and keep improving these products.

The result is ever-changing dates for releases, end of support dates, end of definition updates downloads etc, etc. its not chaos - but the different dates and changes do cause unwanted confusion.

As you will all remember from AVG 7... There will be a final date, then a REALLY final date. We will be fair to our customers and we will give due notice of changes that may seriously affect the users.
May 31st is VERY close. I can assure you that this date will not be the end of 7.5. However the 31.12.08 date is not cast in stone - though I consider it a solid date. AVG may bring termination of specific sevices or products forward, but if we do we will do so responsibly and by giving fair notice.

We will make official announcements HERE on this forum and on our corporate website, and resellers will be emailed directly.

I apologise for the differing information given by sales and by other sources, but I stand by the 31.12.08 date for now, and will put any changes here.

Thanks to all for bringing this matter up.

 

As you can see, even within the AVG corporate structure there is apparently division. This is not good for their company, nor is it good for us, the users.

 

I continue using AVG 7 and still see regular updates coming in. However, please read my May 24 post on this subject. Version 8 is solid and performs well, and you should not hesitate to download it and install it if you are uncomfortable with this whole scenario.

 

As an option, you can continue to watch here and I will give you the latest news. The installation of Ver 8 is not difficult, but Ver 7 continues to be my choice until I know more.