Help!

and now I can't even get online because it says that my computer cannot connect to the server. Thankfully, my son has a computer so I can log in here and ask for assistance. I was in the process of upgrading my AVG software and somehow more things were added then I wanted or needed so I uninstalled it and in the process made some errors. Please help!

I would power down and unplug (or hit master power switch on back of PSU) for about 15 seconds, then fire it up and temporarily disable your firewall and try again. If able to connect, you know it is your firewall. If unable, then something else. In either case, re-enable your firewall right away and let us know. How do you connect to the Internet? I too have issues with the new AVG 8.0 adding unwanted stuff - it seems to be a trend in the anti-malware industry to force folks toward the maker's suites - which I think is a security risk by itself. However, I reinstalled AVG 8.0 paying careful attention to the prompts so you can opt out of all those resource hogging extras foisted on us and it seems to be fine.

I would power down and unplug (or hit master power switch on back of PSU) for about 15 seconds, then fire it up and temporarily disable your firewall and try again. If able to connect, you know it is your firewall. If unable, then something else. In either case, re-enable your firewall right away and let us know.

How do you connect to the Internet?

I too have issues with the new AVG 8.0 adding unwanted stuff - it seems to be a trend in the anti-malware industry to force folks toward the maker's suites - which I think is a security risk by itself. However, I reinstalled AVG 8.0 paying careful attention to the prompts so you can opt out of all those resource hogging extras foisted on us and it seems to be fine.

thank you so much!
I do this and get back with you.

That worked. I have a cable modem and a router for a 2nd computer so I unplugged them and turned them back on and rebooted and it worked. Now all I have to do is re-dl AVG 8.0 without all the extras. Thanks again.

Great! Glad it worked and thanks for the followup!

As for AVG and all the extras, well they come with the download - so it is during the install process you have to watch out for. If looking for AVG 8.0 Free, see: AVG Free.