Various problems connected with the new AVG 8.0

I hope someone can help me because right now I don't have any anti virus on my computer at all.

It all started when I upgraded to AVG Anti-virus and Firewall 8.0. I had been running 7.5 for quite a long time with no problem.

I have the paid versions of both Spyware Doctor and Spy Sweeper, although I only run one at a time. After upgrading to AVG 8.0 I disabled Spy Sweeper as their FAQ's say it's not compatible. And I started running Spyware Doctor.

I was having various problems with AVG 8.0 opening and various things being in error state. I thought I had it pretty well straightened out and when I booted my computer tonight Spyware Doctor was all messed up so I had to quit using that and go back to Spy Sweeper.

Anyway, I can't seem to get AVG off my computer completely, and the worst problem is that all of a sudden when I try to download something it's slower than molasses in January -- whereas before it was super fast. Right now I'm trying to download the free version of Avast, which is only 23.1 MB. Before tonight that would have downloaded in 30 seconds or less. Right now it's at 46% and it's been running for 10 minutes. Oh, and another thing, AVG won't even start. It isn't in my tool bar. I went into the program file and tried to start if from there and I get a sign that says TODO isn't working, or some such thing.

I was going to try to redownload AVG and then uninstall, but it's like 66 MB and at the rate my computer is now downloading files it will take all night and then might not work the way things are going.

My web site pages and such open fairly fast; it just seems to be the downloading deal and I think this has something to do with AVG because my daughter has been having the same problems ever since she updated to the 8.0. Her's started right away and mine just started tonight.

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium. I have 2GB Ram.

I called my ISP tonight. The guy had me to several things but couldn't seem to find anything. He had me to a ping test and there were 50 packets sent and 50 received.

Since last Saturday I have sent 6 emails to AVG technical and haven't received one answer yet.

Please, please, can someone help?

Thanks,
Nikilet

 

Now I have a new development. I can't download Avast at all. When it gets right to the end I get an error message. It says: An unexpected error is preventing the operation Make a note of this error code, which ight be useful if you get additional help to resolve this problem. Error 0x800704C8. The requested operation can not be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open.