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Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird

From	Antivirus <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird
Date	2026-05-10 20:53 +0100
Organization	To protect and to server
Message-ID	<10tqo4m$1o7g3$1@paganini.bofh.team> (permalink)
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On 09/05/2026 16:55, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> Some update - I think it was to AVG - broke my Thunderbird. (I say I
> think it was AVG because - after it stopped working - I let TB do an
> update, and that didn't fix it.)

Why do people still use third-party antivirus software? What's wrong 
with the packages supplied by Microsoft? Personally, I haven't 
encountered any malware since the days of XP — but then, I am a very 
risk-averse person.

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AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-09 16:55 +0100
  Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-09 09:08 -0700
    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-09 18:14 +0100
  Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-09 09:45 -0700
    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-09 18:08 +0100
      Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-09 12:04 -0700
        Now OT (was: Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-09 21:14 +0100
  Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-10 13:08 -0400
    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-10 20:08 +0100
      Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-10 15:41 -0400
  Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Antivirus <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-10 20:53 +0100
    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-11 13:05 +0100
      Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-11 13:49 +0100
        Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-11 09:11 -0700
          Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-11 13:44 -0400
    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-11 11:07 -0400

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