AVG and web traffic

[#1]

just seen this - I wonder how this will mess up visitor counts on web sites http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/avg_scanner_skews_web_traffic_numbers/
http://osblues.com/2008/06/03/avg-destroys-web-analytics/

[#2]

Turned it off, it was just annoying.

[#3]

Quote: "If you search Google, for instance, and ten results turn up, it visits all ten links to ensure they're malware free."
I hadn't realised this and can now see why it uses up bandwidth. I disabled it in Firefox addons as another correspondent in this forum had noticed and reported the extra use.  Well spotted.

[#4]

Quote from: HPsauce

Turned it off, it was just annoying.

I turned it off, too.  Got fed up of little windows popping up when I moved the mouse near the scanner logo.... It also reported some "dodgy" sites that I have visited previously without any malfunction/malaware problems....(nice sites,      not "naughty sites"  )
I make a habit of running CCleaner at then end of every session, so if anything "untoward" had got in, then it would not be reporting back next time I booted up.

[#5]

it seems to have got worse http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/avg_disguises_fake_traffic_as_ie6/

[#6]

[me=James_H]likes this plan:[/me]

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. Google preferences -> Number of Results = 100 2. Google search: "site:grisoft.com ANYWORDHERE" 3. Search 4. Control/shift-click the 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Google pages in new tabs/windows 5. Repeat until bored

And for webhosts add to .htaccess :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ;1813\)$
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.grisoft.com/ [R,L]