Windows 10: why is my AVG telling me my drivers are out of date?

Avg ntivirus says drivers out of date, but the computer says they are up to date.

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AVG Zen and Error message 0xc0000005

Uninstalling the AVG management console (formerly known as AVG Zen)

https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlName=Uninstall-AVG-Zen&supportType=home

Uninstall the AVG management console

NOTE: Before uninstalling the AVG management console, you must first uninstall all AVG Products linked to your AVG management console by following steps in the section above.

Troubleshooting

1. If you experience issues uninstalling the AVG management console from your PC, try using
   AVG Clear or AVG Remover by following steps in the article below:
   • Uninstalling AVG software using AVG Clear or AVG Remover
2. If you are still unable to uninstall the AVG management console after following all steps in this article, contact
   
   AVG Support.

 

AVG

AVG has nothing to do with Microsoft and is not offered by Microsoft.

AVG got acquired by Avast.

• AVG Technologies - Wikipedia
• Avast - Wikipedia
• Avast and AVG become one

Any questions about AVG products are best to be asked here:

https://support.avg.com/?l=en

or here:

https://support.avg.com/answers

Microsoft recommends the use of its own products and sites.

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/products

Suggestion to read

• Choosing an Anti-Virus Program
• Safe Steps for Replacing your Anti-virus - Why should you use Antivirus
  software?
• Supplementing your Anti-Virus Program with Anti-Malware Tools
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

 

Windows 7 Driver not working and getting AVG reports

I suspect AVG is not what is telling you, that you have outdated drivers, but rather another program you have installed. Look in your installed programs list and see if you can find a driver update program of some sort. If you find one, uninstall them.
They are bogus and actually not good for your computer. If AVG is telling you that, that program is venturing into areas it should not. If so, consider a different supplier.

Drivers should never be updated like other software. They should only be updated IF and WHEN you are having a specific problem and the diagnosis of that particular problem points to a driver. Then and only then update that driver and only that driver.
The ONLY valid source for drivers is the manufacturer of your equipment.

Never allow driver update utilities to work. They are full of wrong/bad drivers and malware.

As long as you keep a good antivirus software program running and up to date and use your computer safely, there is no reason why you should not keep using Windows 7. I would advise the following"

1. A top-notch antivirus program
2. Regular updates of your data
3. Switch away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer and use Google's Chrome instead
4. If possible, consider replacing the old hard drive with a new one and re-install Windows. When you do that, create a system image of the drive BEFORE you add data. That system image is a great bit of security that would for the future allow a re-install
   without an install disk and activation code. Which you will need this time.