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| Thread ID: 60550 | 2005-08-05 06:06:00 | Virus progs. | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 378597 | 2005-08-13 06:04:00 | Anyway what is so good about Avast? What does it do? does it auto update? does it tell you that its updating like AVG? does it say its out of date or what? apart from emails what if anything else does it do? and a simple noob can use it? does it need lots of ticks and crosses to configure?:illogical beetle Yep, it auto-updates and is easy to use. Try it. You will like it. I used to have AVG but switched over ages ago. what if anything else does it do? Not sure of all the bells and whistles, but hey, go to the website! ;) Beetle, it is free so go for it. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 378598 | 2005-08-13 13:03:00 | Anyway what is so good about Avast? What does it do? does it auto update? does it tell you that its updating like AVG? does it say its out of date or what? apart from emails what if anything else does it do? and a simple noob can use it? does it need lots of ticks and crosses to configure? :illogical beetle My Avast just advised me it updated the database. By voice even!! |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 378599 | 2005-08-13 22:21:00 | Anyway what is so good about Avast? What does it do? does it auto update? does it tell you that its updating like AVG? does it say its out of date or what? apart from emails what if anything else does it do? and a simple noob can use it? does it need lots of ticks and crosses to configure? If you were not having problems with your emails then I would not be recommending that you try Avast, even though I personally prefer it . At this stage we are trying to determine whether it is actually AVG that is causing your email problems and in order to do this you need to use another AV for protection . AVG caused me a lot of grief last year when it upgraded to version 7 . x which is why I ditched it but if it isn't the cause of your problems then there is no reason for you to change . Just see how you go with Avast for now and let us know whether your email problems have distapeered . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 378600 | 2005-08-13 22:35:00 | My Avast just advised me it updated the database. By voice even!! Even my wife likes that (man's) voice. ;) |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 378601 | 2005-08-13 22:36:00 | Even my wife likes that (man's) voice. ;) Ugh! That was one of the first things I disabled. :D |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 378602 | 2005-08-13 22:48:00 | Ok i have eyes open this morn and i realise mum its not avast doing scan at start up but it says windows XP.... hit esc and it goes away and finishs boot, this is just new since the xp updates were loaded i think? how can i get rid of this? i thought it was avast but nah...........maybe i need to have eyes open more. ? anyway next time i might even write it down what it says..... :D and avast did a big freak and said dodgy emails......... what a voice ... lol beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 378603 | 2005-08-14 10:04:00 | BTW one of my pet hates is one thing avast has.....the program updates are set to manual by default, not auto. the same problem exists in other av's and it can lead to the program not finding virus's. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 378604 | 2005-08-14 21:22:00 | BTW one of my pet hates is one thing avast has.....the program updates are set to manual by default, not auto. the same problem exists in other av's and it can lead to the program not finding virus's. I just put on the latest Avast free and I'm sure that auto update was the default. I don't remember turning it on.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 378605 | 2005-08-14 23:08:00 | I just put on the latest Avast free and I'm sure that auto update was the default. I don't remember turning it on.. The default is set to ask when a program update is available. You then have the choice as to whether to accept and download or not. You are able to change that setting to automatic if desired. The virus definitions updates are automatic by default. |
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