Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?

TIA,

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Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Martyn Tindall wrote:
> Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
> the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
>
> TIA,
>

Actually, I do not know your answer. I am writing to warn you about
Avast. It is not very good. See:

http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=taxonomy/term/16

DO NOT do anything private on your machine that you would
not want the world to look at. No social security numbers, no
bank numbers, no passwords to anything you care about, etc..
You will be infected in short order.

-T

Post your queries here instead, please: http://forum.avast.com/
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Martyn Tindall wrote:
> Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
> the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
>
> TIA,

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/default.mspx

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"Martyn Tindall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
> the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
>
> TIA,
>
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> Martyn Tindall
> Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

> Martyn Tindall wrote:
> > Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
> > the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
>
> Actually, I do not know your answer. I am writing to warn you about
> Avast. It is not very good. See:
>
> http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=taxonomy/term/16
>
> DO NOT do anything private on your machine that you would
> not want the world to look at. No social security numbers, no
> bank numbers, no passwords to anything you care about, etc..
> You will be infected in short order.
>
> -T
>

>
> "ToddAndMargo" wrote:
> > Martyn Tindall wrote:
> > > Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
> > > the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
>
> > > TIA,
>
> > Actually, I do not know your answer. *I am writing to warn you about
> > Avast. *It is not very good. *See:
>
I'v been using Avast for several years now.
it's excelent, imo, it's also advisable to have one maybe even two
Antispyware/Malware programs also,
and a good firewall. for me - this is :
Avast
Sygate Firewall
Ashampoo Antispayware2
Spyware Search and Destroy.
I'll snapshot screenshots of my avast if you like and email to you in
a day or two.

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:55:23 -0700 (PDT), neutrino
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>
>> "ToddAndMargo" wrote:
>> > Martyn Tindall wrote:
>> > > Of the various options in the Avast! configuration screen, which are
>> > > the key ones to tick for Web browsing and email?
>>
>> > > TIA,
>>
>> > Actually, I do not know your answer. =A0I am writing to warn you about
>> > Avast. =A0It is not very good. =A0See:
>>
>I'v been using Avast for several years now.
>it's excelent, imo, it's also advisable to have one maybe even two
>Antispyware/Malware programs also,
>and a good firewall. for me - this is :
>Avast
>Sygate Firewall
>Ashampoo Antispayware2
>Spyware Search and Destroy.
>I'll snapshot screenshots of my avast if you like and email to you in
>a day or two.
>
Thanks. I was interested in the options presented at the time of
installation. AFAIK there is no facility for returning to these after
installation. I wondered which ones people recommended, bearing in
mind that the concensus on email scanning is that you're better off
without it.

Regards,
Martyn

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Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom