AntiVirus Question

[Les Feinstein]

I recently installed GriSoft AVI (freeware antivirus software) on my
computer. My intent was to just have it available to perform a manual
scan whenever I chose (i.e., NOT to have it resident and performing
background scans). But I noticed that immediately after a boot, I was
unable to access my dial-up connections for 2 or 3 minutes (there's
another thread in this group that I started concerning this issue).
Well, it turns out that AVI was performing a scan on boot-up, and
locking me out of my programs until it was done. I've removed AVI, and
the problem is gone.
The questions are: Is this a setup problem with AVI (can it be set to
NOT perform background scans)? Is there another freeware AV program
that will do what I want?
OS is Win 2000 Professional.
Thanks.

 

[George Hester MVP - IIS]

I really don't see how this is a Windows 2000 issue. Yes you are using
Windows 2000 but the issue is with the software you installed. Not Windows
2000. Many of these freeware products have support which are forums of
users. Some of whom are very knowledgable. You may get good advice asking
there.