I hate Avast

[georgepenn4]

I just dumped Avast. I installed it about 5 or 6 months ago. I do
not run AV software all the time because it makes my computer run too
slow. This is an older computer running Win98, and it's slow enough
as it is. Normally I run a virus scan once a week, and more often if
I suspect some website I visited was infected. I also scan individual
downloads, but just that file. I have installed AVG also. AVG seems
to work just fine, but it did miss a couple of worm files that I had
downloaded, which Avast found. These were considered to be bed, but
not extreme. I was not using them, just things I had downloaded and
forgot about and stored as .zip files. Avast also went crazy about a
silly prank file I have that turns the screen upsidedown, called
badday.exe (which has never done anything except make the screen look
goofy.

With all of that in mind, I think AVG might be missing some of the
viruses, but at the same time, Avast is a pain in the ass to use. For
one thing, it takes forever to load. Then it goes nuts over that
prank file which I know is nothing to worry about. But the most
annoying thing about it is that every time I run it, it insists that I
register it. This began after the trial period. I went on their site
and got the register number and installed it. The next time I loaded
it, I had to enter that number again, and every time after that. Then
yesterday it would not run even after I entered that number, so I went
on their site and got a new one. I immediately entered that number
and it said "invalid number". Even if it is a little better cirus
scanner than AVG, I am not going to put up with their annoying
registration crap any more.

I just posted this to see if anyone else has had this problem.

I suppose I should run a second AV program, besides AVG and my spyware
programs SPYBOT and ADAWARE . But what else is there (free only)?

Thanks

George

 

[Maximum Dog]

(e-mail address removed) wrote:

But what else is there (free only)?

It's called your life. You should try getting one.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: <[email protected]>

| I just dumped Avast. I installed it about 5 or 6 months ago. I do
| not run AV software all the time because it makes my computer run too
| slow. This is an older computer running Win98, and it's slow enough
| as it is. Normally I run a virus scan once a week, and more often if
| I suspect some website I visited was infected. I also scan individual
| downloads, but just that file. I have installed AVG also. AVG seems
| to work just fine, but it did miss a couple of worm files that I had
| downloaded, which Avast found. These were considered to be bed, but
| not extreme. I was not using them, just things I had downloaded and
| forgot about and stored as .zip files. Avast also went crazy about a
| silly prank file I have that turns the screen upsidedown, called
| badday.exe (which has never done anything except make the screen look
| goofy.
|
| With all of that in mind, I think AVG might be missing some of the
| viruses, but at the same time, Avast is a pain in the ass to use. For
| one thing, it takes forever to load. Then it goes nuts over that
| prank file which I know is nothing to worry about. But the most
| annoying thing about it is that every time I run it, it insists that I
| register it. This began after the trial period. I went on their site
| and got the register number and installed it. The next time I loaded
| it, I had to enter that number again, and every time after that. Then
| yesterday it would not run even after I entered that number, so I went
| on their site and got a new one. I immediately entered that number
| and it said "invalid number". Even if it is a little better cirus
| scanner than AVG, I am not going to put up with their annoying
| registration crap any more.
|
| I just posted this to see if anyone else has had this problem.
|
| I suppose I should run a second AV program, besides AVG and my spyware
| programs SPYBOT and ADAWARE . But what else is there (free only)?
|
| Thanks
|
| George

AntiVir is better than AVG and Avast.

 

[Queen Mary]

AntiVir is better than AVG and Avast.

Does the free version of AntiVir scan e-mail also?

Mary

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Queen Mary" <[email protected]>

||
| Does the free version of AntiVir scan e-mail also?
|
| Mary

As far as I know, not via MAPI or VIM. However since it performs "On Access" scanning, as
an email is read or as a file is extracted from an email it will be scanned as the
attachment is temporarily written to the TEMP folder.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

I just dumped Avast. I installed it about 5 or 6 months ago. I do
not run AV software all the time because it makes my computer run too
slow. This is an older computer running Win98, and it's slow enough

Strange experience. Of all the AV softwares I tried (started with
McAfee) avast! was the one that had least impact on my Win98
performance. Still use it today both on Win98se and WinXP Pro.

 

[Dave Cohen]

Strange experience. Of all the AV softwares I tried (started with
McAfee) avast! was the one that had least impact on my Win98
performance. Still use it today both on Win98se and WinXP Pro.

I think it will take more than anti virus software to cure this guy's
problem.
Dave Cohen

 

[Dustbin]

I just dumped Avast. I installed it about 5 or 6 months ago. I do
not run AV software all the time because it makes my computer run too
slow. This is an older computer running Win98, and it's slow enough
as it is. Normally I run a virus scan once a week, and more often if
I suspect some website I visited was infected. I also scan individual
downloads, but just that file. I have installed AVG also. AVG seems
to work just fine, but it did miss a couple of worm files that I had
downloaded, which Avast found. These were considered to be bed, but
not extreme. I was not using them, just things I had downloaded and
forgot about and stored as .zip files. Avast also went crazy about a
silly prank file I have that turns the screen upsidedown, called
badday.exe (which has never done anything except make the screen look
goofy.

With all of that in mind, I think AVG might be missing some of the
viruses, but at the same time, Avast is a pain in the ass to use. For
one thing, it takes forever to load. Then it goes nuts over that
prank file which I know is nothing to worry about. But the most
annoying thing about it is that every time I run it, it insists that I
register it. This began after the trial period. I went on their site
and got the register number and installed it. The next time I loaded
it, I had to enter that number again, and every time after that. Then
yesterday it would not run even after I entered that number, so I went
on their site and got a new one. I immediately entered that number
and it said "invalid number". Even if it is a little better cirus
scanner than AVG, I am not going to put up with their annoying
registration crap any more.

I just posted this to see if anyone else has had this problem.

I suppose I should run a second AV program, besides AVG and my spyware
programs SPYBOT and ADAWARE . But what else is there (free only)?

As long as you're too cheap to buy a decent product, you're stuck with the
shite you have now.

 

[Buffalo]

(e-mail address removed) wrote:

After reading your last 10 posts, it is obvious that you need a life and you
should not even try to post a solution, but should probably ask for help for
yourself.