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Title: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: pierrotlefou on February 11, 2005, 05:07:16 PM

Hello,

I'm a happy user of avast! 4 Home Edition since December 2003, and... sorry, never had any problem of any kind! Anyway, I'm pretty curious and I would enjoy to learn a little more about the meaning of these acronyms : ash, asw, iAVS, VPS and VPU.

Best regards,
pierrotlefou

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: Eddy on February 11, 2005, 05:14:51 PM

Just one of the things I found on Avast's website.

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iAVS is fast, small, incremental and fully automated update via Internet. Updates are released at least twice a week.

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: Pavel Baudis on February 11, 2005, 05:28:28 PM

hi!

Quote from: pierrotlefou on February 11, 2005, 05:07:16 PM

Hello,

I'm a happy user of avast! 4 Home Edition since December 2003, and... sorry, never had any problem of any kind! Anyway, I'm pretty curious and I would enjoy to learn a little more about the meaning of these acronyms : ash, asw, iAVS, VPS and VPU.

Best regards,
pierrotlefou

ash - this is used in filenames - means Alwil Software - Home version
asw - acronym for Alwil SoftWare
iAVS - as said above - incremental AntiVirus update Service over the Internet
VPS - the extension of virus detection database file - very old one used for more than 15 years now - it originally meant Virus Pattern Strings. Of course it contains much more than strings nowadays  ;)
VPU - same as above (VPS) but used for incremental updates (today not only for virus data but also for updates of program itself!

Hope this helps  :D
Pavel

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: pierrotlefou on February 11, 2005, 06:09:44 PM

Yes, it helps  ::)
I'm now a very happy user  :D

Thanks a lot, Pavel!
pierrotlefou

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: bob3160 on February 13, 2005, 07:09:46 PM

Hi Pavel

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ash - this is used in filenames - means Alwil Software - Home version

Since I'm a Pro user, what's the equivallant file for me? :) I can't find an asp. ;D

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: Pavel Baudis on February 13, 2005, 08:53:01 PM

Quote from: bob3160 on February 13, 2005, 07:09:46 PM

Since I'm a Pro user, what's the equivallant file for me? :) I can't find an asp. ;D

Well, actually Pro version has the ash as well - it only has more of them  ;D ;D

Pavel

Title: Re: Stupid questions about acronyms
Post by: Vlk on February 13, 2005, 08:55:48 PM

The network editions (ADNM) use asw instead of ash.