Avast WEBforum

Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: qbuster on April 17, 2009, 09:52:39 AM

Title: The Bat! plugin
Post by: qbuster on April 17, 2009, 09:52:39 AM
I am a long term user of Avast for Home (currently on Vista) and have been using The Bat! email client for about a year.

Yesterday I was installing Avast for Home on my wife's new notebook and I noticed there was a plugin for The Bat!. I don't see this as an option on my own Avast installation and this raises a couple of questions:

1. I have searched the main Avast website and failed to find a way to downlaod the Bat! plugin - can someone give me an url?
2. Why doesn't my Avast install detect the presence of The Bat!

Regards

Will
Title: Re: The Bat! plugin
Post by: Lisandro on April 17, 2009, 02:29:43 PM
There is not a plugin to be downloaded. You need to change your installation:
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Change
Check 'The Bat' option there.
Title: Re: The Bat! plugin
Post by: DavidR on April 17, 2009, 03:37:29 PM
Re 2. I though that it did, in the same way that it detects that MS Outlook is installed and enables the Outlook/Exchange provider. So I don't know why it didn't detect the presence of the Bat.
Title: Re: The Bat! plugin
Post by: qbuster on April 17, 2009, 05:21:29 PM
There is not a plugin to be downloaded. You need to change your installation:
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Change
Check 'The Bat' option there.

Thanks for that...it appears to have done the trick.

Cheers

Will
Title: Re: The Bat! plugin
Post by: qbuster on April 17, 2009, 05:25:44 PM
Re 2. I though that it did, in the same way that it detects that MS Outlook is installed and enables the Outlook/Exchange provider. So I don't know why it didn't detect the presence of the Bat.

Yeah, that's what I thought would have happened. As it was I have been using TBat! somewhat nervously without full protection.

Cheers

Will