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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: AA55US on July 23, 2004, 04:45:03 PM
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hello all, just installed the Avast4.1 and it looks good, but have a cple of questions plz,
#1, Since I DO NOT USE my outlook express,(ie SMPT,POP) server for my email, WILL AVAST still ck & scan,protect my yahoo/hotmail emails from virus??
or is there something i have to setup,??
2, I 'notice when i open or download a prigram, the little blue globe,(down by clock) starts rotating,what is this doing when it starts running??
3, DOES AVAST automaticall have a boot up scan, I do not see anything when rebooting that shows me the virus scan is scanning at bootup...
thank u for the help & take care ok,"AA"
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#1, Since I DO NOT USE my outlook express,(ie SMPT,POP) server for my email, WILL AVAST still ck & scan,protect my yahoo/hotmail emails from virus??
At the moment avast does not scan yahoo/hotmail accounts, it can only scan SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 protocols.
2, I 'notice when i open or download a prigram, the little blue globe,(down by clock) starts rotating,what is this doing when it starts running??
I belive it is checking the program for viruses/scripts.
3, DOES AVAST automaticall have a boot up scan, I do not see anything when rebooting that shows me the virus scan is scanning at bootup...
Boot up scan is only available on Win2000 and WinXP.
--lee
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I will correct you lee16...
#1, Since I DO NOT USE my outlook express,(ie SMPT,POP) server for my email, WILL AVAST still ck & scan,protect my yahoo/hotmail emails from virus??
avast! in fact DOES scan your webmail based mail. Its scanned by Standard Shield when you view mails in your browser.
2, I 'notice when i open or download a prigram, the little blue globe,(down by clock) starts rotating,what is this doing when it starts running??
Yes,when the ball is rotating,avast! is scanning files/mails.
This way you always know you are protected.
3, DOES AVAST automaticall have a boot up scan, I do not see anything when rebooting that shows me the virus scan is scanning at bootup...
thank u for the help & take care ok,"AA"
You probably mean the boot-scan introduced on Win9x platforms (like Nortons boot scan). No,avast! doesn't offer such scan capability.
Its actually not necessary. But it can perform full system scan at boot-time on Windows 2000/XP based systems. It basically scans the disk the same way as On-Demand,but with certain limitations (cannot check compressed archives) and benefits (no influence by resident viruses).
You need to manually schedule this via dropdown menu in Simple Interface.
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#1, Since I DO NOT USE my outlook express,(ie SMPT,POP) server for my email, WILL AVAST still ck & scan,protect my yahoo/hotmail emails from virus??
avast! in fact DOES scan your webmail based mail. Its scanned by Standard Shield when you view mails in your browser.
RejZor are you sure it scans hotmail? i have always been told it can't, since when has it been able to?
EDIT: i no it can scan webmail such as my ISP mail, but i am not sure it can scan Hotmail, i have tryed in the past.
--lee
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It can. In fact it can scan practically any web based mails. Every page you view is stored locally in cache (including attachements you decide to download).
All this is covered by Standard Shield. There are certain limitations with SSL encrypted connections which doesnt cache anything due to security precoutions,but downloaded attachements are always stored as normal files which are again scanned by Standard Shield.
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Rejzor in not trying to second guess you, but i did some research on this and the free hotmail is HTTP protocal, but the payed hotmail is pop3/smtp, but apparently if you get MSN plus (free) you can change your mail to pop3.
Am i not getting something here, or can avast in fact scan HTTP protocals now?
--lee
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No. Webpages are cached on disk when viewed. This way Standard Shield can check them. Technically there is no risk except that you cannot use Internet Mail/MS Outlook mail heuristics nad other things that strictly rely on POP/SMTP/IMAP protocol.
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Hi all,
NOD32 beta is out now it's introduced new feature in HTTP scanning via IMON and implement with notorious NOD32 advanced heuristics. It looks good and revolutionary.
What do you guys think about this?
Is it necessary to modern antivirus?
What is really benefit of this feature?
Thanks
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Well it rather say evolutionar then revolutionar ;D
Packers support was introduced now,but avast! supports in for a long time now. Advanced heuristics are fine,but HTTP has certain problems (for now).
In general i count all this as very nice improvement. NOD32 still have huge problems with removing certain malware (doesn't do anything no matter what you select to do with the file)...
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hello EVERYONE, First of all a big "'THANK U"' for the info,and yes about the nootscan thought maybe something like norton anticirus offered, (but thats ok I can live with out that screen)but for your information,,
(A) this is my FIRST computer,(purchased in 1999) & I'am no computer wiz, running win98se with dsl650mhz,256 ram, & have LEARNED by trial & error,
(B) have always used SYMANTEC products, (ie firewall,antivirus,norton utilities) up until,2 months ago when the NAV updates started messing up, after trying AVAST, tTHERE AN'T NO WAY for me to go back to Norton products,(also useing zone alarm firewall) Thank u for the help & now have this forum shortcut to my desktop, Take care all, "AA55US""
p.s. NOW if i can find a good SECURE new browser, (presantly useing OPERA) to replace Internet explorer completely, (tried firfox & thunderbird, -no likee)
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AA55US
NOW if i can find a good SECURE new browser, (presantly useing OPERA) to replace Internet explorer completely, (tried firfox & thunderbird, -no likee)
Welcome to the forum and thanks for the nice post.
I have one question, without IE how are you updating windows?
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He still has IE6,hes just not using it. I do the same. If you don't use IE its the same like you don't have it there. I never really had any problems.
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RejZoR
I was only trying to point out the fact that you still need the program. without it, you would have to get your updates from somewhere else.
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"Bob, the way i updated window, (maybe I didn't explain correctly) i did an FDISK on computer then after taking all the garbage & un wanted items-ie outlook exoress, money,works 2000, ect) from win98se, then I went to windows update site, updated I,E,5.5,(REJ no use IE6.1) then after updates i set up the "'catolog" and downloaded all past 7 presant patch's,updates for win98se,,and INLY USE ie when I HAVE TO but use Ioera as my main browser,,also just a note IF I UNDERSTAND correctly I just refistered this home version,(4.1) & company says i will get 14 months of free updates, but watching the "'little blue globe in action when i open my yahoo mail, tells me AVAST is scanning, everything WORKING GREAT,so i think i'll give my 3 norton cd's,(2003)to my neighbor,
he tried & found out last month ONE THING YOU SHOULD NOT DO with a cd is "'bend it in half till it snaps"" i laughed on the ground for 3 days, says he was picking plastic out of "'his backside"', the couch, chairs, carpet for a week, but i'll never go back to Norton if i don't have to,,,,"AA55us"
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Hehe the trick of bending CD's is that foil inside the CD. I breaked one CD once and i had that foil all over my room. And its even impossible to wipe it since it literally sticks to the surface. So remember,never break the CD's ;D
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Are you guys serious about breaking CD's? I've broken loads of them and never had anything like that happen.
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hello everyone hope U are well,
well its been 24 hours since installed AVAST antivirus and so far I really like it,
watching ,(the little blue globe) spin when I open a webpage or my email is nice,
question(s)
#1,,does this mean it is scanning the site/page??
On the download page the company states this, (and this is what i downloaded & then registered it)
"""vast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. Both conditions should be met! Our company offers Home Edition free of charge, since in our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention; however, many user are not able or do not want to pay for antivirus software. This page will show you the most important features of this program
#2, I am confuzzzzzzzz, do I ( or would it be more protection items,) need a license for my copy of AVAST, ( a home user,NOT A BUSINESS,nor any business out of home) justa a private user of AVAST
Thank u again for the help & info,
you "'TAKE CARE"",ok, ""AA55US"
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Yes for first question and no for second. You do have to register a Home Edition for FREE,so you can use it beyond 60 days period (for 14 months) and then you re-register for free again.
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hello all, hope you are well, Plz just downloaded & REGISTERED the AVAST,(free version)4.1 and it is working great, but Plz can someone tell me how I get to or find the "'settings" page for this antivirus, I cannot seem to find it,thank U & take care ok,
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Avast home doesn't have much settings. To change them, just open the onaccess scanner and make the changes you want, or start Avast and do it there. As explained in the manual!
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avast! Standard shield covers all possible ways to infect your computer.
All other plug-ins we can call as add-on. If you don't use for example Internet mail plug-in, you will be covered by Standard shield.
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Actually these plug-ins are called "providers" ;) but the purpose is nearly the same for both words ;) And regarding number of settings in Home Edition... It offers much more options then any other free AV compared to commercial one. I'm using a Pro version and i hardly ever run the Enhanced Interface(i just liked the PUSH update system very much). Most of things i set up in On-Access Panel.
Even predefined commands can be set in On-Access Panel. They are a bit limited,but most of you would use such anyway (Silent mode with answer NO).
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hello EVERYONE,& THANK U so much for the hreat help,avast has been on for 24 hours and
IT IS G R E A T,tell my friends about it, so they may come in here also,theres so much i don't know,
i hope this is the last question,
IF U DON'T MIND PLZ,,
when or after a custom scan,(say i open every file on both drives & in MY DOCUMENT FOLDER & folders on desk top) and run a scan ok..
IS there a way or wher do i look to see the TOTAL # of files scanned, Thank u again & take care ok, "AA"
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For On-Demand scan you will se the file count number in display area of the interface when the scan is in process,in On-Access (Real-time) you just have to left-click on that "a" ball next to the clock and click on each provider. You will see the scanned files count number in the lower right corner for each provider.
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all working great, THANK U EVERYONE, for all the help,i did my first full vius scan last night, (useing AVAST, which was C,D,drives folders MY DOCUMENT,desktop folders NEW ITEMS,TESTERS and the results WAS very mcu like my EX antivirus,,
BOO HISS,
7-15-04 norton virus scan-all clean 81075
(but in this # is also included symantec items)
7-24-04 AVAST virus scan 71929