OK....I decided to try out avast. The program controls and settings look very thorough but I'm having two problems.
First my system info.
AMD Sempron 2200 with 512 MB RAM.
Currently no AV or software firewall. (I just uninstalled them to try avast) I had eTrust suite (AV, Firewall, Anti-Spam and Pest Patrol...free from my ISP)
Windows 2000 SP4
avast Version 4.6.763
Problem 1. For the list of providers the provider for Outlook 2003 is not starting. I found in the FAQ an entry to fix this using this code:
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE ACTSKIN4.OCX
No luck. I get a message stating 'DllRegisterServer in ACTSKIN4.OCX succeeded' to which I click OK. The provider still won't start. I have Administrative privileges with the current user account.
Problem 2. I have seen a couple of posts for this in the forum but their solutions didn't seem to help. After installing avast, every time I start the computer, avast says it needs to restart the system.
Problem 1 is not a big issue since I use Thunderbird and not Outlook anyhow. Problem 2 is getting annoying and I'm not sure that avast is working properly.
I installed the program with the 'Custom' setting but didn't change any options. I was just curious what the options were. I have uninstalled and re-installed with the same effects. I have downloaded the program again and re-installed to make sure I got a good download. Same problems. The program is registered as a home installation through the program.
Can someone please give me a starting point on how to fix the reboot problem at least? From what I've seen, I like the software and really want to use it. I just need it to function properly.
Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance for any replies.
Randy
EDIT: I found out why the Outlook provider wasn't running...It's because Outlook was not open. So now I only have the reboot problem.