for old man and Tech
ashServer.exe
after the present boot of my pc,
there was a blue a-icon with a red dot and the blue i-icon.
when fixing the cursor over the a-icon,
the message is : 0 provider, 0 activ.
I then called ashServer.exe, this gave a second set of blue icons,
a second i-icon and a secon a-icon.
This second a-icon has no red dot,
when fixing the cusor over this a-icon,
I read : 6 provider, 5 aktiv.
this second a-icon is animated, turning round when loading data.
----- I conclude that avast is working correctly or ?
McAfee
I had been using Virusscan v4.0.3 for Win98 an Win95 (from package v98i4031.zip) until summer 2006.
old man proposed to make use of McAffees small uninstall programm.
However the instructions given by McAfee on the indicated Web page
refers to scanner versions from 5 upwards,
so I am afraid that it is not advised to apply this uninstall programm
to m installation at present.
Hans