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Offline DavidR

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Re: Scan PUP
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2010, 05:55:18 PM »
OK and thanks to all. I appreicate the help.

You're welcome.

One comment is that it seems that today we spend more time learning how to protect our computer then enjoying them.

You know who to blame for that, the Oiks trying to own your system. Fortunately there are applications like avast to help you with that, which require little or no changes to the default settings for the majority of users. This provides the best balance between protection and performance.

You are never done learning during your life, it it isn't one thing it is another, when you stop learning you probably aren't alive and kicking ;D
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Re: Scan PUP
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2014, 07:28:04 PM »
I too would like to know if I should enable PUP scan as I have to use XP until next year when I can afford to upgrade. Any advice on this please?

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Re: Scan PUP
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2014, 08:20:25 PM »
I too would like to know if I should enable PUP scan as I have to use XP until next year when I can afford to upgrade. Any advice on this please?

The information is in this 4 year plus topic for you to decide.

We don't know your experience level and enabling PUPs scanning requires that you have an understanding of what they are and more crucially what is on your system and if you consider it a PUP or not. Enabling PUPs could result in more alerts by avast that you have to make a decision about.
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