I know that I'm not allowed to post defametory comments, so I don't know if this post will show up or not, nor do I know whether or not I'll get "kicked out," but I just wanted to say that I used the AVG Anti-Virus program for around a year or so,until April, 2004, then I noticed that it had stopped virus-scanning without warning.
I then started using the AVAST Anti-Virus program.
I then found out that I needed to download another file, which placed an extra "tab" in the AVG control center called something like "Mail Proxy," and after going to the Mail Proxy tab, I was once again able to set the program up to scan e-mail for viruses.
I was once again using the AVG program, because it scanned the Boot Sector in the DOS mode before loading Windows, but I also was using the AVAST program to scan the entire system once Windows98SE was going.
I think that changing a setting in the AVAST program allowed the Boot Sector to be scanned also, just like the AVG program did, so I was deciding which program to use, when I decided to upgrade to WIN-XP (SP1).
I decided to upgrade to WIN-XP because even though I was able to correct most problems with WIN98SE, like the "shutdown" problem for example, I wasn't able to correct the "memory Leak" problem, and I was tired of rebooting every two hours or so.
Anyway, I upgraded to WIN-XP but had a few problems with it also, like a "shut down" problem for example, but unlike "getting stuck" on the shut down screen in WIN98SE, the computer would reboot, but after upgrading the BIOS, the problem went away, but I also had a problem where I couldn't go to a website when clicking on a hyperlink in an e-mail and the computer would keep locking up, so in searching for a solution for that, I found Service Pack 2, and now I don't have that problem anymore...etc.
Anyway, today I noticed that the AVAST program wasn't "protecting" my system, and like the AVG program, no warning, notification or indication that AVAST wasn't "doing it's job."
That has me slightly upset, and when I try "loading" or "running" AVAST "manually," I get a pop-up that asks me to consider buying the program and also states that I have to have a license key to use AVAST...But that's only "after" I tried running the program manually.
Now maybe the pop-up "appeared," then "disappeared," un-noticed by me, but in any case, I guess that I may have to not run an anti-virus program because I can barely afford Internet access, let alone buy an anti-virus program, but my ISP is "advertising" a "free" anti-virus program, since I'm paying for Broad-band access through a cable-modem, and where instead of using a USB port, I'm using a 10/100 MBPS Ethernet card, which the cable company offered for free, but I had gone to the "computer store" to get that and it appeared as though the "free Ethernet" card wasn't being "advertised," so I may try using that.
Anyway, I feel that both the AVG and AVAST programs are unreliable now...and I used to really like both programs...I just feel that they should give me some warning, and maybe a day or two "advanced" warning, that they're no longer going to be protecting my system, instead of just stopping the protection.
Have a Great Day,
BernieLJ
