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sarah202

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Network and Web shield?
« on: January 02, 2011, 05:44:58 PM »
I am new to avast and i was confused about the the network and web shield. Every time i go on the internet, i check the shields but it takes a while for them to scan the website i am on. I'm a little worried that if i go on a website that is infected, the virus will be on my computer before avast has a chance to scan it. I have version 5.1.864. Any help is appreciated!
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Hermite15

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Re: Network and Web shield?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2011, 05:48:14 PM »
how do you know that these scans take time to process?
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sarah202

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Re: Network and Web shield?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2011, 05:54:49 PM »
on the network shield, it says last analyzed connection.
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Hermite15

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Re: Network and Web shield?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2011, 06:01:36 PM »
Quote from: sarah202 on January 02, 2011, 05:54:49 PM
on the network shield, it says last analyzed connection.

so what?  ;) the network shield doesn't analyse all pages, just the servers and refers to a white/black list, while the webshield actually scans each page for viruses. They don't do the same job at all.
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sarah202

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Re: Network and Web shield?
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2011, 06:05:54 PM »
oh i get it. Thanks for your help!
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Hermite15

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Re: Network and Web shield?
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2011, 06:08:19 PM »
Quote from: sarah202 on January 02, 2011, 06:05:54 PM
oh i get it. Thanks for your help!

k np, you're welcome
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