Hi, techie 101
I am not Mega.........I am Nancymc128 who was corresponding with you regarding Avast blocking AIM. After getting AIM installed I asked whether it would be blocked again after restarting Avast. I did not see that you replied to me until just today, as I never received a notification.
I am so helpless I didn't know how to find you except reply to this quote you sent to Mega.
I started fooling around with Avast today after reading what you sent, even though AIM was working just fine. I have trouble telling whether Avast is really on and can't figure out what I am reading after right-clicking the A ball. I am sure, though, that it was fine as I was receiving the audio notices that Avast had been updated.
Now I am at the point where I think I permanently put it on P2P shield and feel I should be on the Standard shield. When I right-click on the A, I have the option to "stop provider", but not to "start provider". It doesn't give me an option for the standard shield.
If I left-click on the A, the P2P shield window comes up. Is the virus protection still running? How can I tell for sure. Help!! I appreciate your patience and will make sure I check to be notified of your reply, as it took quite awhile to find you again today.